Ākonga are refurbishing laptops to give back to the community.

Every Wednesday afternoon a group of 8 ākonga use their own personal time and skills to fix broken laptops and chromebooks to give to those in need. 

We love to celebrate our ākonga showing manaakitanga and what a great way to do this through the RAD (Recycle A Device) program. RAD has partnered with Te Aratai College to help ākonga in our community improve learning by having access to a device. RAD receives donated laptops that need refurbishing, our ākonga fix them and the devices are then allocated to learners/whanau in need.

The RAD program is a great initiative that empowers our ākonga to develop digital engineering skills and see the value in supporting our community. We commend and celebrate with our ākonga for being great stewards of their time and skills. We trust that the program grows and the impact is felt throughout our kura.