Mō Āpōpō Future-Makers
A futures-thinking kit built by Māori, for young people in Aotearoa
The Kit.
Year 7-10 ākonga: Step into Te Korekoreka, a future-making kawa developed by Tokona Te Raki, the Ngāi Tahu social innovation lab. Choose one of four Challenge Packs (te reo Māori, food, communities, or being healthy) and work through a rich set of non-fiction oral and visual texts. Take roles in structured discussion. Refine a vision statement through evidence. Map the forces working for and against the future you want. Walk backwards through time to a 90th birthday party. Run four rapid ideation rounds. Debate ideas head to head. Land on three commitments. Now. Next. Later.
Learning Areas: English, Social Sciences, Technology
Key Concepts: Te Korekoreka, Futures Thinking, Intergenerational Responsibility, Non-Fiction Texts, Oral Language, Structured Discussion, Forces Mapping, Rapid Ideation, Community Response, Te Tiriti Partnership
Built and endorsed by: Tokona Te Raki, the Ngāi Tahu social innovation lab. Ten years in the making. First classroom release.
Kit Patron: Tokona Te Raki
Classroom availability: 500 classrooms
Number of students to reach: 16,000 students
Availability: Term 2, Term 3 26 | Term 1, Term 2 27
“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. The person who understands it, earns it … the person who doesn’t … pays it.”
- Albert Einstein
What people are saying.
Important lessons for students
"Teaching students about compound interest is like handing them a key to unlock their financial future. It shows them how time, patience, and smart decisions can turn small investments into significant rewards, empowering them to take control of their financial lives early on."
Understanding for teachers
“It’s important to realise this “eighth wonder of the world” is based on little more than primary school maths that we can all understand and apply.”
Your Physical Kit
Our kits are beautiful, physical, tangible, tactile things (with digital components built in). They are designed to be used and transformed by students into learning keepsakes. If you register for the Dear 13 year old me kit then you’ll also be granted access to a private kit page within our network where you’ll be able to access prompt support from a member of our School Kit Team to ensure your teaching experience is awesome.
Kit includes: 1x A1 Decision making tyvek, 1x set of debt decision cards, 1x set of investment decision cards, 1x set of pay gap tokens, 6x letters from the future with 6x personal items, 6x debt documents and 6x futuristic $10,000 cheques, 32x Dear 13 year old me working sheets, 32x prioritisation matrix sheets, 32x logic puzzle sheets and 1x fact sheet.
Every kit has three parts
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01. The Boxed Kit
Physical materials. Student focused. Designed to be used, transformed and modified. Beautiful. Boxed. Delivered to you
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02. The online, teacher only kit space
Private, secure, everyone together. Teachers only, free to join.
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03. The support to teach
Tips and tricks. Direct messaging. School Visits. Calendly Appts. Zoom sessions. Teacher Champions