Throughout our building renovations we have included design features, including window manifestations, to link with our cultural narrative.

Our window and door manifestations were designed by Reon Collier-Robinson (Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō) specifically for our school. These manifestations can be throughout our school.

The pattern uses traditional patterns drawn from tukutuku.

Our three teams - Harakeke, Mataī and Kahikatea along with Tāwera are represented,

Tāwera, the morning star, is easily visible.

Harakeke is shown in the weaving pattern strips either side of the star.

Mataī has a distinctive bark and is shown on the first diamond pattern.

In the centre of this pattern the double triangles represent the berries of the Kahikatea tree which are also shown in the second diamond pattern.

The pātiki pattern is shown in the third diamond shape and represents mahinga kai from the Waimakariri river. Taumatanui, the name of our multi-purpose room, was an old camping place along the Waimakariri river  mentioned in our local area cultural narrative. 

In Taumatanui blue, grey, and green carpet tiles create a pattern of the braided Waimakariri river. The wall paneling is green to represent the vegetation that surrounded the river. Both the river and the bush were a source of mahinga kai for early Maori who camped near the river on their travels and when gathering kai. Tāwera, the morning star, is shown on the high window at the eastern end of the building.

In our Kahikatea learning space the blue and red colours of the kahikatea berries: Koroī, have been incorporated into the carpet tiles and the resinous wood, Ngāpara, has also been represented in the paneling around the walls.