May 2016 Tairawhiti REAP Talk-about-it Issue 6 Keeping our communities in the loop with what we do OUR OFFICES JUST GOT EASIER! GISBORNE Office: 142 Peel Street There has been a lot of interest in our Cottage Industries PO Box 859 throughout the region, since we started advertising them a couple Gisborne 4010 of months ago. Sadly, most people who were interested were not Ph: (06) 868 4186 eligible (or so we thought) due to having higher than a Level 2 Fax: (06) 2810363 qualification. WAIROA Office: Enquiries to the Tertiary Education Commission who fund the ACE programmes resulted in the following response: “There is no EIT Centre stipulation that all ACE learners must have level 2 or less - that Cnr Paul & Queen Sts type of rule applies to Youth Guarantee or Fees Free SAC L1&2.” Wairoa 4108 (06) 838 7213 Tairawhiti REAP does not offer Youth Guarantee or Fees Free SAC L1&2 programmes, therefore THIS IS GREAT for our communities, EAST COAST OFFICE because our learners are able to have qualifications higher than Te Puna Manaaki a Ruataupare Level 2. Community Centre 141 Onepoto Rd, Hicks Bay 4054 There’s more information about the ACE programmes on offer, (06) 868 4186 particularly our Cottage Industry courses. DON’T DELAY, REGISTER WITH HEMI, COURSES KICK OFF IN MAY! 1 INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING IN ACTION AT POTAKA A big mihi to the Principal at Potaka School, Claudine for this article. Photos by Claudine and Val. Our tamariki (from Potaka School) recently had climbing the East Cape lighthouse, doing an their noho marae at Potaka Marae for term one. We 'Amazing Race' and completing co-operative strive to have one Mana Whenua focus each term, games/activities.This is not possible without the throughout the year that supports our Potaka strong support of our whanau who at every Currica biulum. Our focus in Term one of each opportunity come into our kura and awhi our year is 'Ko Potaka te marae, Ko Potaka te kainga'. tamariki. A special thanks to Koka Val from We look at and discuss one aspect of our marae Tairawhiti REAP who stayed with us throughout with our kaumatua and kuia. At our noho our noho marae to support our whanau. We are marae, we learnt about the history behind the very fortunate to be surrounded by a very manu inside our whare tipuna, Te Pae on nga talented, knowledgeable and caring community. Pakanga. On behalf of our tamariki we would like to thank During our noho marae, we also spent time on them all for making our noho marae a different physical and mental challenges as a success: Nga mihi kia koutou katoa. group, 2 TE PUARETANGA O TE WHARE HOU KI TE KURA KAUPAPA MAORI O KAWAKAWA-MAI-TAWHITI KI WHAREKAHIKA Takiri te ata ki runga o Patangata, ki nga waipuremu o Wharekahika, ki te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kawakawamaitawhiti, me nga hapu o te rohe o Matakaoa i te whakapuaretanga o te whare takaro hou, hai oranga mo nga tamariki, nga mokopuna, nga rangatahi, nga matua, nga whanau me te iwi whanui. Haruru tapuwae nga taimihi aroha i tae a-tinana atu ki te taone paku ra o Wharekahika, ki te whakanui i te kaupapa tino whakahirahira kua roa nei nga whanau e wawatia ana. He ra miharo, he ra harikoa. He mihi nui ki te poari, te Tumuaki, nga kaimahi me nga whanau o te kura, ki nga kamura hoki na ratau te whare i hanga, me nga ropu tautoko i nga huruhuru kia rere ai te manu. It was a great day on the 15 April in Wharekahika, when at 5am, karakia began to bless the new carved entrance of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kawakawamaitawhiti, as well as the kura which has been in a state of constant building for a number of years. This beautiful day also saw the opening of the kura and community gymnasium, boasting the only full-length basketball court in the rohe of Ngati Porou. It is a dream come to fruition for the kura and the community, and certainly is a huge asset to have in the region. Tairawhiti REAP staff members joined in with the day’s celebrations alongside the whanu, as well as the many manuhiri who arrived from around the country including the Regional Director of the Ministry of Education, Marilyn Scott, Ikaroa-Rawhiti representative for Labour, Meka Whaitiri, and the kura kaupapa from the region and beyond who travelled from Wairoa, Rotorua, and everywhere in between. The tamariki and rangatahi of the kura were a part of the whole day, and although many were up at 4am, they were amazing throughout, from start to end with the hakari at Hinemaurea Marae. 3 Matua Jedi taught the tamarki how to play chess at Pae O Te Riri School in Tikitiki. At first the tamariki took a while to understand what the rules of chess were. Jedi had a big chess mat which he hung on the wall. He placed the chess pieces on the mat (which were made from the mat material) so that the tamariki could see the chess moves and understand how many points each chess piece was worth. Once the tamariki understood this, they were away and very keen to play. One boy walked in later, realised what was required. he said he would like to be the 'chess champion.' Tumeke! Eight tamariki participated in learning chess. TAIRAWHITI REAP = FUN + LEARNING FOR PAE-O-TE-RIRI New Principal at Pae-o-te-riri School in Tikitiki, Kararaina Ngatai-Melbourne says this about Koka Val’s visits: “We have been enjoying the time with Koka Val and Matua Jedi. What we really love about it is the children are having so much fun. The kids are having lots of fun and learning – they associate her visits and the mahi of Tairawhiti REAP as just that! Every week, the kids know that Koka Val is coming and they are so excited! They are loving the chess and so are the parents who come. The sewing – the children are so proud of their bags they made last week. We look forward to continued mahi next term and the neat things that Koka Val will be bringing. Jedi has built a confidence in some of the tamariki through chess - tamariki who lacked confidence previously, which is marvelous to see. They are both so ngawari and the tamariki have gravitated to that.” 4 TUMUAKI TALKS: This 1st issue for 2016 of Talk- About-It has been a long time coming. Can you believe we are in May! Suffice to say, there is As well as being busy in Potaka, lots to talk about! Wharekahika and Tikitiki, Koka Val’s, also been active in and around In this issue, its really Ruatoria. wonderful to be able to share The whanau at Whakarua Te with you some stories direct Kohanga Reo have been discussing from the communities we work Tangaroa with the tamariki and with, and we hope to include visiting the beach. No fish on the this view in future editions. line? No problem! The tamariki made fish using ice These first few months have block sticks with paper bodies which been full of report writing, AGM they covered with glitter and paper preparation, changes of Board scales. members; programme and course planning, building relationships and work, work, FISH AT WHAKARUA & FRUIT AT HIRUHARAMA work. Finding time to pull our Talk-About-It together to meet our bimonthly schedule has been impossible, but we hope Meanwhile at Te Parekereke o Nga Mokopuna o Hiruharama to be back on track again for the two giant pear trees have been put to good use. our next edition due in June/July. Loaded with pears, the whanau wanted to learn how to preserve pears so that they could use them through the winter months instead of seeing the pears go to waste. We hope you’ll enjoy the read about what’s been happening, The tamariki were very involved collecting the pears, peeling and get involved in your local and cutting them up. communities with what’s coming up. We love your One staff member took an interest and learnt to bottle pears. feedback so, don’t be shy to give it to our team members She stated 'this is so easy, I'm going home to bottle the pears out and about, or email direct from my own tree'. Fabulous! to me [email protected]. 5 MAHI TUITUI KI TOKOMARU Ka rere atu a Koka Val ki wi, ki wa, koia me tana waka, e patu ana i te rori mai tetahi moka ki tetahi moka o te Tairawhiti. Ahakoa, he iti noa tana reo Maori, e kaingakau ana aia ki tana mahi ki te taha o nga tamariki nohinohi me nga tamariki o te kura, a, kei te karanga nga kura, me nga kohanga reo ki aia ia wiki mo ona pukenga, hei kai mo nga tamariki. Ka tae atu aia ki Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Taonga Tuturu o Tokomaru. Anei nga korero o te Tumuaki hou a Tumanako (Choppy) Kururangi: “Parekareka ki te ngakau o nga tamariki ki te ako, ki te whai i tenei tumomo taonga, ara, te mahi tuitui. E ngakaunui ana a matau pakeke, e hikaka ana te ngakau o nga tamariki ki te mahi tuitui. Meikore ake nga taonga a Tairawhiti REAP, kare i whai pukenga nga tamariki o konei. Piiki mihi ki a Koka Val e ngakaunui ana ki nga tamariki. Tāria te wa, ka pakari tona reo.” Tena koe Matua Choppy mo enei whakaaro rangatira.