the prow website presentation
DESCRIPTION
Website presentation featuring historical and cultural stories from Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough (New Zealand)TRANSCRIPT
3M Award for Innovation in Libraries 2009 finalist Top of the South Stories : Te Tau Ihu o te Waka a Maui
The Prow features concise stories about the people, places and events unique to Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough. There are stories about explorers, early Māori life, the effect of European settlement on local iwi and the struggles and triumphs of the European settlers.
Project Objectives
The Prow, or Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka a Maui, is the Māori name for the top of the South Island: Te Tau Ihu is the mythical prow of Maui's waka, or canoe, from which he fished up the North Island.
The Prow aims to celebrate, preserve and make accessible the unique history, culture and stories of the Top of the South Island by creating a website of local digital stories that encompasses the anecdotes, stories and memories of our residents.
The Prow aims to celebrate, preserve and make accessible the unique history, culture and stories of the Top of the South Island by creating a website of local digital stories that encompasses the anecdotes, stories and memories of our residents.
FundingDigital Strategy and Partner contributions
The Prow Timeline
20092006 2007 2008
Identification of needfor local
history repository
Initial communityconsultation
October 2006 Funding approved
$
February 2008
Website development& story creation
started
July 2008
February 2009The Prow launched
viewthe
future
Community Partnership fundingApplication processProject development
2007 - 2008 Feb-Jul 2008
Contractingof Services
Story of the day
STORY OF THE DAY
Random or can be
selected
STORY OF THE DAY
Random or can be
selected
Literary ramble
Next months events
User-friendly navigationInteractive maps
Click on the map
to find stories
User-friendly navigationSearch facilities – basic/advanced
Step 1: Login or register (new user confirmation required)Step 2: Read Guidelines for public submissionStep 3: Add your story (text and images) and post/request publication
Copy and paste your story here
Adding a new story is quick and easy!
Your Story
Using the Prow as a curriculum resource
Resources for teachers
1. Ideas for using the Prow - matched against the New Zealand Curriculum
This document was developed in discussion with teachers in preparation for a Your Story workshop. Ideas produced at the workshop have been incorporated into the document.
see PDF
2. Ideas for using the Prow for Social Studies - matched against the New Zealand Curriculum
This document was developed for a workshop with regional social studies teachers, during a training morning at Nelson College.
see PDF
Interaction with story readersComment and feedback examples
kia ora, bro it's awesome to see our maori people get into our beautiful culture, well cuz the best resource for learning te reo is "Tewhanake.maori.nz" http://www.tewhanake.maori.nz/ hope this helps cuz kia pai a ratou ako mauri ora (Posted by hehana)
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I am from nz but i moved to aussie last year. and i never knew how much i would miss home so now i have been on the internet and searching maori stuff. im part maori and i love learning maori
things. do you have any suggestions on how i could as my school to start maori culture? there are over 400 new zealanders at my school and over 10 teachers. any advice? Ed. I suggest you contact the Maori Language Commission (http://www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/). They should be able to provide
you with information and resources. (Posted by Cassie)
Cooperation withdifferent publishers
Coming soon:Port Nelson’s journal (rePort)
Nelson City Council heritage plaquesTasman District Council’s
100 stories
16,000 Visits (72% were unique visits)
49,524 Page views
3.10 Pages per visit
00:03:15 Avg. time on Site
Visitors have come from a range of 90 countries
82% from NZ
793 total visits from Australia (as next most visited); 707 – US; 450 – UK
and then some random ones: 12 from Brazil; 10 from Poland; 4 from Sudan; 1 from
Columbia; 1 from Kazakhstan
Most popular theme is People
Most popular story is Maungatapu Murders
followed by ‘First Meeting – Abel Tasman and Golden Bay’
Most popular Your Story is ‘School Daze’
The Prow Access/StatisticsPeriod of 6 months (Feb-Aug 2009)
The Prow future
RSS feeds
Embedded sound and video
GIS mapping
Developing relationships with schools
Links to local digital content repositories
Oral histories
More content from local historical publicationsGo back to Timeline
Sustainability
The Prow is increasingly a valuable community resource
Ongoing funding secured through Council estimates process
Continued commitment to project from all Partners
Each Partner has committed staff, time or financial resources to the project
Good learning so far to help guide us in the future
Exciting opportunities for future development
Project Team Ian Littleworth (Project Sponsor) - Nelson Public Libraries Nicola Harwood (Project Manager) - Nelson Public Libraries Susan Price - Nelson Public Libraries Cathy Vaughan - Tasman District Libraries Lisa Oldham – ex Tasman District LibrariesDawn Smith – Local history researcherChris Keyse - Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology Library Glenn Webster - Marlborough District Libraries Cliff Riordan – The Nelson Provincial MuseumProject Partners
Writers/ ResearchersHilary and John Mitchell | Karen Stade | Joy StephensOther contributing institutionsGolden Bay Museum | Marlborough Museum | Motueka MuseumThe technical development of TheProw.org.nz website is a joint venture between @web one and Signetix Ltd of Nelson. The Prow site has been created using Silverstripe CMS, an open source framework, developed in Wellington.Special thanks goes to Hirini Melbourne & Richard Nunns for their permission to use ‘Te Kú Te Whé Remixed’ as background sound.
The Prow team
Slideshow presentation created by Aleš Vanek, Nelson Public Libraries, August 2009.
