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….
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Effective pedagogies for Pacific learners:
Implements pedagogical
approaches that are effective
for Pacific learners.
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…
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,…
Haramai tētahi toki!
Otāhuhu College Observation | Wednesday 16 June 2021 The title is an adaptation of the phrase ‘Haramai te toki,’ which is part of a longer phrase that normally wraps up a traditional karakia (incantation or prayer) to signal group agreeance and unity. I have adapted this phrase to reference the northern idiom of ‘Haramai tētahi…
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Naming of Te Ahitū
Thur 17 Dec 2020 Why this experience impacted me: The experience impacted me because it just felt so right and because we were the first cohort to ever name ourselves. I had been burning to give our affiliate a new name since the Ako Mātātupu C19 graduation event. I just did not like C21. It…
A Story of Resilience
Mon 14 Dec 2020 Click here to read the story of Ihumātao, as told by Pania Newton. Why this experience impacted me: It was always my wawata (aspiration) to hear the story of Ihumātao from the people themselves. When I heard it was Pania who would take us through their kōrero, I couldn’t help but…
Pasifika mo le Pasifika
By Pasifika people, for Pasifika people PASS motto Mon 23 Nov – Thurs 03 Dec 2020 During weeks 2-4 of our Summer Intensive, Te Ahitū was divided by Kāhui Hāpai, with each group spending three weeks at a different partner school. Half of us remained in Auckland. The other half was split between Rotorua and…
He aha te kaupapa?
What is our kaupapa? What is our why? To quote our handbook and the Ako Mātātupu website: The aim of our work is to help all children to fulfil their potential, by disrupting the inequities that exist in education and in society. We believe that one of the best ways to achieve this aim is…
Te Kōpaki a Ruiha Epiha 