NGĀTI RUANUI CELEBRATES Ngāti Ruanui Celebrates At 80 years old, W’aea Mahuri isn’t Services to Māori ready to slow down yet. She travels "Just helping between her home in ‘Awera and her children and seeing through early w’ānau in Australia, spending time with them grown and her children, grandchildren and great childhood grandchildren in each country. develop, I hope I “There’s always something to come made a difference to education back to. I take our Kaikaranga classes their lives". at Pariroa Pā twice a year.” She mentors, supports and encourages W’aea Mahuri has always believed a person Mahuri Tipene those interested in becoming should help wherever and whenever they Kaikaranga because it’s so can. She’s devoted her life to supporting important to keep these vital teachings the next generation through 35 years as a Matua Sydney Kershaw alive. ko’anga reo voluntary educator and She did all this while also caring for her and W’aea Mahuri Tipene mentor, a Matua W’āngai caregiver, as a w’ānau, she had nine children, helping were both honoured in Māori Liaison volunteer with Victim with the Ramanui Playcentre committee Support, with the Māori Women’s Welfare the recent Queen’s and supporting Aotea Netball. League, as Kaikaranga, and training the Birthday List. “Just helping children and seeing them next generation of Kaikaranga. These awards recognise a grow and develop, I hope I made a She's inspirational. Her home has always difference to their lives. It was rewarding, I lifetime of ma’i and been open to anyone in need– "I’ve see them now all grown up and it’s really dedication to Kaupapa enjoyed every bit of it.” good.” Māori. Services to He’s retired from his job as a meat Māori inspector but is still providing pastoral care throughout Taranaki as a Minita-a- "It keeps Performing Arts Iwi and travels from Pātea through to Wellington performing services, families Matua Sydney Kershaw is a devoted dedications, baptism, weddings and together. Kapa’aka performer and coach, tangi. It’s voluntary work that he is They're so Justice of the Peace and Minita-a-Iwi. humbled to be able to provide. He’s been a devoted member of the “It keeps families together. They’re so widely spread Pātea Māori Club since it began and widely spread but through this I can but through this is still performing and tutoring with keep supporting and caring.” I can keep the Taranaki Ki Te Tonga Taikura He visits Taranaki Base and ‘Awera (50+ age group). He’s performed all Hospitals once every two weeks, supporting and over the world, bringing the treasured providing friendship, karakia and a caring" art of Kapa’aka to as many countries listening ear to patients. as possible. He loves to be busy and to share his Sydney Kershaw “Wherever I’ve been, it’s always been aro’a for performing arts with different a part of my life.” He’s performed communities. “We’ve been very lucky twice for the Queen– as a child and to have been involved and to share our as an adult. kapa’aka with so many.” He became a Justice of the Peace in They both receive Queens Service 1999 and helped to set up the South Medals (QSM) at an upcoming Taranaki Police Advisory Board. ceremony at Wellington. "E a’a te mea nui o te ao? ‘E tangata, ‘e tangata, ‘e tangata. BUSINESS GROWING BY THE DAY The first berry farm The covers are on the tunnels at the old Pātea Primary School site and the team is working hard to get to the next stage. It’s amazing progress– turning non- productive land into a self-sufficient and environmentally-friendly Farm ready for high value innovative berry crops to be grown. The team have cleared the site of asbestos riddled derelict buildings, prepped the grounds, landscaped, stabilised retaining walls, completed the building of 14 tunnel-houses and the first berries have been planted. These Eureka blueberries will grow in pots with rainwater collected and fed into a bladder storage system used to service the site. The farm will produce high nutrition berries for international export as well as local markets and a small variety will be available to buy on site. Opportunities As well as plant care, there will be numerous new opportunities: Post-harvest operations Logistics Export Science and technology Marketing, administration and management. It’s also intended to be a training site working alongside Patea Area School growing our rangata’i into precision horticulturalists. RECONNECTING TAMARIKI TO THEIR W’AKAPAPA – CHANGING ORANGA TAMARIKI APPROACH Nuturing and growing a new generation of Timeline Kaimarire. June 2018 – Ngati Ruanui Ngāti Ruanui will never accept tamariki being disconnected from challenges Oranga Tamariki their w’akapapa or that the state knows how to care for our because mokopuna are tamariki better than their safe W’ānau and Iwi members. A year advertised on Trademe. after complaining about seeing our mokopuna advertised for care on Trademe, Ngāti Ruanui challenged Oranga Tamariki and Negotiations begin between agreed to co-design a system for growing Kaimārire for Ngāti Ngati Ruanui and Oranga Ruanui tamariki who are put into state care. The number of Māori Tamariki. children in care is increasing. They make up over half of those in State Care and youth justice systems and they’re twice as likely to May 2019– Ngati Ruanui be referred to Oranga Tamariki. A dedicated group of Ngāti holds first co-design Ruanui are working with Oranga Tamariki to create a high level workshop. model- what care will look like for Ngāti Ruanui Uri across the country. The biggest goal is to see tamariki connected safely back June 2019– Ngati Ruanui to their w’akapapa across the country. It’s an Aro’a Mutunga Kore holds second workshop. (endless love) way, a Ngāti Ruanui based model by w’ānau for w’ānau. It means creating something new by re-capturing a time Next STEPS- Ngati Ruanui is when our kids were safe, happy and loved no matter where they focused on finalising the were and who was caring for them. The papa kāinga prototype engagement framework with works on the value that ‘it takes a big-hearted village of Oranga Tamariki. advocates to raise happy tamariki’. From August 21 to 29 2019 these students will be attending a program created by Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and colleagues from Stanford and Singularity University. Included in the program are design-thinking programmes with D- School at Stanford University and IDEO (led by E-Parachute’s Gary Bolles). They’ll also visit TWITCH Gaming and TV business, Esports Arena in Oakland, UC Berkley University, Exploratorium and Science Museum. The program provokes the rangata'i to future focus on new career opportunities, Esports is critical EDUCATION interest as it not only a sector which offers potential opportunities for our E - D e v e l o p m e n t hugely talented rangata'i and tamariki it also helps with critical thinking, problem solving, team building and memory capacity. There are untapped DESIGNING THE scholarships and career opportunities no matter where you are in the world, including 'Āwera and Pātea. FUTURE This year we will be taking our second delegation of rangatahi to San Francisco. Stanford Alumni Debbie Ngarewa-Packer took the first delegation over in 2016 to experience first-hand the digital innovation culture of Silicon Valley and Design SUPPORTING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL TEACHERS Thinking. It was so successful it was determined an Alumni of 2NUiCODE students would go over biennally. That’s why 2NUiCODE design-thinking and innovation 2NUiCODE educators Marea Rudolph and "Thriving teachers grow thriving tamariki and it’s a natural progression from there. students have spent this year fundraising to get themselves to San Francisco. They’re Vincent Nuku are providing a series of We’ve supported Professional so we're really supportive of educational working together and holding sausage sizzles, bake sales, raffles, art auctions, housie teacher workshops at 'Āwera Primary skills development,” Marea says. Training development focused on augmented and Friday night E-Sports sessions to finance the trip. School to help harness technology and this term focused on the Seesaw reality software at Pātea Area School as support tamariki learning. application and it’s uses for activities, well.” Marea says it’s important to guide “The modern classroom environment is testing, tamariki development and and support educators to ensure tamariki digital and for teachers who are w’ānau communication. Sessions will are always getting the best out of adapting, it can be daunting. continue next term. "'Āwera Primary available technologies. brings students to us for coding FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING A lot of students have indicated sport is very important in their lives and want to know how to use that interest to get into 2NUiCODE’s constantly searching for ways to help and support tamariki as they higher levels of tertiary education and go navigate the digital future. Friday Night E-Sports sessions are offering tamariki training to universities such as Stanford. in digital footprints, communication, citizenship and safety, and how to strategise in a 2NUiCODE is driving towards E-sports controlled Kaupapa Māori environment. They’re also learning to be resilient, and game development so the empathetic team players with a smart approach to password protection and website connections and professional use. Tamariki only play pre-approved games including Roblox, League of Legends and development there will benefit all Minecraft but don’t have any access to social media. E-sport Gaming is now an students.