Wāhanga 4: Kia ora koutou e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū, A reminder that Kura starts back this coming Monday 14th. ALL current ākonga to be at Maumahara by 9am in uniform. We will welcome 2 new staff and 5 new ākonga this term. The Powhiri starts at 9.30am. Once the powhiri is complete, we will bus Paenuku back down to Tarewa. The new staff starting are: - Matua Neville Tohu who will be working with Matua Moses as Pou Awhina providing sports programmes and mentoring to our ākonga, particularly our Tai tama tāne. - Matua Nathan Warner, an experienced Pou Ako starting as a Pou Awhina, will be based down at Paenuku supporting staff with day to day delivery of our programme.

Week 10 - Wāhanga 3: Kia ora koutou e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū, Term 3 – “Mahi kua oti”.....done and dusted!!! Its been an tino pukumahi term with both kura sites, Teina and Tuakana, prepping for Regional Kapa Haka, in Kaikohe, first week of Term 4. I'd like to mihi to our Pouako and Pouawhina for ensuring we had cover and our programme of learning continued despite staff being down and out māuiui. Welcome back Whaea Lu!! See you next term Whaea Hera!!.....we got this!! Tai Tokerau Regional Kapahaka is Sat 18th & Sun 19th October, in Kaikohe. It's 1st week back of Term 4. Paenuku and Paetata are on Saturday morning!!! Our Teina are first kapa on at 8.30am Our Tuakana are on at 11.30am Because of the early start, we are planning to have Paenuku stay at Kura Friday evening. We will get them up early, prep them to head to Kaikohe. More information to whanau soon.

Week 9 - Wāhanga 3: Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori!! One week to go... Paenuku finally moved into their new prefabs permanently and are using one prefab as the whare for Mangaroa while the other one is used as the whare for group practices and hui. The kitchen has been installed and will be fully operational by Term 4, enabling Paenuku to lunch in one space. I had the opportunity to attend morning karakia and watch their kapahaka practice. Beautiful to see our Teina putting all their effort into our tikanga and kaupapa.

Week 8 - Wāhanga 3: Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori!! Piki mai…..Kake mai…..Whakatau mai ra!! Kua tatū nei koutou Ki runga i te reo karanga o te wiki o te reo Māori He wiki whakamiharo ta matou i tera wiki…………. At Paenuku we had Whaea Hera and Whaea Lu out māuiui. Our staff stepped up as they always do and carried the week for us. Whaea Erana led our daily kapahaka practice with Whaea Sam and Matua Gene supporting. Whaea Faith coordinated the week with support from Whaea Petina and Whaea Arohaina, with Whaea Del, Matua Stanko, Matua Rua and Year 10 ākonga, backing up.

Week 7 - Wāhanga 3: Watching the tangihanga of Kiingi Tuheitia and the announcement of Kuini Ngā wai hono i te po Paki as his successor….both kura sites watched proceedings throughout the week….the coverage on TV media allowed us all to be part of a significant day/week for Māori.

Week 6 - Wāhanga 3: Too all those travelling down to Turangawaewae, travel safely… For us still at home, we send our aroha with you as we continue with the many kaupapa up here. One of those kaupapa was held on Saturday, I travelled through to the opening of Mohinui marae in Waiomio, where Staff Gene is the Chairman. What a beautiful morning and a huge turnout.

Week 5 - Wāhanga 3: As you will see from this week’s panui we are full on once again!!! We have plenty of mahi on the go with our day to day Kia Māori and Kia Mātau programmes bedding in as the year progresses, ensuring that ākonga from Year 1 to Year 13 are confident in themselves as Māori and work towards lifting their academic capability in the core subject areas

Week 4 - Wāhanga 3: I’ve been back at Te Kāpehu Whetū for 18months now and I am so proud of what we have achieved in that time. I was asked to come back onboard to assist with the merge of our two Kura We have all worked hard to build a kura where the ethos was about our culture, our mahi and our futures: Kia Māori…..Kia Mātau…..Kia Tū Rangatira Ae!!

Week 3 - Wāhanga 3: Kia ora e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū Well that was another full week of mahi across the board with a mīharo whanau hui Tuesday evening…..and of course it was also te reo Kūki Airani week! Our Pouwhakahaere, Whaea Hera, Matua Wiremu and Matua Ropata went over some of the key plans for this Term. We also had the honour of hearing two of our three Ngā Manu Korero kaikorero on the night…..He rawe!!! Tyreece me Morgan!!!

Week 2 - Wāhanga 3: Kia ora e te whanau o Te Kāpehu Whetū, We are half way through the year and what a year it’s been so far. I’d like to take a moment to thank our Pou Arataki, Pou Whakahaere, Pou Ako, Pou Awhina and our amazing Administrators for the mahi and hard work they do to make our Kura the success it is.