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CONTENTS
OUR VISION The people of the Wairarapa have the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, adaptability and resilience so that Wairarapa is the best in Aotearoa in every learning, health, social and economic statistic.
OUR MISSION
OUR BOARD AND STAFF
WHY
STORIES 15 ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION
KA PAI CARTERTON 20 FAB FEATHY 22
Complementary Our work focuses on unmet needs, complementing, not duplicating, the work of existing agencies
CHATTERBOX 23 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Learner-centred We provide positive educational experiences and access to education for people of all ages
Collaborative We believe in working together with people and organisations to build networks and innovative partnerships Flexible We are solution-focused, responding to the learning needs of our community, in whatever ways are appropriate Quality We believe in operating with credibility and integrity to achieve high standards
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Neutral Our efforts are determined by community and learners’ needs and that we should be seen as independent of existing sectors
Treaty-based We believe in demonstrating the principles of partnership, participation and protection implicit in Tiriti o Waitangi
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STRATEGIC GOALS 10
OUR MINDSET
Community-based We believe in knowing, including, and valuing equally all people and organisations within our region
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OUR COMMUNITY 8
To support the development of the communities in our region by providing relevant, responsive learning opportunities that meet the diverse needs of our people.
Empowering We believe in enabling people to grow stronger and more self-sufficient through providing learning opportunities, encouragement and support
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HOW
MATHS IS FUN 30 YETE 31 NGĀ PŪMANAWA TŪPUNA
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ABOUT US 33 OUR WORK IN WAIRARAPA
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 36 FINANCIAL INFORMATION 37 REAP Wairarapa - growing great communities
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OUR BOARD
REAP Wairarapa is governed by a Board of nine members, chosen for their background, experience and the skills they can contribute to REAP. They are accountable through the Board to REAP Aotearoa, the community and other stakeholders. They focus on strategic direction and policies and make sure REAP is managed and performs effectively.
JANINE DEVENPORT CHAIRPERSON
TIM MCMAHON DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON
TIM WHITE CHAIR, AUDIT & RISK
Janine has an extensive teaching career. Currently Principal at Fernridge School, Janine has also worked in low decile, large urban schools, holding positions in Porirua, The Hutt, Wellington, and as Deputy Principal at Martinborough School and Principal at Tinui School. Janine is the current President of the Masterton Principals group and is the acting Kāhui Ako Lead for the Masterton Cluster.
Ti m i s a f o r m e r teacher with a career spanning over 20 years with the Ministry of Education in several developmental and leadership roles in curriculum, teacher education, qualifications and school policy. Since retiring, Tim has served with theWairarapa Camera Club in a variety of leadership roles. Tim is also a current Board member of REAP Aotearoa.
Tim is a Director of Wairarapa Property Consultants. Wairarapa born and bred, Tim graduated in Agricultural Commerce and worked in the agricultural industry all over the North Island. He also runs the family farm at Matahiwi.
TIM BIRD
TOM HULLENA
JEAN McCOMBIE
Tim has worked as a work broker for Work and Income for many years. Tim has good links to the world of the those young people who are not in employment, education or training and assists us with perspectives about that.
Tom is the Special Projects Lead for the Masterton District Council. Tom is well know in education circles for his skill, passion and commitment to both our community and to young people.
Jean’s first connection with REAP came in 1982 when it was first established and for a short time she served as REAP’s original chairperson. Jean has had many roles since, including long service as both the local and national Chairperson.
GILL MURRAY
ANA-MAY GUDSELL
PATTIE O’BOYLE
Gill is an educational psychologist working with children with special needs. Gill is actively involved in the family farming business. She has lived on the family farm at Mt Bruce for most of her life. She is also a trustee for the Sydney Campbell Foundation which owns and oversees Riverside Farm at Mt Bruce, leased to Massey University.
Ana-May provides the Board with close links to early childhood and to business as the owner of Bell St Early Childhood centres in Featherston and Martinborough. She comes from a well know local family and played hockey for the NZ Māori Women’s Hockey team. Ana-May lives on a farm and helps us connect rurally.
Pattie has an extensive background in the agri, finance and education sectors. Raised on a Wairarapa sheep and beef farm, Pattie then graduated from Massey University, spent several years operating a Rotorua dairy farm with her husband, Tony, and 3 young children. These days the family owns / operates a Tinui hill country property. Pattie is passionate about all things rural, and thoroughly enjoys her role as a Communications Facilitator for the Agri Women’s Development Trust’s Understanding Your Farming Business programme.
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OUR STAFF
There are 32 members of staff at REAP Wairarapa, working on a variety of education and community projects and services. They have differing roles, some full-time some part-time, some specific to particular education sectors, but all sharing REAP’s common goals to provide access to lifelong learning opportunities and practical support that helps develop local people and communities.
REAP WAIRARAPA PETER MCNEUR DIRECTOR Peter is responsible for REAP’s operation and community development. He first joined in 1992 and became Director in 2004. peter.mcneur@reapwairarapa.nz TRACEY SHEPHERD EDUCATION MANAGER Tracey has overall responsibility for delivering education programmes and making sure they reflect REAP’s values. tracey.shepherd@reapwairarapa.nz KAREN STEVENS OFFICE MANAGER Karen is responsible for the administration team, financial accounting and property management. finance@reapwairarapa.nz ANITA COOTE RECEPTIONIST Anita is responsible for REAP House room hire, computer bookings and general reception duties. reception@reapwairarapa.nz TRACY GRAHAM ECE AND ACE Tracy is responsible for coordinating the Wairarapa Early Childhood Network, ACE, and delivering SKIP programmes provided by REAP. tracy.graham@reapwairarapa.nz ANNA HUME MIF SUPPORT Anna is responsible for ensuring our Maths Is Fun equipment always goes out to programmes ready for use. LOU GRIFFITHS RECEPTION SUPPORT Lou supports the reception role and cheerfully enters a wide range of data for us. receptionsupport@reapwairarapa.nz SHIRLEY JONES LIFELONG LEARNING OFFICER Shirley is responsible for early childhood services, adult learning programmes and community development in North Wairarapa. She is based at the Heartlands Centre, Pahiatua. shirley.jones@reapwairarapa.nz
MAKUINI KEREHI KAITAKAWAENGA Makuini is responsible for developing and implementing programmes with Māori and Pacific people, and especially our ACE programmes. makuini.kerehi@reapwairarapa.nz FALE LIO MOANA PLAYGROUP Fale is responsible for assisting us to ensure the Moana Playgroup appropriately supports Pacific culture. JUDE MCNEUR PROJECT SUPPORT | MATHS IS FUN Jude is responsible for projects including Maths is Fun and coordinating adult and community learning and courses offered through the REAP Plus brand. projectsupport@reapwairarapa.nz JUDE MITCHELL EARLY CHILDHOOD LEADER Jude is responsible for Early Childhood programmes, working with rural playgroups and for providing support to other Early Childhood centres. jude.mitchell@reapwairarapa.nz TRUDY SEARS SCHOOLS LIAISON Trudy is responsible coordinating the School Programme and liaising with schools and colleges. She also manages our social media and helps with advertising. schools@reapwairarapa.nz MARTHA MANAENA DIGITAL COMPUTER SUPPORT
YETE
MARIA MCKENZIE YETE STRATEGIC SUPPORT | YPP MANAGER Maria is providing part time support to strengthen the role of the Strategic Groups and managing the Youth Placement work. maria.mckenzie@reapwairarapa.nz MARIA HODGES YETE ADMINISTRATOR Maria provides support for all of the YETE strategic groups, events and staff. admin@yete.nz
KYLIE BRADY YOUTH PLACEMENT FACILITATOR Kylie facilitates our YETE / Work and Income work to help NEETS get into paid employment. kylie.brady@reapwairarapa.nz ABBY HAYTON YETE IMPLEMENTATION LEAD JOSIE WHAANGA YETE IMPLEMENTATION LEAD BARBARA GLADDING YETE RELATIONSHIPS LEAD
FAB FEATHY JACK SHEPPARD FACILITATOR SOPHRONIA SMITH FACILITATOR
KA PAI CARTERTON CIMONE GRAYSON FACILITATOR LUCY MCKENZIE ANALYST/ADMINISTRATOR
NGĀ PŪMANAWA TŪPUNA TOM HULLENA KAIARATAKE CODY FIELD KAIĀRAHI MARIA BOURNE KAIĀRAHI DEAN TANOA KAIĀRAHI JOE NUKU KAIĀRAHI NATALIE PRIESTLY ORANGA PAI CAROLYN FRANCIS KAIWHAKAHAERE TARI
OTHER HAYDEN MASKELL MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS marketing@reapwairarapa.nz
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CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
As I sit down to write this the country is in unprecedented times and we are in Lockdown at Level 4 due to COVID-19. This has meant that our focus has been shifted and we are all learning about how life is and what it could and will be when we get out of this. I have had the pleasure to be Chair of the REAP Wairarapa board for another year but I have to say that my role is made very easy due to the amazing team that we have which includes board and staff. This is especially relevant now as we are in challenging times. The team that is REAP Wairarapa are amazing and are looked on highly by not only by our own community but by many other REAP across the country.
While 2019 was a very busy year, it had its significant challenges. The most difficult was keeping our team together as we rapidly grew.
capable people who have a clear understanding of what we are going to do, and really importantly, why we are doing it. They excel in making really useful things happen.
We had the pleasure of adding two new staff for the Ka Pai Carterton Project (under the auspices of Resilient Carterton) who were charged with developing a community plan using the community-led development principles. They have done a fantastic job, ably supported by the Ka Pai Carterton governance group.
This is enabled by a board that has a clear direction, based on great governance.
We also contracted with MBIE under the HPR funded programme we called Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna. This added seven new people to our team, who are charged with providing additional support to Māori (mainly) youth, preparing them for the world of work using the Youth Employability skills from COMET. This work has been challenging but the team, well-led by Tom Hullena, has done an excellent job of supporting these young people and helping them to develop much-needed skills.
Lastly, I must mention that this has been an extraordinary time as I write this report, with the effects of Covid-19 on the world around us, and find remarkable the way our country has come through these challenges. Our staff have been fantastic through these times and I am very grateful for their resilience and their skill during this very challenging time.
2019 continued to be a year where we got out into the community and supported and empowered our people to continue learning. We again exceeded our targets in all areas and while this is a fantastic result we have felt the pinch of the balance of valuing our worth as an agency and how much work goes into the 1 hour of learning/support. As always, our key business has been about engaging and building relationships with community through a variety of opportunities. A key flag ship this year has been the work done with Chatterbox. This is an incredible programme that promotes oral language for young people and their families. The work that the team has completed already is terrific and we are hoping to leverage this to increase our impact in 2020. I want to take the opportunity to thank the dedicated team who lead this process. Our Early Childhood work and Schools programmes have continued to be valued by all and in addition to that is our Q programmes. Our REAP works with three different Kāhui Ako and have supported these groups and their achievement challenges in their communities. We value the philosophy around these and want to continue to support them in 2020 and beyond. The community led projects of Ka Pai Carterton and Fab Feathy are proving to be great opportunities for our smaller communities to lead great development in
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their local areas. This is a great way for us to empower and support our communities to grow and thrive. We are also involved with the Masterton Trust Lands Trust Wellbeing project which is a tremendous amount of money to support the young people of Masterton thrive. This is going to be a key piece of work and it is an honour to be around the table for the early development of this project. As always there continues to be so many successful events and programmes that we have run this year – Maths is fun, Moving on, Kapa Haka festival and driver licensing to name but a few. So if you want to learn anything come see us and we can help you. 2019 for REAP Wairarapa was a year of successfully meeting the challenges presented to us and finding more targeted ways of operating in our communities. We have exceeded our targets in both learners and hours delivered. We have continued our work maintaining our REAP philosophy of being responsive and flexible while adhering to the priorities. Relationships are key and we value the connections that we have. 2020 looks like it is going to rattle everyone’s cage and the future is going to be something that will be new for all. Supporting our community recover and thrive will be a vital part of our role. Thanks to all Board members and staff for remaining focused in a challenging environment.
Janine Devenport Chair
I thank both for their support over the last year to be able to continue to make a difference in ‘Growing Great Communities’.
Later in the year, we welcomed Hayden Maskell for communications and marketing support. These new additions added to our capacity to focus on our prime purpose, community development through education. This means that with our work across our communities from Early Childhood, through schooling and through adulthood; REAP Wairarapa has provided significant support.
Peter McNeur Director
In mid-year, the YETE Partnership re-looked at its goals and direction. This led to an overhaul of the work we were doing and the way we were going about that work. It led to the development of a Governance Group, and a simpler structure and changed staffing. We thank everyone involved for their willingness to accept change. This Annual Report highlights only some of the areas where we have made a difference, and we trust you will find the information enlightening. Our work at REAP Wairarapa is characterised by
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CONTRIBUTING TO THE FABRIC OF
OUR COMMUNITY Community development has always been at the core of our work. This happens in many ways, and over the last year, REAP Wairarapa has made a significant contribution to organisations across our region. Our te reo Māori name, ‘Rato Akoranga Ā Rohe’ translates as ‘serving education in our region’. The Foundation Statement for REAPs notes that REAP focusses on ‘community development through education’. Thus we give our time freely to support other organisations. Our contributions take many forms, including both formal and informal advisory support, being a member of governance bodies and contributing to their organisational infrastructure. We have staff and board members on school boards of trustees and supporting early childhood centres, helping them to do their best on behalf of the pupils. A number of staff are assisting with community development organisations and with social service organisations, including those in Pahiatua, Masterton, Carterton and Featherston, providing significant input into the governance of those organisations. Staff undertook organisational reviews, peer reviews of other organisations and other REAPs. In addition many of our board members are taking governance roles in a wide variety of organisations, related to their work. The full list of organisations is opposite:
WAIRARAPA: Masterton Family Education Support Centre Wairarapa Volunteer Centre Fab Feathy Featherston Community Centre Carterton Community Courthouse Trust Connecting Communities Wairarapa Age Concern Wairarapa Youth in Education, Training and Employment Wairarapa Whanau Trust House of Science (Wairarapa) Te Pātukituki Wairarapa Community Networks Autism Wairarapa Charitable Trust He Kāhui Wairarapa Community Organisation Grants Scheme (Wairarapa) Tindall Foundation (as regional funding managers) Bush Children’s Day Trust Masterton Kāhui Ako Pukaha to Palliser Ka Pai Carterton Kokomai Cultural Trust Digital Seniors Wairarapa Community Networks Wairarapa Road Safety Council Community Driver Mentor Programme Ko Te Aroha
NATIONAL: ACE Aotearoa (co-Chair - Tangata Tiriti) ACE Sector Strategic Alliance Rural Education Reference Group (RERG) REAP Aotearoa (board member) REAP Aotearoa (Director)
REGIONAL: Ako Aotearoa (Central Hub Advisory Group)
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WHĀINGA MATUA
STRATEGIC GOALS 1 2 3 4
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Greater numbers of people of all ages engaged in learning so that they may have opportunities to be active participants in our diverse community.
The people of the Wairarapa increasingly have the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to manage and adapt to change at a community and personal level, and are better prepared to participate in our community and economy, particularly in rural areas.
STRATEGIC GOAL 1 1
Greater numbers of people of all ages engaged in learning so that they may have opportunities to be active participants in our diverse community.
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Create opportunities that increase access to relevant education opportunities, for people in rural communities
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Work with ECE providers and communities, including Tangata Whenua to encourage familites and whanau to engage with ECE.
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Work with whanau and providers to promote and support programmes that enthuse young Māori to keep engaged in learning.
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Seek to develop partnerships to promote programmes and services for Pasifika learners, especially at ECE level, that build on the strengths and cultural values that they bring.
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Provide programmes to help grow knowledge and skills for adults of all backgrounds, wherever they are in the Wairarapa, who are not engaged in the formal education sector.
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Promote engagement in ACE programmes by young people and adults who were not initially successful in their education.
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Greater diversity and flexibility of education provision that meets learners’ needs at every level.
REAP Wairarapa is recognised within the community and by government as a leader and broker of quality education.
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Page 16: Stories from the North (ACE) Page 17: Festival of Adult Learning (ACE) Page 18: Cooking Up a Storm (ACE) Page 24: Effective Partnerships (ECE) Page 30: Community Champions (Maths Is Fun) Page 31: Pathfinder to Passion (YETE) Page 32: Pathways to Employment (NPT)
EVIDENCE
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STRATEGIC GOAL 2 2
The people of the Wairarapa increasingly have the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to manage and adapt to change at a community and personal level, and are better prepared to participate in our community and economy, particularly in rural areas.
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Support and encourage education leaders to investigate and understand learning needs particular to their communities
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Encourage and support local education providers to review programmes and practices with a view to improving Māori education outcomes.
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Encourage and support local education providers to review programmes and practices with a view to improving the learning foundations of literacy and numeracy for all learners.
STRATEGIC GOAL 3 WHAT
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Greater diversity and flexibility of education provision that meets learners’ needs at every level.
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Promote innovative, responsive education delivery options for learners at all levels.
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Seek opportunities to demostrate how technologies can contribute to flexible, inclusive and responsive learning programmes.
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Work to ensure that parents involved in playgroups continue to improve their skills.
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Seek to develop partnerships to promote programmes and services for Pasifika learners, especially at ECE level, that build on the strengths and cultural values that they bring.
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Promote a full service model to other groups, including EC centres and communities.
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Promote engagement in ACE programmes by young people and adults who were not initially successful in their education
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Encourage and provide strengths-based models for better engagement with Māori learners and whanau.
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Develop learning resources in association with Tangata Whenua.
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Continue to support and grow “Computers in Homes” (CIH) programme
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Provide similar programmes to improve digital technology confidence/digital literacy in areas where CIH programme is not running
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Leverage the digital literacy work, so that all our other strands benefit from our contact with these families/whanau.
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Actively support activities and opportunities that develop persistence, grit and appropriate risk-taking in children
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Seek partnerships to grow activities and opportunities for people of all ages to develop life skills that improve sustainability of families and whanau
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Seek opportunities to support te reo Māori and cultural traditions of Tangata Whenua, and more specifically Wairarapatanga
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Seek opportunities to support Pasifika community members to engage with and strengthen their cultural practices
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Seek opportunities to support the learning and development needs of the diverse cultures in our community
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Continue our schools’ leadership programmes
Page 25: The Power of One (ECE)
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Seek partnerships to grow adult leadership opportunities.
Page 26: Sustainable Teaching (ECE)
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Page 23: Chatterbox Page 24: Effective Partnerships (ECE)
Page 30: Community Champions (Maths Is Fun)
EVIDENCE
Page 31: Pathfinder to Passion (YETE) Page 17: Festival of Adult Learning (ACE) Page 20: Holistic Community Development (Ka Pai Carterton) Page 22: Hikoi ki Paetūmokai (Fab Feathy) Page 28: Connect, Inspire, Learn (Schools)
Page 32: Pathways to Employment (NPT)
EVIDENCE
Page 32: Pathways to Employment (NPT)
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STRATEGIC GOAL 4 4
REAP Wairarapa is recognised within the community and by government as a leader and broker of quality education.
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Ensure our early childhood, schools and adult education work is directed to achieving the clear priorities of Government.
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Ensure that our organisational structure remains sound and responsive.
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Participate in a wide range of education forums.
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Keep abreast of trends in education so we can provide leadership and seek opportunities to disseminate evidence-based knowledge of successful responsive education practice to existing providers.
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Continue to promote to local political and business leaders an inclusive community wide approach to learning and development in the Wairarapa.
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Seek opportunities to promote our work and brand across the community.
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STORIES OF 2019
Page 17: Festival of Adult Learning (ACE) Page 19: Languages (REAP Plus) Page 23: Chatterbox Page 24: Effective Partnerships (ECE) Page 26: Sustainable Teaching (ECE) Page 27: Art for Teachers (Schools) Page 31: Pathfinder to Passion (YETE)
EVIDENCE
Across the region, REAP Wairarapa works with rural communities of all sizes and shapes, on projects, initiatives and programmes of all varieties. Each one is a story of success, determination and community success, and all of this work - by our staff, tutors, and the communities themselves - deserves recognition.
Page 32: Pathways to Employment (NPT)
For this annual report we have selected some of the best and brightest stories from 2019 to illustrate and provide evidence for our work over the year.
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ADULT COMMUNITY
EDUCATION
AHUREI ĀKONGA THE FESTIVAL OF ADULT LEARNING
STORIES FROM THE NORTH Wairarapa’s northern communities are amongst the most eager for Adult Community Education opportunities. In 2019, at least 296 individual learners attended 41 ACE courses, resulting in nearly 4,000 learner hours. The courses were spread across north Wairarapa, delivered in Eketahuna, Pongaroa and Pahiatua. Community needs and interests change over time, but language and digital literacy remain top of the list in the north. The most popular offerings were Te Reo Māori in Action courses, covering topics such as waiata, whakapapa quilts, raranga and noho marae. Digital literacy and computer classes - including PCs, iPads/tablets and cellphones - were a growth area, with many learners using the Stepping Up 2020 resource. A core group of committed learners emerged over the year, attending a number of courses that rolled over from term to term, and exploring a number of different topics. New Zealand Sign Language was another growth area, while interest remained strong for the Learner’s Licence course. However, with transport an existing issue for these learners, a number of the classes ended up with lower-than-expected attendance. Meeting the needs of these northern communities can be a challenge due to their isolation and the large distances between towns. Demand for a Learner’s Licence course is high, but implementing the traditional classroom approach continues to provide challenges REAP Lifelong Learning coordinator Shirley Jones has her work cut out for her. Contacting potential learners takes a more creative approach than what works in more urban areas. “Not all people in the communicate are engaging in the easily accessible networks,” she says. “[But] having the ability to advertise in the local newspaper and on community radio helps.” Another local resource Jones taps into is the community itself. Once a need has been identified, she says, she looks for possible tutors - and might end up shoulder- tapping the right person. 16
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Adult learning can take place at many different places and levels of the community. The Festival of Adult Learning Ahurei Ākonga in 2019 celebrated adult learning wherever it is happening - at home, at the local library, community centre, sports club, private training organisation or university. Two of our most popular stories have links to the importance of family and a lifelong thirst for knowledge.
WHAKAPAPA QUILTS
THE FOUR WINDS
Practical skills are highly sought-after in North Wairarapa
“[Finding tutors sometimes means] shoulder tapping people who I have identified possess the skills and approach for teaching adult learners,” she says. “Then I support them to teach.” The support from Jones and REAP Wairarapa includes administration matters like registration and evaluation forms, learner journals, payment management, and contracts, among other things like providing tea and coffee supplies. But beyond administration, and aligning with REAP’s mission, is the support to provide quality education. REAP Wairarapa’s ACE courses all need to incorporate key aspects of literacy, numeracy and good pedagogy. Staff help new tutors set outcomes and plan courses in effective ways, which in turn often inspires confidence and a new wave of community leaders. For REAP Wairarapa, this ‘double layer’ of education is the key to empowering and growing great communities.
Education happens everywhere, not just at school. For Maungarongo “Ron” Te Kawa, learning is most powerful when it has meaning. An artist, storyteller and quilter, Ron has a special affinity for encouraging people to tell their own stories in visual, tactile form. “The quilts are a whānau learning resource - a gift for the next generation,” says Ron. “Most end up on a wall, telling their whānau story.” It’s this rich, double-layered experience that brings people to Ron’s classes. For Makuini Kerehi, Kaitakawaenga and one of REAP’s ACE coordinators, the course is successful because it is an emotional and rewarding journey, embedding Te reo Māori learning with a purpose. Ron was awarded the Māori Educator of the Year award at the ACE Conference this year.
REAP Wairarapa has a new Kōwhaiwhai to adorn their walls: Ngā Hau e Whā, the four winds. This is especially impressive because it’s been created by John, Rebecca and Riki-lee. The three learners worked together over six months as part of the Toi Whanāke programme Te Reo Māori in Action, learning how to read and create traditional patterns, and to understand the origins, tikanga and karakia appropriate to each whare toi. The kōrero (meaning) of the REAP Kōwhaiwhai refers to the four winds Akoranga, Matauranga, Kotahitanga, Whakawhanaungatanga. John and Rebecca painted the artwork and Riki-lee wrote the kōrero, which translates as: “Weaving together the fabrics of knowledge and learning, uniting our people of all ages and backgrounds, bringing us closer together as a community/ family to pave a clearer way towards the future.”
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COOKING UP A STORM
“But now, so long as I keep the cupboard stocked with herbs and things like that, I can open the cupboard and find things to make a meal.”
The Wairarapa Community Centre Trust manager Beverley Jack has made it her mission to ensure Wairarapa families aren’t going hungry - and that means more than just finding enough food to go around.
For Renata, the practical advice and newfound skills make a difference for his family. “I have two boys and our favourite is a stir-fry,” he says. “Last time we made one we counted 11 different veggies going in.”
The Trust has a mission in common with REAP Wairarapa, seeking to strengthen the community by bringing it together and sharing knowledge.
Six courses were run in 2019; eight are planned for 2020. There are also plans to expand what’s on offer.
While most food support takes the form of food banks and donated items, Jack’s idea was to equip people with the skills to cook nutritious food.
“We are planning another course this year, on how to make eco-friendly cleaning products,” says Jack. “It is another way that people can cut costs – and this time support the environment.”
“[Families] might not want it known that they are win food poverty,” she says.
For many learners, it’s not just the new skills, but the social support they value.
The Community Centre has a large commercial kitchen, and initially began providing frozen meals that were distributed by agencies who had clients in crisis situations.
“We are developing friendships, so people feel that they are connected to their community and have a sense of belonging,” says Beverley.
The Centre works with food recovery organisation Waiwaste, a community garden, and a number of supermarkets and greengrocers who have good, but unsaleable, food. Every week a large group of volunteers assembles and cooks for 4 hours at a time; across an 18-month period, over 5,000 meals were distributed to those in need. But Beverley saw a need in the community for more than just meals. The Community Centre Trust’s mission statement is ‘Empowering our community to be resilient and work together to meet needs as they arise’, and for Jack, education was an important part of strengthening the community.
Simple “store-cupboard” ingredients are used as much as possible.
REAP Wairarapa education manager Tracey Shepherd says the idea and expertise came from the community, and was a perfect fit for REAP’s TEC-funded Adult Community Education initiatives. “Our role is to financially support the programme and make sure [the funding] conditions are met in terms of learner eligibility, tutor training…and making sure that literacy and numeracy are embedded,” she says.
During the course, each pair of students is supported by one of over 70 volunteers; at the end of the four week-programme they end up with 24 low-cost, nutritious recipes, including some gluten-free and vegetarian options. Recipes are a useful resource, but one of the most important skills taught in the course is the ability to improvise - using whatever is available and create something delicious.
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Every learner comes away with recipes to take home
The Centre teamed up with REAP Wairarapa to run free classes, with referrals coming from over 40 community agencies.
“We also provide support during the delivery of the programme to make sure that it remains learner-focused.”
Meals are designed to be simple, healthy, and delicious.
“Without the support from REAP, or our collaboration with other organisations, none of this would be possible.”
“I used to look in the cupboard and think, ‘we’ve got nothing to eat,’ says learner Jared Renata.
User-pays adult community education is a growing area of success for REAP Wairarapa, and a reflection of a shared community desire to continue the pursuit of knowledge and personal growth.
Increasing numbers of Wairarapa residents are heading overseas for holidays, and according to REAP Plus coordinator Jude McNeur, that’s lead to unprecedented demand for language classes. REAP Plus has been delivering foreign language classes since 2018, and in 2019, Italian was added to the roster with the ever-popular French and Spanish. With numerous requests from the public, REAP Plus launched courses that focus on language for travellers, including phrases, questions and answers, and the vocabulary needed to help navigate through a foreign country.
increases [travellers’] pleasure in the planning process,” says Jude. For REAP Wairarapa and REAP Plus, language courses align perfectly with the values of lifelong learning and community-driven courses. Finding qualified tutors in the area can prove challenging, but the reception has been incredibly positive, and finding the right tutors is a priority for Jude. “Italian was very well received in 2019,” she says, “and we are working with the tutor to continue this learning in some way.”
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KA PAI CARTERTON
Ka Pai Carterton was established to drive the community forward and develop a plan to execute the Department of Internal Affairs’ Community-Led Development initiative. In true Wairarapa style, Ka Pai Carterton took the work of a small team straight to the community, with conversations and consultations the main currency.
HOLISTIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Carterton continues to grow not just in population but in new businesses, developments, projects and identity. However, the growth of community-wide ideas in Carterton has been slower and the district was in need of a more cohesive approach. Ka Pai Carterton was set up by Resilient Carterton, itself an initiative of Project Wairarapa, as a way to develop a community plan. Plans like these are cropping up across the country in response to a Department of Internal Affairs project called Community-Led Development. The DIA has recognised that sustainable, meaningful community development needs not only funding, but a plan the community itself is behind, in order to succeed. Most people have strong ideas about what’s best for the community, and want a real say in any development plans. Ka Pai Carterton was formed to help the community develop its own plan, and then provide access to the right advice, resources and funding to bring these community-led projects to life. Ka Pai Carterton’s initial role was to befriend and connect with as many residents as possible, building trust along the way. The concept was simple: talk to people, and listen to what they had to say about their community. These conversations were led by Cimone Grayson and Lucy McKenzie, Ka Pai Carterton’s two community liaisons; they had hundreds of one-on-one conversations, took surveys, made speeches, used social media tools, wrote newspaper articles, organised events, facilitated meetings, and appeared at any community events on the calendar. The process was organic and authentic, and allowed Ka Pai Carterton to establish its credibility effectively.
keep up with developments and speak directly with staff. Events are also a key driver of action, and Carterton residents were treated to unique events like family-friendly consultations at the Carterton Events Centre such as Creative Forest, an interactive community consultation process. Several themes emerged during the consultation, but two stood out more than most: a need for collective, collaborative spaces, and more activities for the district’s youth. These two ideas became cornerstones of the Ka Pai Carterton Community-Led Development Plan, which was submitted to DIA at the end of 2019. Projects like Ka Pai Carterton have been successful in districts across the country, giving communities access to the skills, knowledge and resources to implement a range of projects they value.
Clockwise from top: Cimone Grayson, Ka Pai Carterton’s coordinator, getting ideas from the next generation; a community consultation at 3 Mile Coworking Space; inside the workshop of Mayoral couple and artisans Greg and Ali Lang; community members planting 500 trees in 24 hours; and Age Concerns Everyone Expo 2019
By engaging directly with the community at large, and seeking feedback in innovative ways, Ka Pai Carterton has been able to find themes and understand the community’s values. At the same time, the work of the project’s staff has won the community’s trust through integrity, reliability, and a genuine desire to listen. This holistic approach has been successful, with surveys showing significant support for - and excitement about - the next phase: implementation. The plan is awaiting approval from DIA before being released to the community; once that happens, Ka Pai Carterton’s role will become one of guidance, working with the community to formulate detailed plans, submit applications, and secure the funding to make it all happen.
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A child’s brain grows faster during the first three years of their lives than at any other time, and it has been proven beyond a doubt that this time is a critical stage for language development. That’s where Chatterbox comes in.
FAB FEATHY Gateway to the Wairarapa region, Featherston continues to grow amid pressure on Wellington’s housing market and the rise of flexible working arrangements. This growth means opportunities for Fab Feathy, a community development initiative that aims to strengthen bonds and connections between the people of Paetumokai.
HIKOI KI PAETŪMOKAI The resurgent interest in Māori language, culture and history in Wairarapa is a consistent thread through REAP Wairarapa’s 2019 story, and in Featherston, that story is one of community action and togetherness. Fab Feathy is a community-led development (CLD) partnership between REAP Wairarapa, the Department of Internal Affairs, and the people of Featherston that focuses on building up community in the Featherston ward. Through their regular outreach hui, Fab Feathy’s Sophronia Smith and Jack Sheppard heard many calls for greater knowledge about and alignment with bilingual, bicultural and Treaty of Waitangi principles. To help catalyse this transformation, Fab Feathy imagined a narrated hikoi around the Featherston ward that took in the local wahi tapu (sites of significance) as recounted by Ngāti Kahungunu historian Rāwiri Smith. The date of the event – Waitangi Day – also allowed Rāwiri to expound on a theme of peace. By first educating whānau and community about these places and pūrakau (stories), the aim was to inspire those on the journey to incorporate more te reo Maori and more te ao Maori principles into everyday life, using the places around us that we see every day. As a stretch goal, Sophronia and Jack hoped that through inspiring participants, they could one day generate their own art, research and ‘remixes’ to cascade through interpersonal networks, reshaping the culture of the community. Working closely with REAP Wairarapa’s Makuini Kerehi, Sophronia created a framework whereby the hikoi would accord with governmental and REAP adult learning 22
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requirements, enabling whānau to access this event at a discounted rate. Kerehi’s connection with Te Wananga O Aotearoa and collaboration mahi on this project was invaluable; so too was her connection to Tranzit, who provided the bus for the trip. Sophronia was also instrumental in connecting with newly-formed local mana whenua group Paetūmokai Otauira (PTMoT). Their Te Whare Whakapapa Raranga at the former Featherston Golf Course was both the meeting point and eating point where the hikoi departed and returned. Through the promotions of Fab Feathy and PTMoT, this location is quickly becoming a complementary and alternative community centre for Featherston. With logistics in good hands, Fab Feathy’s challenge was to ensure there were enough participants. They needn’t have worried about attendance; a waiting list had to be adopted due to popular demand. An open invitation to the Featherston community and personal invites saw an incredibly diverse group of seniors, children, artists, scientists, musicians, film-makers, migrants and more together on the journey. Filmmaker Paascalino Schaller accompanied the hīkoi and is producing a short film to upload online and capture the kōrero in perpetuity. There are plans to make Hikoi ki Paetūmokai an annual event, and for the attendees to share what they learned with friends and whānau This success marked a fruitful collaboration between Fab Feathy, REAP Wairarapa, Te Wananga O Aotearoa, and the people of Featherston. We hope to make this an annual event, and to invite Rangitane historians to share the pūrakau of their iwi.
Helping our community to understand the power and importance of oral language is the mission of Chatterbox. Our key messages have been completed, the project has been launched and some of our intended supporting material purchased. Polly Newton, our Project Manager worked during the year with her small team to complete these tasks, supported by a wider reference group. We have reached our intended target audience through supporting community-based events, such as Kapa Haka festivals, Children's Day, and at childfocused expos. These messages are intended to encourage adults to read to children more, tell them stories and to have conversations with children about what they are doing. It is also intended to broaden the scope of what they talk about and to use a wide vocabulary when doing so. At REAP we understand the importance of the first 1000 days of a child's life is critical to their intellectual, emotional and physical development. Chatterbox will continue to be an important vehicle for us to use, specifically to improve the oral language and therefore the ability to think, read and write more successfully in the future.
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EARLY CHILDHOOD
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REAP Wairarapa has made Early Childhood Education a key area of focus in its strategic goals and day-to-day work. We’ve developed great relationships with teachers, educators, volunteers, and centres in the region through the Wairarapa Early Childhood Network, and worked with government agencies to help roll out and implement nationwide projects at a local level - staying focused on the needs and interests of our community. We have also worked with Kōhanga Reo, Ngāti Kahungunu and other tangata whenua representatives to ensure the quality and equality of early childhood education across the region.
Playgroups are incredibly important to their communities - especially for new parents. But in tiny isolated communities like Pongaroa, Akitio and Tiraumea (with a combined population of around 300 people), the cycles of life can have a devastating impact. Pongaroa Playgroup had long been a healthy way to provide pre-school experiences for mums and babies, but by the end of 2018, only one mum was attending the Playgroup.
ECE staff in a training session on the new SKIP digital parenting resource.
EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS Thanks to strong relationships with agencies like Oranga Tamariki, REAP Wairarapa is able to play a role in delivering national initiatives at the community level
One of the strengths of REAPs across the country is their relationships with early childhood education providers. Government agencies like Oranga Tamariki trust REAPs as valued partners when it comes to delivering information and supporting the delivery of their initiatives. In 2019, Oranga Tamariki approached REAP Aotearoa to roll out the new SKIP (Strategies for Kids, Information for Parents) digital parenting resource. REAP Wairarapa’s Tracy Graham and Jude Mitchell, along with Eastbay REAP’s Sheryl Semmens, were trained by Oranga Tamariki in the new online tools, and in turn trained ECE staff across the 13 REAPs nationwide. The online resource is for ECE professionals, and aims to give them the confidence and knowledge to communicate reliable parenting information to families and whānau of under-5s. The Wairarapa Early Childhood Network (WECN) was formed by REAP Wairarapa a decade ago, and through these strong links, Tracy and Jude were able to connect with 35 educators and professionals across 22 individual services in the region. The advantages of this approach are clear: Oranga 24
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Tamariki are able to deliver their programmes to rural areas; education providers across Wairarapa are given quality resources and support from local experts; and Wairarapa’s communities are able to access consistent parenting information no matter which service they approach. The collaboration between government, ECE services and community services has been the result of WECN’s work over the past 10 years.WECN is funded by the Masterton Trust Lands Trust (for Masterton-based centres) and REAP Wairarapa (covering the rest of the region) and has worked with the Ministry of Education, Wairarapa DHB, Plunket, Sport Wellington, and many more. For parents, the many forms of early childhood education are vital resources for support, advice and information. WECN has become a vital connector for Wairarapa’s ECE services, and by strengthening the bonds and professional growth of the industry, REAP Wairarapa and WECN are committed to ensuring the best outcomes for parents, whanau and tamariki.
With such a tiny population, the pressure of depopulation and the age cycle of farming families took its toll. But, according to Shirley Jones, one parent had enough determination to turn it around. Jones says she was contacted and asked for help, so she travelled out to Pongaroa once a month and helped create posters and spread the word about the group. Together, they set up a Facebook Messenger group, which made a significant difference - for the first time, new parents were able to talk about the group and make contact outside of the session. With travel a major undertaking, it helped to know whether others were attending. In a remarkable turnaround, the group now has 7 families with 8 children attending twice per month, and is considering becoming a certificated Playgroup to attract Ministry of Education funding. The group has continued to grow in 2020, a positive sign for Pongaroa as a community. “A family I know through the Pahiatua Te Reo classes has moved out to Pongaroa…[the mother] said she was lonely,” said Jones. “I asked whether she had gone to the local playgroup, [but] she didn’t know about it.” “As it happens, they were meeting the next day, and I saw on the Messenger group that she was invited and did attend,” she says. For Shirley, the success of the playgroup is evident in the growth of new connections. “Relationships - I love them!”
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SUSTAINABLE TEACHING REAP Wairarapa has built strong relationships with the region’s Kōhanga Reo, and in 2019 the two organisations sought to expand professional development opportunities. For the kaiako at Kōhanga Reo, finding low cost and free resources for teaching is a priority and a challenge, and so REAP Wairarapa’s Early Childhood Education staff were invited by Edith Rolls, Te Kōhanga Reo o Wāhi Reka, to deliver workshops to support the kaiako in this area. Workshop subjects included ‘Planning’ and ‘Basic play ideas while being sustainable’, and aimed to give teachers new ideas to share in their centres. After the workshop, the kōhanga staff visited Ko Te Aroha, the neighbouring ECE centre, to meet their colleagues and get a view on how other early childhood centres operate. The REAP staff discovered that all value sustainability, and regularly seek ways to incorporate sustainable concepts in their teaching. In December, a workshop was
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held at Te Kōhanga Reo o Wāhi Reka with this very idea in mind. Nine kaiako from various centres attended the half day workshop, which was very well-received. But professional development is not a one-way street, and the Kōhanga Reo kaiako had their own information to share with others. Makoura College hosted a local education conference, organised by Dee Cruse (Ngāti Kahungunu) and supported by REAP Wairarapa, which brought educators together from all four sectors to gain skills in working respectfully with Māori and Pasifika students. Kōhanga Reo kaiako were invited to join in for the conference and support Early Childhood Education services and educators to develop and enhance best practice for working with Māori and Pasifika students. Their expertise was invaluable for teachers at other ECE centres, and the conference strengthened the bonds between local ECE providers.
SCHOOLS REAP Wairarapa’s strong relationship with schools has continued to grow, and in 2019 more emphasis was put on accessibility for schools in the far reaches of the region.
As more is understood about the need for creativity in education, REAP Wairarapa worked with schools, teachers and a large New Zealand business to set up an initiative that supports teachers to bring visual creativity into their classrooms. We also focused on creative leadership from students, preparing them for a world where the need for selfmanagement and creative thinking continues to grow.
ART FOR TEACHERS For teachers in rural areas, isolation and a lack of resources often mean it’s a significant challenge to introduce art teaching into their classroom. Art for Teachers was set up by REAP Wairarapa in 2019, with the objective of increasing primary teacher confidence to deliver art education to their students. REAP Wairarapa schools coordinator Trudy Sears worked with Office Max art tutor Anna Dixon to set up the programme and provide guidance on useful art materials in the classroom. 24 teachers from 9 schools attended, along with an educator from Aratoi Museum of Art & History. The first workshop, held in Term 2, focused on drawing and painting, and the second workshop in term 3 focused on mixed media. Rather than simply focusing on art techniques, the workshops also aimed to show how art processes can be adapted into a range of inquiry topics. To add further value, teachers were also shown how to run their own versions of the workshops they were attending, except with their students - or fellow teachers. “I really liked how the materials for collage were used in conjunction with the Office Max materials,” said one teacher. “I intend to plan lessons around creating collage art pieces, which I’ve never done before.” The newfound confidence inspired some teachers to start straight away, with one teacher volunteering to teach collage to a year 7/8 class straight after the Art for Teachers workshop. Office Max provided a pack of resources for each attendee, while also showing how to supplement their art cupboards with found and recycled items such as tin cans. Part of REAP Wairarapa’s mission is to ensure accessibility across the region. To ease the burden of travel and increase access across such a large region, one workshop was held at Masterton Trust Lands Trust Education Centre, and a second at St. Mary’s School in
Carterton. Bringing so many teachers from different schools across the region is no small task, but Sears says the feedback from the workshops show that there’s a real need and desire for more professional development in this area. “It’s also a great wellbeing workshop, because the teachers are the students,” she says. “They all really enjoyed it.”
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KEY FACTS Schools involved: Chanel College Douglas Park School Fernridge School Masterton Intermediate School Mauriceville School (R) Solway Primary School St. Matthew’s Collegiate St. Patrick’s School Wainuioru School Whareama School Number of students: 220 (years 5 - 8) Organisers: Whakaoriori Kahui Ako Shaun Harkness (Dep. Principal, Douglas Park School) Gareth Sinton (Principal, Douglas Park School) Jo Miller (Teacher, Solway Primary School) Trudy Sears (REAP Wairarapa)
CONNECT, INSPIRE, LEARN With the nature of employment changing, students are increasingly under pressure to develop leadership skills and resilience. In 2019, REAP Wairarapa supported 10 Masterton schools to launch Connect, Inspire, Learn. Held at Douglas Park School, the student-lead conference saw over 220 year 5 - 8 students attend 63 workshops - all of which were organised and run by their peers. Students left feeling inspired and empowered to 28
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seek new understanding, explore their strengths, and to develop their passions and interests. “Our kids were absolutely buzzing when we returned to school,” says Andrea Parsons, Year 7 & 8 Dean at Chanel College. “I was impressed with the attitude, behaviour and engagement of every single student I saw there.” One of the most important impacts was on rural students; attending such a large event and trying new
Student-led learning has powerful and long-lasting effects
things was an achievement in itself for some students, while others leapt outside their comfort zone and lead workshops. Two keynote speakers were featured on the day, with Wairarapa College Head Boy Jackson Burling talking about resilience and how his passion for drama is taking him on a Shakespeare trip to England. The inspirational messages continued with Georgia and Millie Higinbottom - also Wairarapa College students - who talked about how they raised $25,000 for Alzheimer’s New Zealand
with a 300km, 3-day run called Jog Your Memory. Feedback from the students was especially heartening, with almost all feedback identifying newfound inspiration and self-belief. “I was inspired to try out new things and work as a team,” said one student. “Really, I just need to try stuff [that we might not] usually do at school.”
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MATHS IS FUN
Maths Is Fun operates across the Eastern and Central Community Trust (ECCT) Region. The programme is funded in the region by the ECCT, and managed by REAP Wairarapa.
YETE
The Youth Education, Training & Employment Partnership held a significant review in 2019, focusing on efficiency and effectiveness for the coming years. Along with its existing programmes in Licence To Work and the Youth Placement Programme, YETE grew to include Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna, an MBIE-funded initiative with a unique approach to teaching the seven soft skills.
COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS
EMPLOYMENT COURSE A PATHFINDER TO PASSION
Maths is Fun has been a successful and popular initiative over the last few years, but identified an area of weakness: engagement with Māori families. Our statistics have shown positive engagement with Pakeha and Asian families in our communities; most of these are from so-called ‘middle-class’ backgrounds. But what the statistics also revealed is a lack of Māori tamariki attending the library venues. Maths is Fun runs throughout the Eastern and Central Trust region, from Te Araroa (East Cape) to Levin (Horowhenua) and down to Featherston (Wairarapa), and in every small town in between. Mostly it runs in libraries, though sometimes it runs in schools and community centres. Most of the venues are in Deprivation Index Decile 3-5, but Maths is Fun targets a much wider socio-economic band. With this in mind, the Eastern and Central Community Trust set a strategic plan that puts engagement with Māori families as the central focus. To achieve these goals and ensure the viability and effectiveness of Maths is Fun, REAP Wairarapa trialled new Community Champions in several venues. The idea of ‘Community Champions’ is to enlist the help of respected community figures, whose mana can lend the message extra credibility. These champions talk to families they know and encourage them to attend the Maths is Fun events, explaining the benefits and overcoming objections. In some areas like Wairoa and Flaxmere, these champions were already working within the programme, such as a school principal or teachers.
This story was originally published in the Wairarapa Times-Age on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, and written by journalist Hayley Gastmeier.
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Maths is Fun runs across much of the lower North Island
In Foxton, Levin, Eketahuna, Waipukurau, Tikitiki and Te Araroa, the community champion concept was rolled out with the help of each venue administrator. Each administrator shoulder-tapped someone in their local community who could speak to various whānau, and extoll the virtues of the programme, encouraging them to bring children and grandchildren along. The trials in 2019 were informal and ad-hoc, but showed excellent potential. One of REAP’s key areas of interest is finding more about the barriers that stop these families attending, and using that information to break down barriers where possible. Community champions will be able to uncover these barriers and share the feedback with us. This approach is a perfect fit for REAP Wairarapa’s approach to community growth. Connecting with local figures and strengthening communities from the inside is a key way to ensure sustainable growth, and it’s shown great promise as a way to strengthen our relationships with whānau in isolated areas. For 2020 and beyond, REAP is working on a clearer plan to formalise the role of Community Champion, setting objectives, guidelines and measurement metrics to make the role as effective as possible. Once this is signed off, REAP will seek recommendations from each community as to a potential champion and then approach them to discuss the role.
Natalie Hourigan has found her passion in education after completing a course which she says has given her life new direction. The 23-year-old is one of 57 young adults and teens graduating in December from training that sets them up to find employment. YETE (The Youth Education, Training and Employment Partnership) is an initiative run under REAP Wairarapa that offers youth employability programmes, for job seekers no longer in school and students still in the education system. Natalie has completed the ‘Youth Employability Programme – Licence to Work’, a core component of her youth placement course, which she says gave her the guidance she needed to identify what path she wanted to take. The programme focuses on developing the essential employability and work-readiness skills needed to get a job and stay in it. “I went into the course knowing I wanted to help people and that’s about as much as I had set out in my mind. “Then we did some of our class stuff and I realised I want to be in schools because I want to support the generations under me. “I feel they need someone to believe in them. I really care about their well-being and I want them to grow into adults who believe in themselves.” The course involved six weeks of classroom learning, including 10 hours of voluntary work in the community before taking on an 80-hour work experience placement. Natalie had completed about 40 hours of work experience at Lakeview School before being offered a paid job on a fix-term contract at Masterton Intermediate School. She also volunteered at the Community Kitchen. “It was amazing,” she said. “The course was super beneficial to my life in terms of providing help and support just with everything – the connections and the support that were provided is how I got work experience at Lakeview School and from that I gained employment with MIS.” Natalie had her son Asher when she was 16 and then completed her studies at the Teen Parent Unit, based at Makoura College.
Natalie Hourigan, 23, with her son, Asher, 6, and younger sister. PHOTO/HAYLEY GASTMEIER
“As soon as I turned 16, my intention was to drop out of school, but now here I am.” As a teen mum, Natalie trained as a cook and worked in a rest home kitchen for a year before cooking for the RSA. From there she became a health care assistant and after that she worked for a year at the Masterton Toy Library, restructuring and building up its membership. She said she enjoyed these jobs but none of them suited her home life. “I always wanted to be a cook, but the hours didn’t work with having a child. From there I had to find interim work.” Natalie said she would not have found her passion without the YETE course. She is hoping to continue work as a teacher aide in the new year. “In the long-term I think I’d like to be a teacher.” Natalie said it was awesome that course participants would be receiving ongoing support for a year after graduating. She will be working with her mentors, Marie Mackenzie and Kylie Brady, to explore what further study opportunities are available that will fit in with her working lifestyle and hopefully lead her into a career of teaching. YETE Implementation Lead Josie Whaanga said Natalie had shown promise from the beginning of the course. “She took up all the opportunities that were presented to her. “She followed up with guest speakers, introduced herself to employers, and she independently initiated some of her work experience. “She took advantage of all the things that were on offer to her and that’s why she’s so employable.”
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NGĀ PŪMANAWA TŪPUNA Nga Pumanawa Tupuna is a work-readiness programme targeting the development of the essential soft-skills and habits necessary for success in working life. Successful transitions by rangatahi Maori from school or foundational education into further education, training, or work continue to be problematic across the Wairarapa compared to other populations. For instance, NEET rates in the Wairarapa (MBIE data) are well above national averages, while in Masterton, which accounts for well over half of the region’s population, the NEET rate sits at 24% (MBIE). Regional staff at the Ministry of Social Development inform us that Maori, as they are nationally, are disproportionately represented in these NEET figures – a trend that continues into adulthood for many
Maori. Unemployment for Maori in the Wairarapa is on average two and half times that of the general population (Infometrics data). Additionally, industry and business leaders across the region inform us that many young people lack the employability skills needed in the workplace. Employers commonly state they can teach the technical workrelated skills, but young people need to be ready or better prepared in terms of the necessary attitudes and soft skills to learn and then earn in the workplace. Nga Pumanawa Tupuna (the strengths and talents of the ancestors’) initiative will target (predominantly but not exclusively) rangatahi Maori and build the skills, attitudes, habits, and confidence necessary to effectively transition into further education or training or directly into employment.
ABOUT US REAP Wairarapa (Rural Education Activities Programme) provides access to lifelong and life-wide learning opportunities for people of all ages across our region. REAP Wairarapa delivers programmes across a number of sectors, including early childhood, schools, adult and community education, which enhance and support education within the community. We work closely with government, local trusts and community groups to nurture community and personal development. Our work is diverse and includes working to develop our people and communities by providing practical support to organisations and initiatives that meet identified needs. REAP Wairarapa has been actively growing great communities in the region since 1982 and is one of 13 REAPs operating around New Zealand. More information about REAP Aotearoa and the other 12 REAPs can be found at: https://www.reapaotearoa.nz/reaps/
PATHWAYS TO EMPLOYMENT Getting a job straight out of school can be tough, but a group of Wairarapa youth are showing how it can be done. Santana Baxter, Sharnie Sherran-Meredith, and Tanaka Karaitiana graduated from the Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna programme in 2019, and have all secured apprenticeships or cadetships in highly competitive industries. Sharnie gained one of only a handful of Growing Great Farmers cadetships in the region, while Tanaka was offered full-time work at NEER Farms, but made such an impression at Higgins that he was accepted into their civil infrastructure cadetship programme, one of only four spaces available. In the construction industry, Santana is completing the Kiwi Can Do Construction programme, and has already been offered an apprenticeship with Masterton’s Suni Brown. For Santana, the programme has brought him far more than just a pathway to employment. “Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna has made things clearer for me and taught me to focus on being positive,” he says. Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna (known to its students as NPT) is funded by MBIE’s ‘He Poutama Rangatahi’ programme, and was set up to address the over-representation of youth, and especially Māori youth, in the region’s unemployment statistics. Project leader Tom Hullena says the success of the programme has been combination of government funding, a supportive business community, quality staff, and a focus on soft skills. Soft skills refer to the sorts of skills that are useful in any job, including resilience, communication and self-management. By developing these, and then working with employers to teach job-specific skills, Hullena says the project is able to take a very holistic - and effective - approach.
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Entity Information Charitable Trust 210660 Registered Charity CC10101 Legal Name: Wairarapa Rural Education Activities Programme REAP Wairarapa is a Public Entity, as it is listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Audit Act 2001. Ngā Pūmanawa Tūpuna staff: Dean Tanoa, Maria Bourne, Joe Nuku, Cody Field, Natalie Priestley, Carolyn Francis, and programme leader Tom Hullena
“The programme’s success has relied on the generosity of employers who are willing to not only give young people work placement opportunities, but also invest time in ensuring the experience is a valuable one,” he says. Beyond teaching and instilling employability skills, the programme kaiārahi (instructors) also focus on the health, wellbeing and work-readiness of the youth in the programme. This includes help with getting driver’s licenses, living independently, and other milestones that are beyond the remit of schools and tertiary providers. Hullena is very pleased with the many successes of the young people in the programme, and says that MBIE’s funding has enabled the hiring of quality staff. “[They are] very talented and caring people, who are not only effective in engaging with young people, but in getting young people to engage with their learning,” he says. And that engagement makes all the difference for young people like Santana who, like many other youth, had lost self-confidence and worried about his prospects. With a bright future lined up, Santana is more positive than he’s ever been. “My life has completely changed.”
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OUR WORK IN WAIRARAPA MANY RESOURCES 30 CENTRES 252 EDUCATORS
PARTICIPATION AND QUALITY 499 HRS 1,974 PEOPLE
TRANSITION 143 HRS 853 PEOPLE
OUR WORK IN WAIRARAPA
15,557 LEARNER HOURS 2,100 HOURS 849 PEOPLE
257 HOURS 159 PEOPLE
642 HOURS 2,827 PEOPLE
WAIRARAPA EARLY CHILDHOOD NETWORK
ACE
REAP PLUS
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Events run with EC centres and with some schools. Focus on Transition, Leadership, Oral Language and Professional Learning and Development. Work completed with funding from Masterton Trust Lands Trust.
Adult programmes focused on Te Reo Māori and practical literacy, and supporting driver licensing . Includes work with Makoura College and REAP Aotearoa funded by the Tertiary Education Commission.
Adult education which not funded by the Tertiary Education Commission (i.e. user pays). Diverse range of subjects run, especially in technology and leisure.
Working with parents and children and early childhood centres to develop good practice. This is funded by Ministry of Education.
586 HOURS 8,928
25 LOCATIONS 600 HOURS 882 STUDENTS
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
SCHOOLS
MATHS IS FUN
Many cross school activities, events and festivals organised. Working with schools and whanau. This is funded by Ministry of Education.
An interactive programme delivered during school holidays to children from the East Cape to Featherston, and through the Manawatu and Horowhenua. This programme is funded by the Eastern and Central Community Trust.
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771 YOUTH 107 EMPLOYERS
43 YOUTH
YETE
YOUTH PLACEMENT
Youth in Education, Training and Employment, a Wairarapa Partnership with a range of funders, including MTLT, Trust House, MDC, CDC, SWDC, Lotteries Community
Working to support youth not in education, training or employment. A contract with Work and Income.
22 YOUTH
(OVER 6 MONTHS)
NGĀ PŪMANAWA TŪPUNA Supporting mainly Māori youth to gain employability and life skills. A contract with MBIE through the He Poutama Rangatahi fund.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REAP Wairarapa would like to thank the following for their collaboration and support, which has made a significant contribution to the success of our work throughout the year. ACE Aotearoa Ako Aotearoa Carterton Community Courthouse Trust Connecting Communities Wairarapa Department of Internal Affairs Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa Digital Seniors Eastern and Central Community Trust Featherston Community Centre Kokomai Creative Arts Trust Makoura College
Masterton Trust Lands Trust Ministry of Education REAP Aotearoa NZ Te Ataarangi Tertiary Education Commission Wairarapa Camera Club Wairarapa Road Safety Council Wairarapa Workforce Development Trust Work and Income YETE (Youth Education Training & Employment) Partnership
Our thanks is also extended to the tutors, speakers, community groups and others who generously share their skills, knowledge and time to make REAP Wairarapa programmes and projects effective for all participants.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FUNDERS REAP Aotearoa Through the Ministry of Education fund our Early Childhood and Schools programmes, and contribute to our infrastructure, and; Through the Tertiary Education Commission fund for our ACE in Communities programmes, and contribute to our infrastructure, and; Through the Ministry of Social Development fund for our SKIP programme. Tertiary Education Commission Through Makoura College fund our ACE in Schools programme Eastern and Central Community Trust Fund the Maths is Fun programme Masterton Trust Lands Trust Fund the Wairarapa Early Childhood Network ACE Aotearoa Funded Festival of Adult Learning / Ahurei Ākonga. Masterton District Creative Communities Scheme Supported a number of events Trust House Supported a number of events
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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES For the year ended 31 December 2019 ACCOUNTING POLICIES APPLIED Reporting Entity Wairarapa Rural Education Activities Programme Incorporated was incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 on the 4th December 1974. Wairarapa Rural Activities Programme Incorporated is an approved charitable entity registered with the Charities Commission under the Charities Act 2005 since the 22nd March 2007. The REAP is listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Audit 2001 as a public entity. Basis of Preparation Wairarapa REAP has applied PBE SFR-A (PS) Public Benefit Entity Simple Format Reporting – Accrual (Public Sector) on the basis that it does not have public accountability and has total annual expenses of equal to or less than $2,000,000. All transactions in the Performance Report are reported using the accrual basis of accounting. The Performance Report is prepared under the assumption that the entity will continue to operate in the foreseeable future. SPECIFIC ACCOUNTING POLICIES Goods and Services Tax (GST) Wairarapa REAP is registered for GST. All amounts are recorded exclusive of GST except for Debtors and Creditors, which are stated inclusive of GST. Revenue Recognition REAP Wairarapa derives revenue through contracts, grants, interest and rental Government Funding Contract income f rom central government is recognised as revenue when it becomes receivable unless there are Conditions attached and there is a use or return requirement if they are not met. If there is such an obligation, the contract is initially recorded as revenue when the conditions of the contract are met.
Grants Received Grants are recognised as revenue when they become receivable unless there is an obligation in substance to return the funds if the conditions of the grant are not met. If there is such an obligation, the grants are initially recorded as income received in advance and recognised as revenue when the conditions of the grant is satisfied. Interest Interest revenue is recorded as it is earned during the year. Other Income Income from contracts and rentals are recorded as revenue in the period they are earned. Expenditure Expenditure other than Employee Related Costs and Overhead Costs have been allocated based on cost centres – either Contracts, Projects or Board and Properties. Employee Related Costs Wages, Salaries and annual leave are recorded as an expense as staff provide services and become entitled to wages and salaries. Superannuation contributions are recorded as an expense as staff provide services. Bank Accounts and Cash Bank accounts and cash comprise of petty cash on hand, cheque account and savings account. Debtors and Prepayments Debtors are initially recorded at the amount owed. When it is likely the amount owed (or some portion) will not be collected, a provision for impairment is recognised and the loss is recorded as a bad debt expense. Prepayments are expenses paid in the current financial year for goods or services to be received in future periods. Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment is recorded
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at cost, less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Donated assets are recognised upon receipt of the asset if the asset has a useful life of 12 months or more, and the current value of the asset is readily obtainable and significant. Significant donated assets are recognised upon receipt at valuation. Significant donated assets for which current values are not readily obtainable are not recognised. For an asset to be sold, the asset is impaired if the market price for the equivalent asset falls below the carrying amount. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis taking into account the estimated useful life and the residual value of the asset. Rates used are: Buildings 2-10% Computers and Peripherals 33% Electronics and Office Equipment 20% Furniture and Fixtures 20% Motor Vehicles 20% Intangible Assets Intangible Assets are recorded at cost, less accumulated amortization. Donated intangible assets are recognised upon receipt of the asset if the asset has a useful life of 12 months or more, and the current value of the asset is readily obtainable and significant. Significant donated assets are recognised upon receipt at valuation. Significant donated assets for which current values are not readily obtainable are not recognised. For an asset to be sold, the asset is impaired if the market price for the equivalent asset falls below the carrying amount. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis taking into account the estimated useful life of the asset. Rates used are: Database 10% Creditors and Accrued Expenses Creditors and accrued expenses are measured at the amount owed.
Employee Costs Payable A liability for employee costs payable is recognised when an employee has earned an entitlement. These include salaries and wages accrued up to balance date and annual leave earned but not yet taken at balance date. A liability and expense for long service and retirement gratuities is recognised when the entitlement becomes available to the employee. Restricted and Discretionary Reserves Restricted and Discretionary reserves are those reserves subject to specific conditions accepted as binding by Wairarapa REAP and may not be revised by Wairarapa REAP without specif ic purposes or when certain conditions are met. Digital Literacy Reserve The digital literacy reserve is for the purpose of continuing to increase digital literacy within the Wairarapa. The reserve was established from the surplus generated from the Computers in Homes contract. Technology Development Reserve The Internet New Zealand reserve is for the purpose of technology development. The reserve was established in the financial year ended 31st December 2015. Funding for the reserve was a result of a grant from Internet New Zealand.
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE for the year ended 31 December 2019
Notes
2019 Actual
2019 Budget Unaudited
2018 Actual
REVENUE Government Funding
1
Programme Fees & Service Provision
1
477,531
40,410
282,134
Grants & Project Funding
1
276,380
214,697
225,853
Rental Revenue
1
93,430
113,112
85,994
Other Revenue Interest Total Revenue
920,347
683,031
682,639
4,567
-
3,855
15,926
9,000
8,751
1,788,183
1,060,250
1,289,226
EXPENSES Contracts
2
129,542
179,203
79,196
Properties & Board
2
83,533
47,996
77,489
Depreciation
4
39,234
37,460
39,131
Amortization
6
1,827
1,827
1,827
Projects
2
97,430
91,467
56,318
708,034
1,004,740
Employee Related Costs
2
1,306,159
Income Tax Wairarapa REAP is a Public Benefit Entity and is exempt from the payment of Income Tax in terms of the Income Tax Act 2007
Other Expense
2
67,472
Budget Figures The Budget f igures are derived f rom the Wairarapa REAP budget that was approved at the Wairarapa REAP Board meeting on the 7th December 2018
Net Surplus / (Deficit)
Total Expenses 5
-
1,725,197
1,065,987
62,984
(5,737)
86,062 1,344,764 (55,540)
Tier 2 PBE Accounting Standards Wairarapa REAP has applied PBE IPSAS 31: Intangible Assets for the recognition, measurement and disclosure of the database. CHANGES TO ACCOUNTING POLICIES There have been no changes to the accounting policies. These Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Accounting Policies, Notes to the Accounts and the Audit Report.
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS for the year ended 31 December 2019
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION as at 31 December 2019
Notes
2019 Actual
2019 Budget Unaudited
2018 Actual
Notes
2019 Actual
2018 Actual
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Bank Accounts & Cash
3
Debtors and Accrued Income
3
352,967
251,532
300,722
31,033
32,500
56,528
Investments
519,640
509,000
504,084
Prepayments
14,026
11,000
10,067
917,666
804,032
871,402
Total Current Assets NON-CURRENT ASSETS Intangible Asset
6
10,966
10,966
12,793
Property, Plant & Equipment
4
564,788
533,175
533,624
575,754
544,141
546,417
1,493,420
1,348,173
1,417,819
Total Non-Current Assets TOTAL ASSETS
Cash was received from: Funding from Central Government
916,624
702,664
Programme Fees & Service Provision
487,531
268,295
Grant & Project Funding
347,621
229,862
Other Income
97,997
98,221
17,185
4,515
1,866,958
1,303,557
1,643,723
1,275,635
Interest Received Cash was applied to: Suppliers and Employees Net GST Movement
33,390
(11,590)
1,677,113
1,264,045
189,845
39,512
LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES
Net Cash Flows from Operating Activites
Creditors and Accrued Expenses
3
28,068
64,500
75,131
Employee Costs Payable
3
134,676
50,000
104,889
Income Received in Advance
3
127,631
150,000
46,095
Project Funding
3
317,210
241,000
368,855
Total Current Liabilities
607,586
505,500
594,970
Cash was received from:
TOTAL LIABILITIES
607,586
505,500
594,970
Project Funding Held on Behalf
CASHFLOW FROM INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
(51,645)
Sale of Fixed Assets NET ASSETS
885,834
842,673
1,039
338,855 -
(50,606)
338,855
Purchase of Fixed Assets
71,438
28,689
Term Investment
15,556
504,084
86,994
532,773
(137,600)
(193,918)
52,244
(154,406)
Opening Cash Balance
300,722
455,127
CLOSING CASH BALANCE
352,967
300,722
352,967
300,722
822,851
Cash was applied to: ACCUMULATED FUNDS
5
885,834
842,673
822,851
Net Cash Flows from Investing and Financing Activites Net increase / (decrease) in cash held Janine Devenport Chairperson Date
11 June 2020
Peter McNeur Director Date
11 June 2020
Represented by: Cash at Bank
These Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Accounting Policies, Notes to the Accounts and the Audit Report.
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Notes to the REAP Wairarapa Performance Report
Notes to the REAP Wairarapa Performance Report
Note 1: ANALYSIS OF REVENUE
Note 2: ANALYSIS OF EXPENSES Actual 2019
Actual 2019
Actual 2018
Actual 2018
Contracts Funding from Government Ministry of Education
Programme Delivery Expenditure 458,424
439,752
Tertiary Education Commission
235,137
206,868
Ministry of Social Development
64,231
36,019
Ministry of Business and Innovation
162,554
-
Total
920,347
682,639
Programme Fees
81,379
72,456
Service provision
396,152
209,678
Total
477,531
282,134
Programme Fees and Service Provision
Grants and Project Funding
Grant Funding Trust House - Wairarapa Ki Utu Ki Tai Tararua District Council - Oamaru Stone Carving South Wairarapa District Council - Publishing Featherston School Writing Masterton District Council - To Support Douglas Park School Travel Pou Masterton District Council - Kapa Haka Festival Lands Trust Masterton - Rental Concession Grant Lands Trust Masterton - Rental Concession Grant Tindall Foundation - Pasifika Early Childhood Funding Tindall Foundation - Maori Governance Funding Department of Internal Affairs - Funding for Pasifika ACE Aotearoa - Adult Learners Week Project Funding Ako Aotearoa Research Project Ako Aotearoa
4,000
3,287
-
500
-
1,500
-
900
-
2,453
19,443
19,014
12,500
-
-
1,739
1,449
-
3,000
-
861
1,043
41,253
30,436
-
10,174
-
Maths Is Fun Eastern & Central Community Trust
112,806
107,600
112,806
107,600
Lands Trust Masterton
53,451
49,510
Trust House
7,000
-
60,451
49,510
Wairarapa Early Childhood Network
Makoura College, ACE in Schools Tertiary Education Commission
51,697
38,306
51,697
38,306
276,380
225,853
340 Queen Street, Masterton
57,430
54,457
341 Queen Street, Masterton
8,611
8,611
Other Rental Revenue
27,389
22,925
Total
93,430
85,994
Total
79,196
68,202
65,183
Properties & Board Property Expenditure Other Board Expenditure Total
15,331
12,306
83,533
77,489
Projects Ako Aotearoa Research Project Computers In Homes
10,174
-
1,053
826
Makoura College ACE Programmes
20,785
4,881
Math is Fun
40,509
33,973
Wairarapa Early Childhood Network
24,909
16,639
Totals
97,430
56,318
Employee Related Costs Salaries and Wages
690,685
687,963
Maths Is Fun Wages
72,296
73,399
Wairarapa Early Childhood Network Wages
46,451
32,812
Computers In Homes Wages
5,043
6,277
Makoura College ACE Programmes Wages
9,665
20,402
108,478
71,394
35,946
11,071
129,896
-
Fab Feathy Wages Licence to Work - Youth Placement Service Wages Nga Pumanawa Tupuna Wages Resilient Carterton Wages
76,055
-
YETE Wages
121,547
96,985
ACC Levies 10,174
129,542
3,387
2,657
Wellness Contributions
104
278
Health Insurance
261
261
6,346
1,242
1,306,159
1,004,740
Administrative Expenditure
15,421
51,755
Repairs & Maintenance
13,744
9,839
Occupancy Costs
38,307
24,468
Total
67,472
86,062
Staff Training Costs Total Other Expenses
Rental Revenue
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Notes to the REAP Wairarapa Performance Report
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Note 3: ANALYSIS OF ASSETS AND LIABLILITES Actual 2019
Actual 2018
Bank Accounts and Cash Westpac Current Account
335,872
172,888
Westpac On Call Account
17,089
127,723
6
111
352,967
300,722
Petty Cash Total Debtors and Accrued Income Accounts Receivable
23,743
52,292
Accrued Income
4,313
-
Accrued Interest
2,978
4,237
Total
31,033
56,528
Creditors and Accrued Expenses
Accounts Payable
13,831 323
1,175
Accrued Expenditure
11,213
9,681
2,700
36,090
28,068
75,131
Total
Accrued Salaries
5,635
2,080
Annual Leave
71,861
66,479
PAYE Owing
57,181
36,329
134,676
104,889
318
318
ACE Aotearoa Tutor Professional Development Project Funding
5,000
5,000
Department of Internal Affairs (Womens Weekend Funding)
2,500
-
10,996
14,447
22,500
24,230
Total Income Received In Advance ACE Outcomes Implementation Project
Lands Trust Masterton (Wairarapa Early Childhood Network Project) Licence to Work Youth Placement Service Maths is Fun
4,194
-
Ministry of Education (Tutor Funding)
3,000
-
74,396
-
Nga Pumanawa Tupuna Te Kura A Rangi Trust (Teen Dad Support Funding)
1,952
Tindall Foundation Maori Governance Programme
-
Other Total
Digital Seniors
1,450
2,775
650
127,631
46,095
Buildings
Opening Book Value
Purchases
63,407
-
1,428
Fab Feathy
11
124,324
74,780
Resilient Carterton
12
86,028
150,320
Suicide Prevention Fundraiser
13
8,016
8,392
Wairarapa Intergenerational Playgroups
14
804
4,305
Women Who Make the Calls
15
9,929
Youth Education Training & Employment (YETE)
16
88,109
129,630
317,210
368,855
-
Sales
-
Annual Depreciation
Depn Recovered/ Loss on Sale
Closing Book Value
-
-
-
63,407
428,142
2,764
-
14,334
-
416,572
Computers & Peripherals
10,026
16,845
1,039
8,176
-
17,656
Electronics & Office Equipment
8,994
2,775
-
4,008
-
7,760
Furniture & Fixtures
15,411
2,600
-
4,839
-
13,172
7,647 533,625
46,454 71,438
1,039
7,878 39,235
-
46,223 564,788
Opening Book Value
Purchases
Motor Vehicles
31 December 2018 Asset Class
Land Buildings
Sales
Annual Depreciation
Depn Recovered/ Loss on Sale
Closing Book Value
63,407
-
-
-
-
63,407
429,969
12,362
-
14,189
-
428,142
Computers & Peripherals
6,359
9,585
-
5,919
-
10,026
Electronics & Office Equipment
9,691
5,951
-
6,648
-
8,994
19,266
791
-
4,646
-
15,411
15,376 544,068
28,689
-
7,729 39,131
-
7,647 533,624
2019 Actual
2018 Actual
Motor Vehicles
Note 5: ACCUMULATED FUNDS
Accumulated Funds Opening Balance
788,278
805,186
Surplus/(Deficit)
62,984
(55,540)
Transfer (to)/from Reserves Closing Balance
4,647
38,632
855,909
788,278
Restricted and Discretionary Reserves Opening Balance
Transfer (to)/from Accumulated Funds Closing Balance Total Equity
34,573
73,205
(4,647) 29,926
(38,632) 34,573
885,834
Breakdown of Restricted and Discretionary Reserves
Notes 10
Total
Land
Furniture & Fixtures
Employee Costs Payable
Project Funding on Behalf
31 December 2019 Asset Class
28,185
Westpac Mastercard GST Payable
Note 4: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Name For Computer In Homes Surplus Digital Literacy Tindall Foundaton Funding Maori Governance Tech Development Internet New Zealand WWDT Careers Funding Careers Events Total Restricted and Discretionary Reserves
2019 Actual 5,255 1,449 20,000 3,222 29,926
822,851
2018 Actual 11,351 20,000 3,222 34,573
The Wairarapa Workforce Development Trust (WWDT) has disbanded and gifted funds to Wairarapa REAP to run events such as the Be Inspired Conference which is a careers showcase for secondary school students.
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Notes to the REAP Wairarapa Performance Report Note 9: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION
Note 6: INTANGIBLE ASSETS 31 December 2019
REAPit Database
31 December 2018
Tracey Shepherd, Education Manager of REAP Wairarapa, is a Regional Funding Manager for the Tindall Foundation.
Cost/ Valuation
Accumulated Amortisation
18,274 18,274 Cost/ Valuation
REAP Wairarapa received a grant from the Tindall Foundation in 2010. The unspent grant funding now forms part of
Net Book Value
7,308 7,308
the Restricted and Discretionary Reserves - see note 5. Tracey Shepherd is a Co-Chair of ACE Aotearoa.
10,966 10,966
Accumulated Amortisation
Peter McNeur, Director of REAP Wairarapa, was a member of AKO Aotearoa Central HUB until the group disbanded in 2019. In 2019 REAP Wairarapa received an honorarium for the member role from AKO Aotearoa. Peter McNeurs wife Judy McNeur is currently employed as the Maths is Fun Coordinator and as a Project Coordinator.
Net Book Value
REAP Aotearoa NZ is the umbrella body of all REAPs in New Zealand. Tracey Shepherd, Education Manager of REAP Wairarapa holds the position of the Director of REAP Aotearoa NZ. REAP Wairarapa charges REAP Aotearoa for Tracey's services.
REAPit Database
18,274 18,274
5,481 5,481
REAP Aotearoa NZ manages the MOE, TEC, and SKIP contracts.
12,793 12,793
Tim McMahon is a Board Member of REAP Wairarapa was on the REAP Aotearoa NZ Board but resigned in March 2019. Note 10: DIGITAL SENIORS FUND HOLDER Opening Balance
31 December 2019
REAPit Database
Opening Balance
Additions
12,793 12,793
Disposals
-
Amortization
-
1,827 1,827
Net Book Value
Trust House - Grant Tindall Foundation - Grant
10,966 10,966
There are no commitments as at 31 December 2019 (2018: nil)
the land to REAP Wairarapa, however this is contingent on Ministerial approval. The Board is unsure as to when approval will be obtained and so the land is not included as an asset in the Statement of Financial Position. Note 8: OTHER Non-Cancellable Operating Lease Commitments commenced 27th May 2016 with an annual commitment of $6,451. 2019 3,225
2018 9,676
130
20,072
Amount transferred to Digital Seniors
1,298 -
1,428
REAP Wairarapa has a lease with Lands Trust Masterton for 22 Dixon Street, Masterton. The annual cash commitment
2019
2018
74,780 183,299 258,079
167,230 100 167,330
10,000 108,478 15,277 133,755 124,324
9,000 71,394 12,156 92,550 74,780
Fab Feathy and the the Department of Internal Affairs formed a Partnership to provide funding and support for community-led development in Featherston. REAP Wairarapa is the fund holder for the Partnership. REAP Wairarapa Wairarapa is providing administrative services which include the employment of Fab Feathy staff. Note 12: RESILIENT CARTERTON FUND HOLDER Opening Balance Department of Internal Affairs Grant Total Funding
Cancellable Operating Lease Commitments
2019
2018
150,320 48,385 198,705
165,282 165,282
10,000 76,055 26,623 112,678 86,027
5,000 9,962 14,962 150,320
Less Expenditure
is $5,000 per annum until 30th June 2020. 2019 2,500
2018 7,500
REAP Wairarapa has a lease with Wairarapa Sport House for space for Nga Pumanawa Tupuna to operate from. The
2019 7,751
Administration Salaries Other Expenditure Total Expenditure Closing Balance
lease is for two years and commenced on the 1st July 2019. The annual commitment is $4,895
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3,500 21,500
Closing Balance
REAP Wairarapa has an operating lease with Fuji Xerox Limited for 2 photocopiers. The lease is a four year lease and
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18,000
-
Opening Balance Department of Internal Affairs Grant Other Income Total Funding Less Expenditure: Administration Salaries Overheads Total Expenditure
The land REAP House sits on is owned by the Ministry of Education. At present procedures are underway to transfer
Total Operating Commitment (GST Exclusive)
-
1,428
Note 11: FAB FEATHY FUND HOLDER
Contingent Asset
Total Operating Commitment (GST Exclusive)
1,428
Digital Seniors is an organisation set up to make collective action to better support seniors with technology on individual community and national levels. Wairarapa REAP supported Digital Seniors during set up and continues to support the ongoing work of Digital Seniors
Commitments
Total Operating Commitment (GST Exclusive)
2018
Total Funding Less Expenditure Closing Balance
Note 7: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
2019
2018 -
Resilient Carterton and the Department of Internal Affairs formed a Partnership to provide funding and support for community-led development in Carterton to foster a stronger sense of community and develop a more sustainable and resilient Carterton. REAP Wairarapa is the fund holder for the Partnership. REAP Wairarapa provides administrative services which include the employment of Resilient Carterton staff.
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Note 13: SUICIDE AWARENESS MATTERS FUNDHOLDER Opening Balance Donations
2019
2018
8,392 8,392 375 8,017
Total Funding Less Expenditure Closing Balance
8,892 8,892 500 8,392
Suicide Awareness Matters is a Wairarapa Organisation for whom REAP Wairarapa is holding funds for until they have administrative processes in place. Note 14: WAIRARAPA INTERGENERATIONAL PLAYGROUPS Opening Balance Department of Internal Affairs - Grant Carterton District Council - Grant Total Funding Less Expenditure Funds Held
2019 4,305 4,305 3,501 804
2018 3,000 3,000 6,000 1,695 4,305
Note 17: SUBSEQUENT EVENT On the 11th March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak of COVID-19 (a novel Coronavirus) a pandemic. Two weeks later, on the 26th March 2020, New Zealand increased its COVID-19 alert level to level 4 and a nationwide lockdown commenced. As part of this lockdown all Rural Education Activities Programmes (REAPs) were closed. While the disruption is currently expected to be temporary, there is a level of uncertainty around the duration of the closure. At this time the full financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is not able to be determined, but is not expected to be significant to REAP Wairarapa. REAP Wairarapa will continue to received funding from the Ministry of Education; the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; the Department of Internal Affairs and the Tertiary Education Commission even while closed.
Wairarapa Intergenerational Playgroups encourage play across the generations by taking young children into rest homes. The children and their mothers benefit by interacting with the older generation and vice versa. Part of the support REAP Wairarapa gives the Wairarapa Intergenerational Playgroups is providing administrative support and holding funds. Note 15: WOMEN WHO MAKE THE CALLS Opening Balance Donations Total Funding Less Expenditure
2019 11,459 11,459 1,531 9,928
Funds Held
Women Who Make The Calls is an organisation focussing on womens leadership in the Wairarapa. REAP Wairarapa gives Women Who Make The Calls administrative support and is holding funds until they get administrative processes in place Note 16: YETE (WAIRARAPA YOUTH EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT) FUND HOLDER Opening Balance Grant Funding Received: Lands Trust Masterton Masterton District Council Eastern & Central Community Trust Carterton District Council South Wairarapa District Council Department of Internal Affairs Trust House Foundation Total Grant Funding Other Income Total Funding Less Expenditure Salaries Other Expenditure Total Expendiure Surplus/Deficit Funded by Reserves Closing Balance
2019 129,631 20,000 10,000 5,000 25,000 50,000 110,000 110,000
2018 30,000 40,000 30,000 4,000 10,000 7,500 43,000 50,000 184,500 6,609 191,109
121,547 29,975 151,521 88,110
96,985 25,067 122,051 99,057
0 88,110
30,574 129,631
YETE is a Partnership between the Councils of the Wairarapa and various other funders. YETEs vision is to see all Wairarapa youth engaged in education, training or employment. REAP Wairarapa provides support to the Partnership, including administrative support and employing YETE staff.
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