Autuhi Creative Writing Suite

Ministry of Education

The Autuhi Creative Writing Suite is made up of print and digital resources created to help tauira in years 5−10 develop and refine their creative writing skills.

Type of work

Content development
Website development
Translation
Quality assurance
Editing and proofreading
Illustration
Video media
Design and creative solutions
Branding

Specifications

Online platform:
Customer built website architecture. Five open-ended pathways – character, setting, plot, prop and reflection – each with their own videos, questions and interactive activities to explore.

Creative writing box set:

500 creative writing cards – character, setting, plot, prop and activity cards
100 language cards
20 visual aid posters

The Autuhi resources provide tauira Māori with a learning experience that is tailor-made for them. Autuhi includes an online platform and multiple print, visual and audio components exclusively in te reo Māori. The website was built with the intention of creating flexible sandpit arena’s for students to practise on depending on their interest in creative writing.

HUIA believes that representation is important and wanted to ensure that tauira could see themselves in these resources. The HUIA team collaborated with illustrators to ensure illustrations were representative of multiple realities for Māori in both urban and rural communities.

The HUIA design team worked closely with digital developers and printers to ensure branding was consistent across all print and digital resources included in the Autuhi suite.