“Hari ra ngā māmā katoa” To the backbone of most whanau….we wish all our māmā a beautiful day Kia ora e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū….. Again, we had a full week of action an activity. From: - Visits to Waitangi to reinforce our learning of Te Tiriti, - To learning about “Recycle, Restore, Reuse”, - To Paerangi representing our Ngāti Kahu O Torongare hapu at the closing statements of the MACA Claims - Through to our fantastic Whanau hui Tuesday evening What a privilege it is to be part of this Kura!!!....and its only Week 2 or is it 3?

Kia ora e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū Firstly nau mai, haere mai ngā whanau hou. We welcomed our new whanau and ākonga last Monday at Maumahara. On Thursday many of the newbies were off with Paenuku to Waitangi to learn more about Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Rua Tekau Ma Waru. A good foundation and start for ākonga at our Kura. It reinforces all the learning done by Paenuku in Term 1.

Kia ora e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū Tenei te mihi ki a tātou katoa, e hoki mai ana i raro te korowai o Te Rua Tekau ma Waru, ngā pou e toru, me te tohu o Te Kāpehu Whetū. Nau mai, hoki mai ki te wāhanga tuarua…. And like that we are back for Term 2….

Kia ora e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū, On Saturday I was privileged to be a small part of Te Kapa Haka O Te Waerenga Rangi (ngahau roopu) at Te Tai Tokerau Senior Kapahaka Regional Festival. The whole day was fabulous and a true reflection of Kia Māori, Tākiri Tū Te Kotahitanga, Tākiri Tū Te Mana Motuhake

Kia ora e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū, On Saturday I was privileged to be a small part of Te Kapa Haka O Te Waerenga Rangi (ngahau roopu) at Te Tai Tokerau Senior Kapahaka Regional Festival. The whole day was fabulous and a true reflection of Kia Māori, Tākiri Tū Te Kotahitanga, Tākiri Tū Te Mana Motuhake

Kia ora e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū, On Saturday I was privileged to be a small part of Te Kapa Haka O Te Waerenga Rangi (ngahau roopu) at Te Tai Tokerau Senior Kapahaka Regional Festival. The whole day was fabulous and a true reflection of Kia Māori, Tākiri Tū Te Kotahitanga, Tākiri Tū Te Mana Motuhake

Kia ora e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū, On Saturday I was privileged to be a small part of Te Kapa Haka O Te Waerenga Rangi (ngahau roopu) at Te Tai Tokerau Senior Kapahaka Regional Festival. The whole day was fabulous and a true reflection of Kia Māori, Tākiri Tū Te Kotahitanga, Tākiri Tū Te Mana Motuhake

As you will see from this week’s panui, the Kura is well and truly underway for 2024. Its important to us that we share with you, the mahi we are involved in and the learning taking place. Exciting times!

All four of our whare are well into their 2024 programme and everything is going extremely well. Most of our ākonga are in a settled and an engaging space. As promised at the Whanau Hui last week, we are now calling whanau in to meet Pouako at Hui Whakapiki, starting this week with our three Tuakana whare. We look forward to meeting with you all.

Unbelievably we have just completed week 5 of Term 1. We started the week on Monday with an important kaupapa for the Leadership Academy, who were asked to support the powhiri at Motatau Marae, for the Waitangi Tribunal, who were there for the Veterans Claims Hui.