Tēnā koutou, my name is Pyper Murphy and I am the Pumanawa leader for 2024.

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As Pumanawa, my goal is for Māori culture to become more evident around our school - bringing more Māori culture around the school and recognising and celebrating Māori events.

This year, the school has put in place something called ‘committees’. Each leader has had to come up with their own committee which students join. Having committee’s enables leaders to have the help that they need from the students in the school to organise events and functions during the year. My committee is called the Māori culture committee. My committee’s purpose is to bring my goal of embracing Māori culture in our school to life. Our first initiative for this term is a whanau class korowai competition. A korowai is a traditional Māori woven cloak which is worn as a mantle of prestige and honour, and also holds great significance in Māori culture. The competition involves each whanau class working as a group to create their own korowai made out of natural materials. These must be worn by a member of each whanau and will be judged at the end of this term. After the competition has taken place, all of the korowai will be kept and displayed around the school. The korowai become memorabilia for each whanau class, and for our school.

The whanau class korowai competition is just one of the exciting things happening this year! My committee and I have already begun planning for the upcoming events next term. Keep an eye out for what we’ll bring to the school next!

Ngā mihi,
Pyper Murphy