News & Events

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.

It’s Week 4 already….. and it is all on here at Kura. The first few days of the year we had a Teachers Only Day and produced an overarching 2024 plan. The focus for Term 1 across the whole kura is: Tikanga/Uara -> Ko Au Te Whare/ Tū Ki Te Marae

Week 3 done and dusted. Both sites have completed their whakawhanaungatanga and starting to refine their programmes to meet the needs of ākonga.  Ill report more on that over the Term.

We believe passionately in our culture, our people, our ākonga, and we know that through hard work, commitment, and focused support they will achieve within the Kura and beyond.

What an exhilarating beginning to the year for Te Kāpehu Whetū! On TDO day 1, the staff journeyed to Waikare to extend their support to Te Rerenga Walker as she assumes her new position as Tūmuaki ki Te Kura o Waikare.

He honore he kororia ki te Matua Nui I Te Rangi, nāna nei i hanga ngā mea katoa o tenei Ao whakawhetai atu ki te Rangi-i-tu-haha.  Ka huri ngā mihi ki te tira wairua, ngā kotuku rerengatahi e kī ā nei “kāhore a muri i hokia”