We now have our own school app and throughout the month of February, each Whānau will be calling parents and caregivers in to kura to take you through the app and its awesomeness.

Irankarapte!

On the 9th of January, a small group of us hosted our Aynu Whānau at kura for two days. Five 15 year old students enjoyed their first trip to Aotearoa and Kayton Apirana, Ngahiraka Anderson, Hinepukohurangi Grey and Kimiora Honeycombe were fabulous kaitiaki.

The students who visited are all learners of the Aynu language-indigenous language of Japan. The group was led by Matua Kenji Sekine, Aynu langauge revitilisation expert.

They enjoyed all the Ngāti Manawa sights and finished off their stay with a delicious hākari at Kohutapu Lodge.

Ka nui te mihi ki ngā Uri nā koutou te kaupapa nei i whakarewa ki te taumata tiketike!

February 25-27

We will be hosting another big Aynu contingent at the end of the month. We are very excited to welcome this group of 16-20 Aynu whānau. I will give more detail regarding their trip in the next Tū Māia, stay tuned!

NCEA ACHIEVEMENT 2019

We are so thrilled to announce that all our Uri achieved their NCEA qualifications last year. 100 % pass rate for NCEA 1, NCEA 2 and NCEA 3.

Ka nui te mihi ki a:

• Anahera Mills
• Nadia Higgins
• Kareera Bird
• Kimiora Honeycombe
• Maraea Higgins
• Te Awanuiarangi Rolleston
• Peraniko Bird

Of special mention are the following Uri who also achieved NCEA qualification endorsement:

NCEA 1 endorsed with Excellence: Anahera Mills and Kareera Bird

NCEA 1 endorsed with Merit: Nadia Higgins and Kimiora Honeycombe

NCEA 2 and 3 endorsed with Excellence: Peraniko Bird