Thurs 10 Nov 2022 Click here to read the story of Te Tauoma maunga, Te Tauoma whenua, Te Tauoma tāngata as told by Matua Harley Wade. When listening to Matua Harley kōrero about the landmarks, I felt the mamae of his people, who are now just resettling back into their tūrangawaewae, and who have for…
Category: Tangata Whenuatanga
Affirming Māori learners as Māori.
Providing contexts for learning where the
language, identity and culture of Māori learners and
their whānau is affirmed.
Te Korokoro o Te Parata
What is a significant moment of learning? Te Aho Arataki Marau mō te Ako i te Reo Māori (TAAM) and the NCEA assessment system is only serving to widen the learning gaps for some of our te reo Māori students in English-medium schools. The proposed changes to NCEA will do nothing to alleviate this issue….
Learning for Assessment vs Just Learning
What is a significant moment of learning from the last season? This year as I walk around the school the juniors are still likely to respond in the manner outlined above but the Year 11 learners are more likely to respond to the question, ‘what are you doing?’ with the response ‘an assessment.’ How did I come…
Te Ora o te Reo me ngā Tikanga
I got to observe Whaea Waitonga and her mahi with her Te Reo Māori and Tikanga ā-Iwi classes and I can confidently say that te reo and tikanga Māori are thriving in Whaea Waitonga’s akomanga. The following are some of the key observation notes that lead to my above statement. Arrival at Aorere I walked…
Mā te titiro!
Mā te titiro, ka kite; Mā te kite, ka rongo; Mā te rongo, ka mōhio; Mā te mōhio, ka mārama; Mā te mārama, ka matau; Mā te matau, ka ora! Adaptation of this whakataukī by Ruiha Epiha Away School Visits The observations I have made so far have really impacted my practise as a beginner…
He Puna Rautaki e Kore e Mimiti
Ako Panuku Workshop | Friday 20 May 2022 Click here for a more detailed description of the workshop. I went to a one-day workshop in Hamilton, which was run by Rauhina Cooper at the University of Waikato. There was a lot to take in today. Rauhina covered an array of second language teaching strategies for teaching grammar…
Triadic Wānanga
Today I engaged in a triadic kōrerorero and wānanga with my Tāmaki College and Ako Mātātupu (Teach First NZ) kaihāpai. Brenton Moyes, Nyra Marshall, and Dr. Jannie van Hees make up the three strong pillars of my whare ako. These three people are the pillars that have kept me from toppling over these past two…
A Lesson from the Stars
Click here for the Matariki celebrations at Tāmaki College. The stars have enabled our ancestors to traverse the largest expanse of ocean on the planet to arrive here in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Before the Gregorian calendar, the stars were our time-keeping system that guided our ancestors’ day-to-day, month-to-month, season-to-season, and year-to-year activities. When to plant,…
Te Manu Kai i te Miro
Ko te manu ka kai i te miro nōna te ngahereKo te manu ka kai i te mātauranga nōna te aoThe bird that eats from the miro tree owns the forestThe bird that eats from the tree of knowledge owns the world This whakataukī instructs us to not only eat the berries of the forest,…
Ka Kūkū te Kererū
Ako Inquiry 1 – Term 1, 2021 Ka koekoe te tūī, ka ketekete te kākā, ka kūkū te kererū Whakataukī The tūī bird squawks, the kākā bird chatters, and the kererū bird coos. I used this whakataukī or ancestral proverb to drive home the key understanding acquired from my first Ako Inquiry, and that is,…
Te Kōpaki a Ruiha Epiha 