Week 3 - Wāhanga 4: Ka timata ahau i te panui ki te mōhio ki tētahi mahi tino pai!!! Im going to start the panui this week acknowledging the outstanding achievement, tino kaha, of our very own Taihoronukurangi Porter-Lloyd at the Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Northland Regional Awards. Tai was our only rep this year at the YES Awards, up against high schools 4x our size. Again and again our Kura punches above its weight and this year, Tai did just that. There were 10+ others named in the Financial Management section and Tai took it out!!!

Week 2 - Wāhanga 4: Theres a lot in this panui to enjoy, so I won’t take up too much space. Just to say that the Term 4 focus is on Kia Mātau….. - Aromatawai (assessments) - Marautanga (curriculum) - Whakamahere (planning) - Pūrongo (reports) - NCEA and UE ākonga will be hounded to get their last bits of work done and dusted We will continue with kapahaka practice though and Iron Māori training starts in earnest in prep for Tāmaki Basketball is happening every Wednesday for Paenuku A date for our Term 4 Whanau Hui is still to be determined…..Let’s finish the year strong! Enjoy the panui!!!

Week 1 - Wāhanga 4: Wow, what a start we have had already. This term week 1 started off down at Maumahara. There we had a pōwhiri to welcome four new tamariki and Matua Nathan to Te Kāpehu Whetū Teina (Paenuku). Matua Nathan will be helping in our akomanga over the term working alongside our Pouako. He brings with him years of experience and a lot of knowledge with him; we look forward to having him in the kura. It has been a massive first week back for our kura.

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