Whaea Nadine is our newly appointed School Counsellor.

“E rere kau mai te Awa nui,Mai i te Kāhui maunga ki Tangaroa.Kō au te Āwa, kō te Āwa kō au.”“As the great river flows from the mountains to the sea.I am the river, the river is me.”

Tēnā kautau i ngā whānau o te Kura o James Cook.My name is Nadine Wallace, I am a counsellor in schools, my place of mahi is Family Works Whanganui.I have been a practicing “Counsellor” since the womb, but a certified Counsellor from 2017.My counselling expertise range from childhood trauma, to managing behaviour, to loss and grief and a few more things in between.I am originally from Whanganui. I’ve been almost everywhere within the North Island of Aotearoa and Australia, and now I am home.I am a wife, a mother of 4, a grandmother of 16 and a great-grandmother of 1.It is my life experiences that bring me to your kura to work alongside your babies.Nāku ake noa Nadine.