Hei whakamārama

KO WAI MĀTOU:

Ko mātou ngā ngā tauira tokoiwa o te Taumata 9-10 o te Kahui Kura o

Te Ara Whānui

Kura Kaupapa Māori

o ngā Kōhanga Reo

o Te Awakairangi

 

KEI HEA KI HEA:

Kei te taone o Alice (Alicetown) to mātou Kura ēngari nō ngā Tōpito o Te rohe o Te Awaikarangi o mātou kāinga noho. He uri mātou nō ngā iwi o Te Aitanga ā Hauiti, Tūhoe, Ngāti Porou me Ngāpuhi.

Kei te hiahia haere mātou ki Uawa ki Te Tairāwhiti ki te whakanui i ngā āhuatanga e whakarite nei i te iwi o Te Aitanga- ā- Hauti ki te whakanui i "Te rere o Kōpū" i te Rāapa 3 o Pipiri. (Nō Te Aitanga ā Hauiti o mātou Kaiako a Kōkā Rawinia Kingi raua ko Matua Kahurangi Kutia- Coleman)

HE AHA AI:

 Mō te Transit of Venus ka tahi :) 

Ka rua, mō te whai i ngā Tiepe o to mātou Kuia a Keriana Olsen. Ko ia tētahi o te hunga peperekou e moemoeātia i to mātou Kura. He uri te Kuia nei o Ruataupare ki te ākau o Tokomaru, ā ka moe ki a Ralph Olsen nō Uawa. Kei Uawa o raua kōiwi rangatira e takoto ana i tēnei rā.

TE TIKANGA O TE WHĀRANGI NEI:

 Hei wāhi kohikohi i ngā mōhiohio mō

•   "Te Rere o Kōpū"
•    Nanny Keriana
•    Ngā akoranga o te akomanga mō ngā kaupapa nei
•    He whārangi hei tara ā wharetia i ngā whakaahua, i ngā mahi hei whakaatu ki te hunga e    noho kāinga ana ki ngā mahi ka mahia ia rā :)

 

What is a Transit of Venus?

This occurs when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, obscuring a small portion of the solar disk. During a Transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. A Transit is similar to a solar eclipse by the moon and usually lasts about six hours

Why UAWA:

A steering group from Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti and the Ūawa community have been working with a core group of distinguished individuals from the MacDiarmid Institute and Victoria University of Wellington (The Late Professor Sir Paul Callaghan, Professor Bill Manhire, Professor Lydia Wevers) and Dr Di McCarthy, Chief Executive of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Our aim is to make Tolaga Bay the national site of observation of the Transit of Venus on 6th June 2012, and to co-ordinate supporting events and projects.
Local initiatives already underway, including the restoration of the Tolaga Bay wharf, is now set for completion by 6 June 2012. This will be part of events on 6th June 2012, when Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti and theŪawa community plans to host several hundred visitors from around New Zealand and overseas.
Ongoing projects, including renovation and upgrading of historic Reynolds Hall, Project Ūawanui riverside ecological restoration project, and a wider sustainability initiative for the Ūawa river catchment, this will also be highlighted on June the 6th.

Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Centre of Excellence, and Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti Hauora, our iwi (tribal) health educator and promoter, are providing support and facilitation for our project. All this goes along with benefits to tourism, and international exposure of Tolaga Bay and the wider Tairāwhiti district.

Tolaga Bay Area School and Kuranui have built a broad curriculum in 2011-2012 around aspects of the Transit of Venus. This will provide unique opportunities for local students to gain new skills and insights and understand their education and citizenship in a global context. A group of students have travelled to England in October 2011 to build on links made in 2004.

Tērā Kōpū ka mahuta ake te pae
He rau mahara, he rau tangata kua riro ki tawhiti
Tēnei koe te rere nei hei hoa mō Tamanui
Nau mai, haere hei tohu ki te ao
Rā mai huauri, rā mai huatea ki Te Puhi o Te Karaka
E horahia atu rā ko Te Kaharoa e
Hao ana i te ika, hao ana he tangata
Hei mana ki uta, hei mana ki tai
Te tahuaroa o Ūawanui

Tirohia hoki te paetukutuku nei: Transit of Venus Tolaga Bay