He aha ngä ähuatanga e eke ai tëtahi rauemi Pütaiao mö te rüma ako? Ka whaiwhakaaro tënei tuhinga ki tënei urupounamu mä te hoki atu ki te tukanga whakawhanaketanga i Ngä Hekaheka o Aotearoa, koia tëtahi rauemi i whakairohia ai hei tautoko i te whakaako me te ako i roto mai i ngä kura kaupapa Mäori mö te hekaheka o Aotearoa Niu Tïreni. I toko mai te hiahia ki tënei tuhinga i ngä wheako o te kaituhi tuatahi e whakaako ana i te pütaiao, e whakawhanake ana hoki i ngä rauemi Pütaiao mö te hiatau te

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... roa. Ko te whäinga ia ka puta mai he ärahitanga whaitake mö te whakawhanake tonu i ngä rauemi ä-ruma ako mö te Pütaiao me ërä anö wänanga kaupapa Mäori hei ngä rä ki tua. What are the characteristics of a successful Pütaiao classroom resource? This article considers this question by reflecting on the process of developing Ngä Hekaheka o Aotearoa, a resource designed to support teaching and learning in Mäori-medium schools about the fungi of Aotearoa-New Zealand. The motivation for this article originates in the first author's decades of experience teaching Pütaiao and developing Pütaiao resources. The aim is to provide useful guidance for the development of future classroom resources for Pütaiao and other Mäori-medium learning areas.