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KA MÍHARO High expectations Excellence in te reo

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TÁ TE POUHERE Mairangatia te kupu whakawhetai ki te uho o te ora, te kaihanga o te rangi me te whenua.

Kia whakapaingia te ingoa o Ihowa túáuriuri, wháioio.

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Kia murimuri aroha ki te rangapú o aituá kikini e kikini nei i te ngákau marú, koutou kua riro ki te kokomea o te rá, whakangaro atu rá.

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E húkere tonu ana a KA MÍHARO i ngá tai kórero o te wá, nei rá ia e tere nei i te au teka o te Ahimaru, he aroaromahana kua tau ki te mata o Papa. Nau mai rá e te iwi ki ngá huihuinga kórero e whakaopeti mai ana i konei, me óna kaupapa huhua, pai, takaahuareka hoki.

Welcome to the Spring edition of Ka Mïharo – our magazine.

As I write this piece, the Rugby World Cup 2011 is under way and the excitement and unified support for our national team is at an all-time high.

At this time, rugby is a unifying theme across the classrooms, cafeterias, dinner tables throughout the country.

Rugby is touched on in a story about the growth and success of TÜ TOA Tai Wänanga based in Palmerston North, a highly successful secondary school model that is achieving momentous academic and sporting success. Next year will see a second Tai Wänanga open at the Ruakura Research Centre in Hamilton.

It is no coincidence that sport has played a major part in the success of TÜ TOA. Sport encourages teamwork, fitness and dedication. It provides opportunities to experience the highs of victory, to learn lessons in humility and to be courageous, particularly after a defeat.

And, as you are all aware, this month will see our rohe compete at Te Mata Wänanga, this year hosted

by Whirikoka. I am told the level of competition at this year’s event will be intense. Te Mata Wänanga is a wonderful opportunity for our rohe to come together, to celebrate and to enjoy manaakitanga, kotahitanga and whanaungatanga.

Take some time out to read about all the wonderful mahi of our tauira, kaiako and the many members of our whänau. And enjoy the success and commitment of all those involved in the Rugby World Cup. And finally ... Go the All Blacks!

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These are immensely important lessons for our tauira and, in fact, for us all. Winning is not the sole reason for trying something. And while our TÜ TOA tauira have achieved significant sporting and academic success, it is the pride and self-belief that come from participation and achievement that prepare us for the challenges of life.

This edition of Ka Mïharo covers a range of stories, including an exciting collaborative venture by our Te Tai Tokerau whänau which sees the opening of a new campus on the NorthTec site in Whangärei. Also in this edition is a piece on the Mäori into Tertiary Education project, which is focused on lifting Mäori participation - something that remains a fundamental commitment for Te Wänanga o Aotearoa.

This edition contains many strong, positive stories that take in the range of activities that Te Wänanga o Aotearoa is currently involved in to ensure we remain focused on our priority of transforming lives through education.

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ïata curator Kim Marsh has the job of carefully unwrapping each of the more than 60 artworks that make up the Pïata exhibition at the Artspost gallery in Hamilton.

Kim, who is also the Kaiärahi Marautanga – Toi Rauangi (Curriculum Manager for Mäori Visual Arts), says, “I had been going around the country and seeing the very high standard of work that Te Wänanga o Aotearoa produces and thought it would be great to show it off.”

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“Aside from being an opportunity for our tauira to be involved in an exhibition, Pïata will help launch some of these artists and promote our programmes.”

Cup. Kim says she didn’t plan it that way, but she is “stoked because it provides a massive opportunity for international exposure”.

Pïata, meaning ‘to shine’, showcases art from tauira enrolled at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa who specialise in painting, sculpture, raranga (weaving) and whakairo (carving).

“We did a Pïata a couple of years ago and it went really well. In fact, we got a letter from Artspost saying it was brilliant, so we decided to do it again this year.

Helen Rangihuna (Ngäti Porou), a tauira from Te Maunga Kura Toi - Rauangi (Level 6) at Toimairangi campus in Hastings, is one of the featured artists.

Helen is thrilled that her acrylic painting entitled Arohanui – love the children and teach them well is on show.

“This piece was created in remembrance of all the times I was taught values and principles that have helped support me in my life, values such as being honest, being of service to those around me and being loving to name a few,” Helen says.

It is the second time Te Wänanga o Aotearoa has put on a Pïata exhibition and Kim says it is an opportunity for the world to see what is being produced by our organisation’s tauira.

The exhibition, which runs until October 24, takes place during the Rugby World

“We didn’t ask for this particular gallery time, but the gallery gave it to us because they were so impressed with our previous exhibition. Plus, I think that is what international visitors want to see when they are here.”

This year, Te Wänanga o Aotearoa has more than 700 tauira enrolled in Te Maunga Kura Toi, with 400 tauira in raranga, 200 in the rauangi programme (fine arts) and 150 studying whakairo.

If you’re passing through Kirikiriroa between September 23 and October 24, stop and check out the outstanding work being created by our tauira. Artspost is at 120 Victoria Street (the main street of Hamilton) next to Te Whare Taonga o Waikato (Waikato Museum).

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Excellence is the goal for Tai Wänanga, an exciting new initiative

by Te Wänanga o Aotearoa to cater for rangatahi who want to excel in areas ranging from sports to science. This issue focuses on the success of Tai Wänanga TÜ TOA.

Hinurewa Poutü is one of the youngest graduates from Te Panekiretanga o te Reo Mäori, a school of excellence for Mäori language speakers. The 26-year-old shares her experiences of this Te Wänanga o Aotearoa programme and her views on te reo Mäori.

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Presenting a paper at the World Indigenous People’s Conference on Education in Peru is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Resource developer Hawira Karaitiana was “humbled” by his selection as a delegate to Peru.

The impressive 22 metre long waka hourua called Aotearoa One has already been utilised as a floating classroom for high school students. Waka expert Hoturoa Kerr is keen to see it used much more.

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Cover photo: Tai Wänanga-TÜ TOA tauira during their semi-final at the inaugural Hurricanes’ schools rugby tournament held in Wellington, September 2011

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HEI TUATAHITANGA High expectations Excellence is the focus for Tai Wánanga-TÚ TOA in New Plymouth – the first of a number of Te Wánanga o Aotearoa secondary school alternatives to be set up across the country.

Tai Wánanga-TÚ TOA concentrates on academic and sporting excellence with a strong infusion of tikanga. Next year, Tai Wánanga Ruakura will open in Hamilton with a focus on innovation, technology and discovery.

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nder a wintry Wellington sun, two teams of schoolboy rugby players are working up a sweat.

The line-outs may not be straight and the scrums may need resetting, but there’s no doubting this is a committed group of boys, each with a desire to win.

It’s the semifinal of the inaugural Hurricanes’ schools rugby tournament: Tai Wänanga–TÜ TOA Palmerston North in grey and black versus St Patrick’s Silverstream in blue and white.

Across town in Upper Hutt, the TÜ TOA netball team is notching up a string of wins in the lower North Island schools’ competition, which sees them qualify for the national competition.

However, back at the rugby field, Tumuaki Nathan Durie has stopped keeping tabs on the score. His boys are a couple of years younger than the St Pat’s boys, several sizes smaller and they’re getting taught a lesson.

“C’mon boys, get some energy,” shouts Nathan. “Get over, get over. Ah, good work.”

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This is a young team; for some it is their first season playing rugby. Nathan reckons today’s loss will be a valuable test of character for his boys.

“They’re doing it tough,” he says, “but we’re making history. It’s definitely a starting point. Give them a couple of years and our kids will be very competitive.”

Kaiako Reuben Parkinson (Te Whänau-aApanui) rallying the under-15 troops

It is the first year Tai Wänanga-TÜ TOA has offered a rugby strand and its glory days may be some way off, but the centre is achieving in a myriad of other areas. Several tauira have represented New Zealand, such as Kyle Butters who made it through to the finals of the Australian Open junior tennis tournament this year.

Nathan says the centre has maintained a minimum 95 per cent pass rate for NCEA over the past few years and the individual success stories, based on carefully tailored learning plans, offer the kind of inspiration that anyone can draw from.

“We don’t have kids who take days off or are late.

If you provide the right environment you create a sense of belonging.”

Tai Wänanga-TÜ TOA has just three aims: to develop athletes who can compete at the highest levels, to provide academic excellence and to enhance the wellbeing of its students through Mäori values. One of the centre’s proudest achievements was winning the 2009 national secondary schools’ netball tournament.

“Every parent wants the same thing for their child.

No one says, ‘I want my kid to grow up to be average’,” says Nathan.

“My focus is on kaupapa Mäori and academic excellence,” says Nathan, who started the centre (with wife Yvette) based on the premise that something better could be done to improve education among Mäori.

“Sport brings them to the table, and that’s where they get a sense of realisation that making it in anything requires hard work,” says Nathan.

“We want to produce good people who are successful in their communities. By gaining confidence, being successful in their culture, class or on the sports field, they know where they are in their community.

“Our job is to build their confidence and belief in themselves that they can do it.”

For the first years, TÜ TOA operated as a charitable trust, but it now works in partnership with Te Wänanga o Aotearoa and the Ministry of Education.

And from next year it will have a sister centre with which to compare notes – Tai Wänanga Ruakura, based in Hamilton.

The establishment of Tai Wänanga was announced

by Minister of Education Anne Tolley at the end of last year. She recognised that the centre would provide students and parents with a choice beyond the mainstream secondary school system.

“This Government recognises the importance of Mäori achieving success as Mäori,” she says.

“We also recognise that the mix of tikanga Mäoribased education programmes and support from Te Wänanga o Aotearoa will provide an environment that helps students enjoy learning and excellent educational results.”

Tai Wänanga Ruakura will be based at Ruakura Research Centre in refurbished buildings next door to Innovation Park and not far from the University of Waikato. Initially, it will cater for between 50 and 80 students, but like Tai Wänanga-TÜ TOA it will aim to expand to a maximum roll of 120.

But where Tai Wänanga-TÜ TOA seeks high achievement in academic and sports results, the core focus for Ruakura will be on innovation, technology and discovery. The strategic position of the centre will enable pupils to interact with scientists, researchers and academics, and enable them to understand how discovery can eventually result in a commercially viable product. The emphasis, like Tai Wänanga-TÜ TOA, is on high achievement and empowering tauira to achieve so they can contribute and lead future Mäori advancement.

Middle: Taihakurei Durie (Ngäti Kauwhata) in mid-air during the semi-finals clash of the Hurricanes’ schools rugby tournament Bottom: Rupena Parkinson (Te Whänau-a-Apanui, Ngäti Whätua) sets his backs away.

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Stacey Matthews (Ngäpuhi) and Brian Enari (Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga-a-Mähaki, Samoa) under the watchful eye of kaiako Reuben Parkinson

Stacey Matthews (front, middle) prepares to pack down against the eventual winners of the tournament, St Patrick’s Silverstream.

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We also recognise that the mix of tikanga Mäori-based education programmes and support from Te Wänanga o Aotearoa will provide an environment that helps students enjoy learning and achieve excellent educational results.

Te Pouhere of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa Bentham Ohia says the initiative stems from the high percentage of Mäori students leaving secondary schools with few or no qualifications. Te Wänanga o Aotearoa knew it could provide the teaching and support resources, as well as develop collaborative opportunities with other tertiary institutions and industry.

“We bring a strong track record in providing educational excellence based on inclusive Mäori principles and practices for all New Zealanders,” Bentham says.

Toby Westrupp is in charge of getting Tai Wänanga Ruakura up and running. Being ready for the new school year means a busy few months and right now he is in the midst of making key staff appointments and establishing the curriculum.

Phrases like “innovation and discovery” have been deliberately chosen to appeal to potential students as a means of igniting their imagination and showing them that a quality secondary school education will better prepare them for the future.

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excellent model, but once the Ruakura centre is operating he believes they will learn even more.

“We want to turn the poor Mäori health statistics around and we want our kids to be agents of change when they become parents.”

“Once we identify what’s making a difference to a student’s learning, what’s motivating them to engage and change, we can transfer it into other environments,” Toby says.

So, while the new centre won’t have the same high performance sports strand that Tai Wänanga-TÜ TOA has, it will still place high emphasis on fitness and want its tauira to be fit and well.

“If you want something to be around for a long time, the foundation years make all the difference. It’s about being able to set the focus for the future.

Bentham expects the centre to see higher Mäori student engagement, higher achievement, higher employment and, ultimately, “whänau transformation through education”.

“Tai Wänanga extends way beyond life at school.

It can contribute to a much wider kaupapa.”

Toby knows he has a challenge ahead.

Tai Wänanga takes students who want to be there and want to be part of its learning philosophy. In return, Tai Wänanga gives them a quality learning experience.

“We’re entering an exciting new phase for Tai Wänanga and for Te Wänanga o Aotearoa. We’re excited by the challenge of continuing to turn things around for our kids.”

Registrations of interest for the new centre have so far been strong. Toby says while most of the first pupils will be Years 9 and 10, they also need seniors to establish leadership at the centre.

Meanwhile, the semi-finals in the rugby tournament haven’t gone the way of Tai Wänanga-TÜ TOA and their opponents will go on to win the competition. Nathan is philosophical as he walks over to console the team.

He says one of the crucial components at Tai Wänanga Ruakura will be an emphasis on fitness and proper nutrition.

“The boys are gutted, but that’s a good thing in a way. It’s important to keep it in perspective. We’ll have our day.”

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Two new initiatives in the Támaki Makaurau-Tai Tokerau region prove tertiary providers can work together for the benefit of tauira.

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n a move that would have been unheard of in the past, local universities, polytechnics and wänanga are all part of MITE – the Mäori into Tertiary Education project.

Previously, the big seven in Tämaki Makaurau – Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, Manukau Institute of Technology, Unitec, Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Te Whare Wänanga o Awanuiärangi, Massey University and University of Auckland – jostled at career expos in their attempts to entice students to enrol with them. But the united approach, led by Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, Manukau Institute of Technology, Unitec and University of Auckland, has helped pave the way for Mäori to access higher education and achieve success.

The project is run by a small team from the Manukau campus of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa.

Maria Paenga leads the project with Debbie Terei and Rosie Mataroa. The three recently hosted the MITE Mäori Education Summit attended by vice-chancellors, principals and education leaders from across the region.

Regional Manager for Tai Tokerau-Tämaki Makaurau Yvonne O’Brien says MITE is a first for New Zealand education. “None of this is rocket science, but it’s significant because tertiary providers have historically tended to do things on their own. All of us did,” Yvonne says.

“Now there’s a general willingness to get over ourselves and to work collaboratively for those that we serve - tauira Mäori.”

shows them what they need to do to achieve their goal. It will identify an introductory programme that will allow them to begin their educational journey. This may include a number of different tertiary providers.”

MITE will see Te Wänanga o Aotearoa begin working with Manukau Institute of Technology and Unitec next year to offer trades-based programmes. “It will be our kaimahi delivering the Unitec programme,” Yvonne says.

In its second year, MITE is addressing reduced participation of Mäori in education in Auckland.

In 2004, about 3,050 Mäori Year 9 students entered Auckland’s secondary schools, with just over a third of them still at school five years later. Only 12 per cent of this group ended up gaining University Entrance.

“What Te Wänanga o Aotearoa is really good at is engaging Mäori and Pacific people and keeping them in study. While we provide a range of courses from certificate to degree level, we acknowledge that we don’t have all the programmes our tauira may require.

Yvonne says one of MITE’s aims is to bridge the gap between secondary and tertiary education. “The MITE website is a one-stop resource for everyone,” Yvonne says.

‘It’’s about being committed to serving the tauira and not being protective and competitive. It’s not about our institutions – it’s about the individuals in them.”

“If a student doesn’t have any formal school qualifications and wants to be a civil engineer, the website will help them build a pathway that

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e Wänanga o Aotearoa and NorthTec in Whangärei are collaborating to encourage more tauira to take up educational opportunities.

Computer, te reo Mäori and business classes through Te Wänanga o Aotearoa are being taught from NorthTec’s Raumanga campus after a lease agreement to co-locate was signed earlier this year.

Regional Manager of Tai Tokerau-Tämaki Makaurau Yvonne O’Brien says there was a sense of urgency for both educational providers to get together because of large numbers of tauira Mäori in Northland leaving secondary school without qualifications.

Yvonne says the move breaks down negative stereotypes Mäori may have towards mainstream universities and polytechnics.

“Tauira enrolled in a wänanga would not normally ever think of enrolling with another tertiary provider because those institutions represent failure, particularly if the tauira failed at school,” she says.

“So, being located at NorthTec demystifies mainstream tertiary education. It’s saying, ‘This place is okay, I’m welcome here.’ Our

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tauira are using NorthTec’s cafeteria and library, and can walk around the campus, so there are huge benefits for them.”

A memorandum of understanding has also been signed between the two campuses which allows a more seamless transition for Te Wänanga o Aotearoa graduates to enrol in NorthTec courses.

NorthTec chief executive Paul Binney says the two organisations will work together to help Mäori improve their skills and employment prospects.

“We will make sure that the region’s young people have options for progression in education that will prepare them for greater opportunities in terms of work and for their own long-term economic well-being,” he says.

Te Wänanga o Aotearoa Te Tai Tokerau area manager Dean Martin says discussion is continuing on which merged programmes will be offered, with joint courses in the sports and arts fields being possibilities.

“Boundaries have broken down through this collaboration. It’s now about how we’re going to build up that whanaungatanga between us and how we’re going to maintain it.”

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Top: Representatives from Te Wänanga o Aotearoa and NorthTec signed off on a Memorandum of Understanding in July this year, Paul Binney (NorthTec CEO) is seated second left Other photos: The new Te Wänanga o Aotearoa site on NorthTec’s Raumanga campus in Whangärei

Hinurewa Poutü addresses Te Wänanga o Aotearoa graduate community at Papaiöea campus in September

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At 26 years of age, Hinurewa Poutú is one of the youngest graduates of Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo, the institute of excellence in te reo Máori. She is a fitting ambassador for the programme and for Te Wánanga o Aotearoa.

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n a cool Palmerston North evening, nestled in the warmth of the wharekai at Papaiöea campus, all eyes are fixed on Hinurewa Poutü.

Her peers from Te Panekiretanga and tauira starting on their language journey have gathered for a celebration of Kai, Körero and Käpuia. The mouth-watering feast is provided by local whänau and it is left up to Hinurewa to carry the körero.

Hinurewa engages the crowd with her youthful energy and good sense of humour. Her opening acknowledgements in te reo Mäori give the audience a glimpse of her effortless grasp of the language.

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She then switches to English and describes her early years growing up in 1980s Palmerston North. Her parents’ choice to bring up their two children speaking only te reo Mäori was considered “extremely weird at the time”.

Raised and schooled entirely in te reo Mäori, Hinurewa graduated from wharekura with a desire to advance her language skills.

Although not mentioned in her speech, Hinurewa has the distinction of being New Zealand’s top Te Reo Rangatira bursary scholar in 2001. Since leaving wharekura she has completed a master’s degree majoring in Mäori Studies and is now in the first year of researching a doctorate.

Hinurewa heard about Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Mäori when it was first established in 2004 and made known her wish to enrol on the programme.

Admission to Te Panekiretanga, which runs out of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, is by invitation only. As its name suggests, it is preserved for those who wish to reach the pinnacle (te panekiretanga) of the language.

Dr Tïmoti Karetü and other passionate advocates of te reo Mäori have long held the view that an institute of excellence would lift the number and quality of experts in the language.

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JOINING IN Kai, Körero and Käpuia with Hinurewa Poutü was one of two such events organised

by Käpuia (the graduate community of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa). Käpuia was established to enable graduates to maintain their connections with peers, kaiako and the organisation and to continue to support graduates’ future endeavours.

Tauira and kaiako at a wänanga for Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo Mäori 2006 L-R: Professor Pou Temara, Leon Te Pairi Blake (Te Wänanga o Aotearoa kaiako), Dr Wharehuia Milroy, Brenda Soutar (centre back), Hinurewa Poutü and Dr Tïmoti Karetü

Te Panekiretanga has run at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa for the past six years. The programme is hugely successful and is still largely taught by three internationallyrecognised linguists: Dr Karetü, Dr Wharehuia Milroy and Professor Pou Temara.

Hinurewa was invited to enrol in Te Panekiretanga in 2006. Much to the amusement of the audience, Hinurewa admits that she was “star struck” at first.

She says what the course taught her most is that “there’s no place like home”.

She is a firm believer that for te reo Mäori to become a living language it needs to be spoken in the home.

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“We debated issues like, ‘Would you welcome manuhiri on to a marae after sunset when they’d travelled all day?’ We were led to the conclusion that in this modern age, sometimes you have to break tikanga to practise tikanga. Me takahi aku tikanga, kia ora ai taku tikanga!”

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Her decision to teach came about because her parents asked Hinurewa and her brother to “give back” at least two years teaching in a köhanga reo or a kura to help support the Mäori language movement.

Having a Mäori language education has given me a whole world of opportunities I never would have had.

Tikanga is a key part of Te Panekiretanga.

Hinurewa says the course raised a lot of scenarios which she still ponders today.

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The day after Kai, Körero and Käpuia, I met with Hinurewa at Te Kura Kaupapa Mäori o Mana Tamariki, the school she was educated at and the place where she now teaches Te Reo Mäori, Te Reo Rangatira and Media Studies.

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Hinurewa says her Mäori language education has provided “a whole world of opportunities I never would have had.”

Social work degree graduates Wayne Poutoa and Kahu Katene were two keynote speakers at another Kai, Körero and Käpuia evening held in Porirua in July this year.

Wayne is the founder of ‘Streets Ahead 237’ in Porirua that supports local youth. He is also a councillor on the Porirua City Council.

Kahu is a well-known kuia within the Porirua community and is the appointed Kaiärahi for Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa ( New Zealand Childcare Association).

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And while she’s taught at the kura for six years, her part-time role allows her the freedom to work as a Mäori language consultant for TV and to further her studies.

As a graduate of Te Panekiretanga, Hinurewa is welcome to return to Te Wänanga o Aotearoa for Te Panekiretanga at any time. She’s humbled to promote Käpuia (the graduate community of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa) and says, “Te Wänanga o Aotearoa provides a Mäori world view and encourages all people to be part of it.

The organisation truly values and cherishes te ao Mäori.”

Social work degree graduate Wayne Poutoa presenting at another Kai, Körero and Käpuia evening.

TÓ TÁTOU HAPORI Going global

In August, a delegation from Te Wánanga o Aotearoa took up a rare opportunity to address the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education in Peru.

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he 2011 World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) has provided lasting memories for Te Wänanga o Aotearoa delegates.

The conference was held in the southeast Peruvian city of Cusco – originally the administrative, political and military centre of the Incan empire. This was the first time the conference, which attracts about 3,000 educators from around the world, has been held in a nonEnglish speaking country.

For Hawira Karaitiana, a member of the delegation from Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, it was his first trip further than Australia. “The language barrier, the food, the people, the crazy drivers all added to the WIPCE experience,” he says.

Hawira is a resource developer for te reo Mäori programmes at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa and was selected as part of the Aotearoa New Zealand contingent to present a provocative paper entitled “The Cool-inization of Mäori Language”, which draws on his belief that hip hop has the potential to bring back te reo Mäori from the brink of extinction.

Hawira is a rap artist and language advocate, so he is perfectly placed to propose the idea. He says reactions to his paper “were very positive”.

“To see tears flowing down strangers’ faces and hear afterwards how a song brought back memories for them was humbling,” says Hawira.

He was surprised to see that his kaupapa resonated with both young and old, Mäori and non-Mäori.

Mäori language resource developer Hawira Karaitiana with a llama and locals in Cusco, Peru Highlights of the trip for Hawira included the opening ceremony, which took place at the ancient Incan fortification called The Walls of Sacsayhuama.

“The ceremony was awesome. The Incan rulers, the traditional attire, the music, and prayers to Inti (the Sun god) and Pachamama (Mother Earth) made this an unforgettable occasion.”

The young Ngäti Tüwharetoa, Ngäti Kahungunu, Rongomaiwahine, Te Ati-Haunui-a-Päpärangi descendant says the children in Peru left a lasting impression.

“These children have very little, but they find fun and happiness in the smallest of things. If there’s one thing I learned in Peru, it’s to appreciate the things we have in Aotearoa.”

Hawira believes the indigenous world has “its eyes on Mäori” and the calibre of presenters from Te Wänanga o Aotearoa was very high.

WIPCE project manager Aroha Te Kanawa says the conference provided an opportunity for kaimahi to present on an international stage, hear what other indigenous cultures are doing and experience what is happening for educators on a global scale.

Te Pouhere Bentham Ohia and Aroha are on the WIPCE International Committee and, along with Australia, supported the idea of the conference being held in a non-English speaking country for the first time in its 24 year history.

The next WIPCE will be held in Hawai’i in 2014.

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TOITÚ TE AKO Back to the future

Nä Jillian Churchill

Aboard a waka in the Hauraki Gulf, rangatahi are learning the maritime skills of their túpuna and combining them with the wonders of modern navigation technology.

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n the sparkling waters of the Hauraki Gulf a waka is helping to link rangatahi with the past and propel them into the

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Called Aotearoa One, it is a waka hourua, or double-hulled canoe, based on the design of ancient Polynesian sailing vessels that once navigated the Pacific.

Te Wänanga o Aotearoa kaiako Hoturoa Kerr is a waka and navigational expert. He has been passionate about waka since childhood, lecturing on their unique features and the expertise of those who sailed them.

Today, Hoturoa sees Aotearoa One as a floating classroom that he believes aligns perfectly with the kaupapa of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, “which is about leadership, acquiring knowledge and honouring tüpuna”.

Below deck are dry bunks – a luxury according to Hoturoa who has spent many voyages soaking wet for weeks at a time – and storage areas. On top is a small building housing the kitchen and all the electronic gear.

Aotearoa One is also the perfect environment to teach traditional navigation and sailing methods, as well as slipping in a few maths and science lessons along the way.

The original aim of Aotearoa One was to provide rangatahi with an opportunity to experience the kinds of voyages their ancestors undertook, but with the addition of modern electronics to provide confidence and specialised training options.

Work began on Aotearoa One in 2002 in Tainui rohe before being taken to the Mängere campus of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa for completion. At 22m long, it is one of the biggest waka of its type.

He has also sailed and paddled around the Pacific on several voyages that followed in the wake of his tüpuna.

“A lot of people have the misconception that our ancestors paddled here. In fact they were very good mariners who used these doublehulled canoes to sail all over the Pacific,” Hoturoa says.

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Aotearoa One in the Hauraki Gulf

The bow of Aotearoa One, Ngäi Tahu crew aboard the double-hulled waka in the Hauraki Gulf, Hoturoa Kerr

The Hauraki Gulf has been the main home for the waka, with regular sponsored youth leadership programmes lasting up to a week at a time. But with sponsorship options limited by the economic recession, the plan is now to work with Te Wänanga o Aotearoa to incorporate the waka into its curriculum.

Right now, Hoturoa is working with Toby Westrupp, who is establishing Tai Wänanga Ruakura, a secondary school alternative opening in Hamilton next year. The pair are hoping to incorporate Aotearoa One into learning programmes at Tai Wänanga Ruakura.

“At some point, they all have the knowledge that somewhere in the past their ancestors were involved with a canoe; it’s a very strong fundamental starting point.”

They pore over charts to determine when the waka will reach a certain point and, Hoturoa says, it becomes a little competitive as tauira vie for the most accurate calculations.

Aotearoa One can take up to 20 tauira per voyage along with four crew members, although Hoturoa prefers to keep groups to 15 to give everyone a more personalised experience. Tauira are split into three watches, each working a three-hour shift.

“It’s a learning experience, but really fun. I tell them that school happens from when you open your eyes; it’s not just 9am to 3pm.”

Proof of the value of his work can be found in the Pacific Voyagers’ Project, a voyage undertaken by a group of waka that Hoturoa sees Aotearoa One as a floating recently completed a journey to San Diego with several former tauira of classroom that he believes aligns Aotearoa One among the the various perfectly with the kaupapa of crews.

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“The waka provides us with a great contextual framework for teaching. It should be an easy amalgamation,” Hoturoa says.

In the future, there is also the possibility of using the waka to provide NCEA credits in an environment in which young people not only have fun, but thrive.

“When the kids are on board, they don’t have to worry about protocols that they might worry about on a marae for instance,” Hoturoa says.

“There’s less pressure and, while there are still tikanga and kawa, it’s different because everyone is at one level of understanding and learning together.”

Hoturoa says the waka also helps connect rangatahi who may feel disassociated from their marae or their culture.

Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, “which is about leadership, acquiring knowledge and honouring tüpuna”.

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Most often, Aotearoa One anchors just offshore overnight, but occasionally the waka undertakes a non-stop, 24-hour sail that tests night navigation skills and how tauira respond to pressure.

The experience has led to job offers around the world as the waka pulled into harbours alongside super-yachts and other vessels. “Aotearoa One has been the springboard for those opportunities,” he says.

Hoturoa is happiest when his tauira take control and he “can just sit at the back and go along for the ride”.

Tauira navigate the vessel, estimating speed and direction and making calculations in what are really physics lessons in disguise.

“We are building leaders; we should embrace and teach our young people and be happy when they’re successful and know more than we do.

“I tell them that is what our ancestors needed to know on their voyages and show them the application of concepts that are vital to getting the waka where it needs to go. The kids love it,” Hoturoa says.

“Watching them learn more and more and seeing them on the water making decisions that are normally left to me is awesome.”

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Working at Te Wánanga o Aotearoa

Nä Heemi Boyd

As one of the largest tertiary institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand, Te Wánanga o Aotearoa has a lot to offer rangatahi in terms of work experience. The introduction of the Gateway programme has proven its worth.

Nä Sharyn Brikmanis te whakaahua

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very Monday and Tuesday night, Mariah Stephens (Tainui) is busy helping a class of novice Mäori language learners.

As part of her kaiäwhina placement, Mariah organises resources at Raroera campus in Hamilton. She’s assisting kaiako Phillipa Hakopa, who sometimes has up to 25 tauira, ranging in age from about 25 to 65 years.

But what makes Mariah special is not so much her fluency in te reo Mäori, but her age – she is just 16.

Mariah is among a handful of rangatahi pioneering the Gateway programme at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa – an initiative that gives young people real-life experiences in workplaces.

“I do whatever is needed to help out, things like translations of words the tauira get stuck on, helping with grammar and pronunciation, or just writing things up on the whiteboard,” says Mariah.

“It’s great just seeing everyone inspired by their learning of te reo. And when it’s not busy, I get on with my homework.”

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Sixteen-year-old tauira Mariah Stephens at Raroera campus in Hamilton

Gateway is a Tertiary Education Commissionfunded programme for Year 11 to 13 secondary school students. The programme provides students with work experience opportunities while they continue with their school studies.

Hamilton Girls’ High School’s Gateway Co-ordinator Donna Prentice says, while the programme is relatively new at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, it has been running at workplaces throughout New Zealand since 2006.

While schools throughout throughout Aotearoa New Zealand have Gateway co-ordinators who seek industry placements, Te Wänanga o Aotearoa is being more proactive by first identifying potential placements and then informing secondary schools of placements that are available.

Students like Mariah go to Donna with an idea of what they want to do and it is up to Donna to try to find a workplace placement that suits them.

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Donna says Te Wänanga o Aotearoa appeals because it promotes Mäori language and culture.

“Mariah came to me and was saying how passionate she was about the Mäori culture and language and asked if I could find her a placement in that area. At around the same time, Te Wänanga o Aotearoa approached me,” Donna says.

Mariah says she is looking at a career either in teaching or event management. The Gateway programme has certainly opened her eyes to what’s on offer at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa.

Gateway students look to gain 10 NCEA credits and, after about 80 hours of workplace experience, they should know whether it’s a good fit.

Travis Timoko, who oversees Gateway for Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, sees ample opportunities at the organisation to extend the programme.

“Our organisation is more than just an education provider. We have a human resources department, an IT department, a library, catering facilities and lots of administration and reception roles,” he says.

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Our organisation is more than an education provider. We have a human resources department, an IT department, a library, catering facilities and lots of administration and reception roles.

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L-R: Alia Cowley, John Sax (Owners of Tree Tops Lodge in Rotorua) and Taylah Paul Kaponga at the Mayor’s Business Breakfast at Tokoroa campus

Two Tokoroa High School students, 16-yearold Alia Cowley and 17-year-old Taylah Paul Kaponga, gained catering workplace experience at the Tokoroa campus of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa.

The pair, who are best friends, helped cater at the Mayor’s Business Breakfast earlier this year. As well as serving food and working as kitchen-hands, the girls sang a waiata to support Mayor Neil Sinclair after his speech.

Community leaders and kaimahi of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa were impressed with their work ethic, positive attitude and their rendition of Pökarekare ana. The girls said the Gateway placement was “cool and fun”, as well as a great way to secure credits towards NCEA. Alia says she’s used to catering at the marae and at church, “but because the mayor’s breakfast was a formal occasion we had to be on top of our game”.

“I really appreciated the work experience.

It’s given me a better idea of my career plan and what my options are.”

Taylah would like to pursue a career in hospitality and is particularly interested in catering.

“Who knows, I may even be a great chef one day,” she says.

Since their first work placement, Taylah has returned to Te Wänanga o Aotearoa to help host the Tokoroa Airforce Cadets’ dinner, which was a very formal event.

“I had a great time at both events,” says Taylah. “It has helped build my confidence with other people.”

Travis says, “We’re trying to build a profile with secondary schools. Lots of students would have heard of polytech and university, but not many of them have heard of wänanga.”

He believes Te Wänanga o Aotearoa also offers a unique work environment.

“Te Wänanga o Aotearoa is governed by tikanga Mäori. It creates a particular environment that guides the way we interact with people and how we approach our work.”

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TÓ TÁTOU HAPORI Proud recipients Nä Matiu Matenga

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otearoa Scholarship Trust, set up last year with a $2 million settlement fund, distributed $137,000 worth of scholarships to some of the most outstanding tauira around the country.

AST trustee Joe Hanita says the first round of scholarship applications closed in March and scholarships were awarded at ceremonies around the country in June and July.

Scholarship recipients like Lincoln Vincent are grateful to be among the first group of tauira to receive AST scholarships. Lincoln received the Mike Watson Memorial Award for arts and communication. Of Ngäti Kauwhata and Scottish descent, he is in his third year of studying whakairo at the Papaiöea campus in Palmerston North.

Lincoln says, “I feel very honoured. Mike Watson was the first tutor of whakairo in Palmerston North, and I would like to thank and acknowledge the Watson whänau and Te Wänanga o Aotearoa for creating this scholarship.”

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Nä Damian McGregor ngä whakaahua

Twenty-five tauira studying at Te Wánanga o Aotearoa received an extra incentive to work hard this year, thanks to the recently established Aotearoa Scholarship Trust (AST).

Lincoln gave an impassioned speech at the presentation of AST scholarships to Papaiöea recipients, leaving some in the audience in tears.

He says, “Education didn’t change my life; individuals need to make a choice to change the path their life has taken”.

Lincoln says his early educational experiences were not good and he found it difficult to learn in mainstream schools.

“I believe Mäori learn with their eyes, ears and hands. I think the way the current mainstream education system is set up doesn’t cater for rangatahi Mäori very well.”

Following his high school years at Fielding Agricultural High School, Lincoln joined the New Zealand Army. He says going back into a classroom was a hard choice, but Te Wänanga o Aotearoa had what he was looking for.

“It has a kaupapa Mäori base and it offered whakairo, which is a subject I couldn’t take

Lincoln Vincent chipping away in the whare whakairo at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, Palmerston North.

anywhere else in the region. It’s helped me re-connect with my roots.”

When Lincoln completes his degree, he’d like to open his own kura whakairo or teach at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa.

“It’s about giving back. I believe we must hold strong to the ways of our tüpuna and strive to be the best we can be, but never at the expense of tikanga and kawa.”

Lincoln’s whakairo kaiako Craig Kawana says his tauira deserves the award and he has become a great role model.

“He wants to be here every day and he has an excellent work ethic. He’s always pushing himself.”

Lincoln says his whänau are proud of his achievements, “but I know they will be prouder when I finish my degree”.

Siblings Clinton and Tania Vincent came to support Lincoln at the presentation ceremony of AST scholarships at Papaiöea campus.

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he Aotearoa Scholarship Trust (AST) scheme awards scholarships annually to assist degree and diploma tauira studying at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa.

Degree scholarships on offer for 2011 were for Te Korowai Äkonga (Teaching), He Maunga Kura Toi (Mäori Visual Arts) and Te Tohu Paetahi Ngä Poutoko Whakarara Oranga (Social Work).

Diploma scholarships awarded were the Mike Watson Memorial Award, the Rewi Panapa Memorial Award, the Tane Taylor Memorial Award, the Diggeress Te Kanawa Memorial Award and Te Pouhere Award. These scholarships recognise some of the pioneers and major contributors to the development of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa.

Tauira from other institutions can apply for open scholarships, such as Te Pouhere Award and the scholarship for conference attendance.

This year, one tauira studying at Te Whare Wänanga o Awanuiärangi and one tauira from WINTEC received AST scholarships.

Joe Hanita says this allows AST to assist graduates of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa who have gone on to study at another tertiary institution in their pursuit of higher education.

AWARD RECIPIENTS The following individuals received scholarships from the Aotearoa Scholarship Trust in 2011: Tämaki Makaurau: Heather Ireland, Susan King, Lisa-Maree Myers, Serenity Reti Tainui: Reone Kapea (Rewi Panapa Memorial Award), Kaikapo Rangihaeata, Cherie Rhind, Maria Semmens, Shannon Te Huia, Quinton Tunoho, Sabrina Wattie (Diggeress Te Kanawa Memorial Award)

AST Trustee Joe Hanita says changes to scholarship criteria for next year had not yet been decided. “However, we expect the criteria will change for 2012 based on our experience this year.”

Waiariki: Parengamihi Gardiner (Te Pouhere Award), Karu Rangihau

He says early indications are that funds available for next year’s scholarships would be between $80,000 and $120,000.

Whirikoka: Eruera Manuel, Lolina Rudolph, Todd Sheridan (Tane Taylor Memorial Award), Beverly Ann Thomas

The 2012 scholarship round opens for applications in late December 2011 and closes on March 31, 2012. Interested tauira can apply online at www.twoa.ac.nz or email ast@twoa.ac.nz to request an application form.

Papaiöea: Stephen Alderdice, Dena Hale, Kerry Searancke, Lincoln Vincent (Mike Watson Memorial Award)

Te Tai Tonga: Justin Brown, Tua Hekenui, Veronica Luke, Jennifer Martin, Cherene Neilson-Hornblow A group of Whirikoka tauira received $20,000 to attend a four-day “Habits of the Mind” conference in Hamilton.

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At the top of his game In this new section of KA MÍHARO, we find out more about the individuals who work at Te Wánanga o Aotearoa. For this first edition of ‘He Tangata’, we interviewed Dr Shane Edwards, who holds the key role of Kaihautú-Marautanga (Curriculum and Research).

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r Shane Edwards (Ngäti Maniapoto) is one of four kaihautü who report directly to Te Pouhere. A highly respected academic, he’s also a member of the New Zealand over-40 men’s touch rugby team that won the World Cup this year.

He’s passionate about mätauranga Mäori, his whänau and friends, and rugby.

KA MÏHARO: Where did you grow up and go to school?

Shane: I was raised by my mum in central Auckland, which was a strong Polynesian community in its time. I went to Mount Albert Grammar. I failed my subjects in 4th Form and this motivated me to succeed. I got School Certificate and was accredited University Entrance in the 6th Form. I went to Carrington Polytech, which is now Unitec, gained a National Certificate in Business and started working in insurance. However, I was more interested in playing rugby as a halfback for the Ponsonby Rugby Club. In 1988, our under-21 club side won the world championships in South America and I was asked to play rugby at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. I spent two years there. I loved the people, the cuisine and the place.

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KA MÏHARO: How did you end up working in Mäori education?

Shane: I wanted a job that paid well, had lots of holidays and you didn’t have to work too hard, so I decided to train as a primary school teacher.

I found out it was a lot of hard work! My first teaching job was at Westmere Primary School in Auckland at the bilingual unit. I’m a second language learner and I’ve learnt te reo Mäori at wänanga and noho marae. While I was teaching, I studied for my Masters in Education at the University of Auckland and I became a lecturer there. I went on to become a senior lecturer in Mäori Studies and Education at Unitec.

Dr Shane Edwards on the ground (left photo) and front left in the haka line at the Touch Rugby World Cup Tournament in Scotland earlier this year

KA MÏHARO: When did you start working at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa?

Shane: My wife Nicki and I went back to a tangi in Käwhia and, following a chance meeting between my uncle and Rongo Wetere, I went for a job interview the following day (my uncle thought it was time I shifted closer to home). I started off as the campus director at Raroera in Hamilton in 2000. For the first 1½ years I lived apart from my wife, who returned to Auckland to finish her teacher training. It was tough.

Nicki and I shifted permanently to Käwhia in 2002 and we’ve now got five children aged between 3 and 10. Our five-hectare block is next to Mökai Käinga Marae so our tamariki are pä kids.

KA MÏHARO: What does your job as Kaihautü-Marautanga involve?

Shane: My role is to provide strategic leadership and direction for Marautanga.

I work a lot in the political space at a macrolevel to ensure that our aspirations are reflected in government policies.

KA MÏHARO: You have a PhD (Philosophy) for your work on Mäori world views and epistemology. How has this helped you in your role?

Shane: It taught me that Mäori are capable of developing their own educational frameworks that are solely derived from mätauranga Mäori. Te Wänanga o Aotearoa can deliver programmes with an authentic Mäori heart that are accessible to all people.

KA MÏHARO: What do you regard as your biggest achievement at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa?

Shane: Seeing a whole lot of people become high-quality educators. It allows our tauira to experience success.

KA MÏHARO: What’s your biggest personal achievement?

Shane: Keeping my relationship with my wife Nicki together. I’m grateful for having such a supportive partner.

KA MÏHARO: How do you keep fit?

Shane: I run a lot, play squash and touch.

I’m pretty good on my kai.

Last year, I decided to train hard to see if I could get in the New Zealand over-40 men’s touch team after a ten-year break from national sporting teams. Our team went through the World Cup tournament in Scotland undefeated. We beat Australia 5-4 in the final.

KA MÏHARO: How do you relax?

Shane: I like to read a lot. The kids and I enjoy mucking around on the farm. Every six months. I get together with a group of good friends not connected with work and we have a shindig.

KA MÏHARO: Where’s your favourite place in the world?

Shane: Käwhia or any place that my family is.

KA MÏHARO: Finally, who will win the Rugby World Cup? Shane: The All Blacks have to win. I had to walk out of the room and go for a 10-minute walk last time when we lost the finals. I don’t want to repeat that!

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Ó TÁTOU WÁNANGA The playground of Whirikoka Nä Alice Te Puni te tuhinga me ngä whakaahua

The stained glass windows in the foyer of the main building at Whirikoka were designed by Jacob Scott, a former national director of visual arts at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa.

There are smiles for miles on the many welcoming faces at Whirikoka.

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he smiles start at the door with administrator Annie Karaka at reception as she greets tauira and kaimahi. Kaumätua Hemi Terekia is also on hand to help. Even Sports and Leadership course tauira Sharne Wilbrow, PK Morgan and Peter McGhee are spotted sharing a cheery wave with fellow Te Wänanga o Aotearoa mates before disappearing into their class.

And smiles brighten the kitchen and cafeteria as cafeteria supervisor Blanche Walker and cook Anne Hollis greet hungry kaimahi and tauira.

These two will be sure to be putting their best manaakitanga foot forward when Whirikoka hosts Te Mata Wänanga in October.

The people at Whirikoka (the Gisborne campus of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa) have plenty to celebrate. From humble beginnings at Mangatü Marae in 1999, Whirikoka has served the people of Gisborne well and, to this day, remains a beacon of hope for those wanting to have another go at education and wanting to do it in a kaupapa Mäori environment.

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Right: A stainless steel whai (stingray) made by Mauhana Isles dominates the 10-metre pillar in front of the resource centre called Te Poho o Whirikoka.

A view of the stained glass windows and front entrance of the main building

L-R: Whirikoka kaimahi Hemi Terekia and Annie Karaka at reception. This carving, made by a team of artists led by the late Te Ohomauri Brown (a senior arts kaiako), depicts the history of Whirikoka. Cafe supervisor Blanche Walker with biscuits baked on site

In the late ’90s, Kökä Katerina Te Kani planted the seed that grew into Whirikoka.

Katerina created a marae-based Mäori performing arts facility at Mangatü Marae and she became the inaugural campus director. In 2000, Whirikoka moved from the marae to the old Gisborne Post Office building. And in February 2002, Te Wänanga o Aotearoa purchased the former Sandown Park Hotel in Childers Road.

The new Whirikoka campus is a stunning building, constructed from concrete, steel and glass. The interior of the building is bathed in coloured light from beautiful stained glass windows that depict modern koru designs.

featuring man, woman and child.

The full name of the Whirikoka campus is Te Pakake a Whirikoka (meaning the playground of Whirikoka). Kaumätua Rutene Irwin says the campus is named after the tipua (demigod) Whirikoka, from the same era as Mäui. Whirikoka was renowned

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“It’s a modern, welcoming learning environment and a facility we’re most proud of,” says Trevor Moeke, the interim rohe manager. “The bricks and mortar are brought to life with the sounds of laughter and körero as tauira and kaimahi share with each other their educational journeys.”

The main complex houses workshops for carving and fine arts, as well as eight general purpose classrooms. This modern building is also home to an amazing collection of taonga (art pieces), including a carving in the entrance foyer which depicts the history of Whirikoka and a rotating pou

The bricks and mortar are brought to life with the sounds of laughter and körero as tauira and kaimahi share with each other their educational journeys.

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for his ability to swim long distances and communicate with sea creatures. An impressive stainless steel whai (stingray) outside the resource centre is in recognition of this connection.

Over the years, growth at the campus has been steady, particularly in whakairo, te reo Mäori, Mahi Ora and bicultural teaching (primary) programmes.

Today, Whirikoka has more than 70 staff and 1400 tauira enrolled in communitybased programmes from the Eastern Bay of Plenty to south of Wairoa. The campus

offers a wide range of courses, including cable logging, computing and business programmes, arts, sports and a raft of mätauranga Mäori programmes.

Whirikoka also offers degree programmes in teaching (primary) and social work (biculturalism in practice). Degree tauira count these additions as a blessing – they can now study in their local community without having to leave whänau to study in a main centre.

Trevor acknowledges Katerina’s contribution to the people of Gisborne and to Te Wänanga o Aotearoa. He says, “Katerina Te Kani gave us this beautiful place”.

While Trevor acknowledges the past, he is also excited about the future.

In particular, he’s looking forward to the building of a new bilingual Ngä Whare Whäriki Köhungahunga (early childhood centre).

“The centre is a response to the need for quality early childhood care, the provision of education solutions from pëpi to kaumätua and the strengthening of whanaungatanga.

This is whänau transformation in action.”

Ó TÁTOU WÁNANGA

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Manaakitia te tangata Nä Paraone Gloyne

I haere mai ngá manuhiri nó ngá tópito o te ao ki te mátakitaki, ki te tautoko hoki i ngá tíma whutupóro o te ao. Ka rangona hoki e rátau te manaakitanga a te iwi Máori, te iwi Pákehá hoki. Hei étahi ko te manaakitanga tétahi o ngá tino tohu o te wánanga Máori. Ná reira, e whai ake nei étahi whakaaro o Paraone Gloyne mó ténei túáhuatanga.

‘Manaakitia te tangata’, ahakoa e toru noa iho ngä kupu, arä te rëtötanga. Arä hoki te whakataukï, “tangata takahi manuhiri, he marae puehu”. Koinei ngä körero tuku iho a tünohunohu mä, ä, ka mutu kua noho tangata whenua i roto te ngäkau Mäori.

Märakerake te kitea e kore taua rerenga e pä mai ki a tätou. Käore e ärikarika ngä tauira i whai i te mätauranga i Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, mai i töna tuaititanga, ä, mohoa noa nei. Nä whai anö käore tö tätou marae, me kï, ö tätou whare akomanga e puehu.

Me kore ake ä tätou kaiako i pënei ai te muia pai o ö tätou whare; rä atu, wiki atu, tau atu ko tä rätou he ihu oneone, he houhere, he whakaheke tötä e whiwhi ai te tauira täna e manako ana kia haepapa tana kake ki kö atu o tutuki ki momoho. Tuarua, he rïrä nö ö rätou hoamahi ki te häpai i a ngäi tauira waihoki ngäi pouako. Arä te körero ‘he rau ringa i oti ai’, koia te kotahitanga. Përä ki te marae, ko mua ko muri me ngäkau tapatahi me kauraka e ngäkaurua ki te

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manaaki i te tangata, ki te manaaki hoki i ngä tikanga koi heke te mana o te marae.

Me te aha kua whakamä te iwi i te korenga o tä rätou manaaki pai i te manuhiri me ngä whakahaere o runga i te marae.

Ko ‘mua’ i konei ko te hunga whakaako.

Ko ‘muri’ ko koe Marautanga ko koe Rangatahua, ko koe Whakaü Kounga Ako, ko au, ko tätou. Ko te manuhiri ko te tauira. Ko te tikanga me te kawa o te marae ngä whakahaere i ö tätou whare, i ä tätou whakariterite hoki. Ina hapa tëtehi taha, me whakamä tätou! E mea ana au he mämä noa iho te körero i te kupu ‘manaaki’ engari ko te mahi nui kë ko te whakatïnanatanga o te kupu. Mehemea ka körero kau i te kupu raka, kua uta atu te körero ‘höhonu kakï, papaku uaua’.

E eke ai te tauira ki te täpuhipuhitanga o tana kaingäkau me manaaki a ia; käore i tua atu. Kei pätai mai,”he aha tä te tauira?”

Mäku hei kï atu, he manaaki i öna hoa, he

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E mea ana au he mämä noa iho te körero i te kupu ‘manaaki’ engari ko te mahi nui kë ko te whakatïnanatanga o te kupu.

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manaaki i töna pouako, he manaaki hoki i ngä mätauranga i whiwhi ai ia. Arä ko te tuku me te whakamahi i öna möhiotanga e whai hua ai te makiu. Nö reira, ki te manaakitia te tauira, e manaaki ana koe i a ia, e manaaki ana hoki i Te Wänanga o Aotearoa me ana kaupapa, waihoki i a koe; ko koe ko ia, ko ia ko koe – ka ora tëtehi i tëtehi, arä ko tätou katoa. Manaakitia te tangata!

WHIRIKOKA

East Coast hospitality and whánau initiatives

MAI I NGÁ ROHE Promoting healthy living

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The first Mana Tauira Day held at Whirikoka in August was such a success that it will be repeated early next year. The inaugural expo, promoting good health in the community, was attended by more than 200 tauira and whänau of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa.

The Gisborne campus expects about 600 whänau at the pöhiri. Whirikoka may be one of the smaller regions, but everyone is determined to show off the best in East Coast hospitality.

Regional marketing manager Jo Pere says health professionals provided free health checks, including dental care, breast-screening and massages, as well as providing a wealth of information about keeping healthy.

Te Mata Wänanga refers to the many faces of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, and, while the annual hui is focused on kapa haka, it has a deeper purpose.

“Whänau found the day to be really valuable and we’re certainly keen to organise this event again,” Jo says.

here are three words on everyone’s lips at Whirikoka – Te Mata Wänanga! And preparations have been in full swing for the national gathering of kaimahi.

“It is the one time of year kaimahi from around the motu come together and celebrate unity – kotahitanga,” interim rohe manager Trevor Moeke says.

The pöhiri will be held at Whirikoka on October 18 with a hängï to follow, and, if Tangaroa is kind, köura will be on the menu. The two-day kapa haka competition starts at the Gisborne Showgrounds and Events Centre the following day.

Nä Harata Samuals ngä whakaahua

Plans are underway to hold the next expo at the beginning of Semester A 2012.

Other exciting initiatives include the building of the bilingual Ngä Whare Whäriki Köhungahunga (early childhood centre) at Whirikoka. All going to plan, the new facility will open by the start of Semester A 2012.

The centre will cater for up to 50 children and expressions of interest have already been received. Those keen to have their köhungahunga at the centre are encouraged to register their interest now.

Top: The Tau Ora team was on hand to promote kaiako well-being at the Mana Tauira Day. Bottom: Prize-winner Rawiri Maukau (Te Ara Reo Mäori tauira) with Annette Nyman (left), Nicki Mathieson and Raipoia Brightwell

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In honour of the great game

PAPAIÓEA

Rugby World Cup fever hit Papaióea last month with Te Wánanga o Aotearoa organising three Guinness World Record attempts and an art exhibition dedicated to the original Máori All Blacks.

On September 29, Te Wänanga o Aotearoa organised three rugby-related world record attempts at Palmerston North’s city centre square, the day after the Rugby World Cup match between Georgia and Romania. Those record attempts were: Most consecutive rugby passes (the current record is 262), most rugby tackles in a minute (21 is the record) and biggest rugby scrum (the record is 202).

Papaiöea enlisted the support of local secondary school students, club rugby teams and the mayor. Members of the French rugby team also joined in.

Preparations for Te Mata Wánanga

While the attempts to create the biggest rugby scrum and the most consecutive rugby passes were unsuccessful, Palmerston North can now claim to have the speediest tacklers in the world!

Meanwhile, whänau and kaimahi from Papaiöea campus have been fundraising to get about 100 people to Te Mata Wänanga in Gisborne.

Twenty Palmerston North Boys’ High students, with support from the Sports Leadership tauira at Te Wänanga o Aotearoa, broke the record four times and have set a new mark of 36 tackles in a minute.

Regional manager of Papaiöea, Haimona Maruera, says it’s a great opportunity to acknowledge whänau “who are the backbone of our kaimahi”.

Papaiöea also had the pleasure of hosting the Romanian rugby team, which used the campus gym facilities.

While only 30 people will be taking the stage to perform, it’s a chance for whänau to spend time together and enjoy the occasion.

And if you happen to be visiting Palmerston North before November 6, you can catch the multi-media exhibition called Ka Mate Ka Mate at Te Manawa Art Gallery. It’s a tribute to the New Zealand Natives who toured the British Isles in 1888.

The show hosted by Te Wänanga o Aotearoa ki Papaiöea includes workshops and presentations focusing on aspects of kapa haka, whakairo, raranga, rauangi and tikanga.

A Hastings landmark

Palmerston North Boys’ and Te Wänanga o Aotearoa tauira breaking the World Record for the most tackles in one minute.

Haimona said he’d love Papaiöea to host Te Mata Wänanga again.

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he main Te Wänanga o Aotearoa building in Hastings has earned an Excellence Award from the Hastings District Landmark Trust.

The trust, which promotes excellence in architecture, landscape and public art, says: “It’s a pleasure to see both the signage and köwhaiwhai so well integrated, with beautifully balanced colours.”

Köwhaiwhai were painted by tauira on the Te Kura Maunga Toi-Rauangi programme under the guidance of kaiako matua Sandy Adsett in 2008. Tauira were encouraged to paint köruru within the frieze which reference ancestral guardians of Ngäti Kahungunu.

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Rising again After months of enduring the trauma of earthquakes, the whánau in O-Tautahi have enjoyed a much-needed spell of celebration and laughter.

Nä Andy Luke te whakaahua

Ripeka Paraone, Regional Manager – Te Waipounamu, is pleased to report that the first graduation in Christchurch for more than a year took place in July.

The ceremony was held at the Addington Events Centre.

Whänau gathered from all over the country to witness their tauira graduating from Te Ara Reo Mäori and business courses.

“Staff who left following the February 22 earthquake were invited back to Christchurch to attend the graduation,” Ripeka says. It was an opportunity to thank them and bid farewell.

Also in July, laughter filled the wharenui at Te Kura Whakapümau as the “Laughing Samoans” provided relief from stress for an appreciative crowd of tauira and their whänau.

The graduation at Addington Events Centre in July was the first ceremony in Christchurch for more than a year

Ripeka says, despite earthquakes and snow storms, Te Wänanga o Aotearoa is committed to its educational goals which provide stability and hope for kaimahi and tauira.

“We can’t go back to what was, but we can create what will be,” she says. There are more graduations to come in the south: in Wänaka during October and in Invercargill and Christchurch in November.

The Christchurch Arts Festival has provided a creative outlet for raranga kaiako Mörehu Flutey Henare and Doe Parata, as well as kaiako Caine Tauwhare. The trio worked with other notable Ngäi Tahu artists to complete billboards with a visual interpretation of ‘Te Haka a Rüaumoko’ in reference to the Mäori god of earthquakes.

Kaiako raranga Morehu Flutey Henare and Doe Parata beside their artwork in Hagley Park, Christchurch, which is based on the theme of Te Haka a Rüaumoko

These billboards are displayed around the Rugby World Cup dome in Hagley Park.

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KIA HOUHERE Leading from the south

Nä Alice Te Puni

The appointment of Tainui kaumátua Mita Te Hae from Christchurch as the Chairperson of Te Káhui Amorangi comes at a time when the forum is planning for the next five years.

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e Kähui Amorangi is made up of 200 kaumätua and kuia from around the motu. The forum of respected elders provides advice and guidance on tikanga and kawa to Te Wänanga o Aotearoa at a national and regional level. Launched in 2009, Te Kähui Amorangi has gone quietly from strength to strength.

Mita Te Hae was appointed the national chairperson for the next two years at the hui ä-tau of Te Kähui Amorangi held in Hamilton earlier this year. He takes over from Te Rangipuawhe Maika (Te Arawa), who was the inaugural chairperson.

Mita is a native speaker of te reo Mäori and has been awarded a Queen’s Service Order for his services to the public. He is a licensed Mäori language translator, a Justice of the Peace, a health promotion adviser for the Canterbury Health Board and a kaumätua for Te Wänanga o Aotearoa ki O-Tautahi.

As the national chairperson of Te Kähui, Mita has no voting rights.

“My job is to listen, advise and take the körero to the Executive for further discussion,” says Mita.

The Executive is made up of 12 representatives from each of the six rohe as well as a chairperson and deputy chair.

“We have a high calibre of personnel on our Executive,” says Mita. “There are some very

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Chairperson, Mita Te Hae (centre back) with some executive members of Te Kähui Amorangi. L-R: Häneta RotaBrown (Tämaki Makaurau – Tai Tokerau), Wiremu Tümai (Tainui), Marama Furlong (Waiariki), Hauata Palmer (Waiariki), Hone Taumaunu (Whirikoka) and Rovina Maniapoto-Anderson (Tainui) Absent: Peter Richards (Papaiöea), Reimana Blackmore (Papaiöea), Iwikätea Nicholson (Te Tai Tonga), Roger Rakuraku (Whirikoka) and Hohapata McGarvey (Tämaki Makaurau – Tai Tokerau)

experienced academics and leaders who provide support for our management team.”

reo, so we can help in fine-tuning its delivery,” he says.

The Executive meets with Te Pouhere Bentham Ohia on a bi-monthly basis and with rohe groups of Te Kähui Amorangi on a regular basis. The networking structure enables Te Kähui Amorangi to have an influence at a national and regional level.

Te Tairäwhiti executive member Hone Taumaunu (Ngäti Porou) says Te Kähui Amorangi can enrich Te Wänanga o Aotearoa with its wisdom and experience.

For Waiariki executive member Hauata Palmer from Ngäi Te Rangi, the regional forums are starting to have a positive impact.

“The beauty of our local group of kaumätua in Tauranga is that we all went through the Arataki Manu Körero course in tikanga and

“We have te ao köhatu and te ao märama – young and old working together. It’s a beautiful thing.”

At the recent hui ä-tau in Hamilton, Hone called for a range of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa programmes to be brought back to the marae so tauira can learn local kawa and tikanga in depth, as well as other aspects of Mäori culture, such as karanga and körero tahito.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;My duty as a tauira representative is to ensure decisions made are learner-centred and in the best interests of tauira.â&#x20AC;?

Another of her tauira rep roles is to report back to tauira. Jo is planning campus visits around the country so she can listen to tauira concerns and tell tauira what is happening in Te Mana Whakahaere. She visited Rotorua in September and will be in the lower North Island during October.

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;tauira voiceâ&#x20AC;? of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa can be found on Jo Hymersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Facebook page and she also posts on the Te Wänanga o Aotearoa page.

The tide turned when she enrolled in a computer course at the Universal College of Learning in Whanganui and discovered she had a natural aptitude for IT and robotics. She also became the Student Association president at UCOL in Palmerston North.

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Jo feels â&#x20AC;&#x153;lucky and privilegedâ&#x20AC;? to be a tauira representative and is committed to being a â&#x20AC;&#x153;voiceâ&#x20AC;? for all tauira.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I achieved so much there. My confidence and selfesteem grew. I did it for myself and from there my life blossomed.â&#x20AC;?

Jo works hard because she believes her children deserve a good life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want my babies to have a positive outlook on life and not to settle for second best.â&#x20AC;?

You can contact Jo Hymers on 027 6985 909 or hymers.j@gmail.com

Jo Hymers (far right) with her täne Kyle Pohe from Ngäti Porou and their two youngest children, Ziarana-Sarae Hymers, 14, and Jet-Li Hymers, 12. Absent is Reggae Hymers (16)

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;My circle of whänau has expanded to incorporate not only my classmates, but everybody here on campus. I love it.â&#x20AC;?

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Labour Day nationwide

The kapa theatre production Arohanui – The Greatest Love of All is on during October.

It features a number of Te Wänanga o Aotearoa kaimahi including Kura Te Ua (second right) and Ngarino Watt (far right).

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