“Ehara te pae i te tawhiti rawa ki ngā mea e haere tikatia!”
“No horizon is
too far for those properly prepared”
“Moving towards the
goal of sustainability requires fundamental changes in human attitudes and
behaviour.
Progress in this
direction is thus critically dependant on education and public awareness.
Education must not be
equated with schooling or formal education alone.
It includes
non formal and informal modes of instruction and learning as well as including
traditional learning acquired in the home or community”1
Te Arā Whānui Kura Kaupapa
Māori O Ngā Kohanga Reo O Te Awa Kairangi was born out of frustration for the
survival, maintenance, extension and retention of Te Reo Māori for the children
who were nurtured in Te Kohanga Reo in the Hutt Valley
In 1995 after more than 11 years of the various styles of educational options available to graduates of Te Kohanga Reo at that time, a collective decision was made between the kaitiaki of Kokiri Marae and Waiwhetū Marae that the communities merge and consolidate their resources to develop the best possible option for all graduates of Te Kohanga Reo within the Hutt Valley.
Mr Richard Luke and Mrs
Keriana Olsen from Waiwhetū and Kokiri Marae respectively, in consultation and
inclusion of all Te Kohanga Reo of the Hutt Valley (at that time numbering 22),
then laid the foundations for the merging of the communities including ngā
Marae and ngā Kohanga Reo, to commit their support in the development of the
kura as we know it today.
1 Te Kohanga Reo.
He Ahurewa Māna. Morvin T Simon, 1989
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