TKKM o Te Rito

Te Pūrongo Arotake Mātauranga Te Aho Matua

Te Pūtake

E mahi ngātahi ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa ki te kapo atu mā te kaupapa nei a Poutiria te reo Mauriora, te huarahi mātauranga o ngā ākonga i poipoia ai ki te mātauranga o Te Aho Matua.

Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito ki Ōtaki. Kua whakatōngia te reo Māori me ōna tikanga ki ngā āhuatanga katoa, puta noa i te kura. E pou herea ana te tikanga whakaaro a te kura ki Te Aho Matua me Whakatupuranga 2000. Kua hoki mai ētahi o ngā raukura i nāianei, ā, e whai wāhi mātātoa ana rātou ki te rōpū o ngā kaimahi whakaako.

Te Tauāki a te Whānau

Ko te whānau o Te Rito tētahi tōpūtanga whānau nō te takiwā o Kāpiti, Horowhenua. Nō te tau 1989 i tū ai tō mātou kura kaupapa Māori. Nō te tau 1988, ka tīmatahia tō mātou kōhanga reo, ko Te Kākano o Te Kura Kōhanga Reo.

Ka whakatūria a Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito hei kura reo Māori, tikanga Māori hoki mō ngā tamariki nohinohi o Te Kākano me ngā kōhanga reo o te kāinga otiia o te takiwā.

Nō te mārama o Hakihea i te tau 1989 i whai mana ai tō mātou kura kaupapa Māori i raro i te Ture Education Act, 1989 wāhanga 155A. I te tau 1990, ka tū te kōhanga reo ki te whenua o Te Rauparaha, nā Te Poari o Ōtaki me Porirua, i te rā 5 o Oketopa, 1991 ka tuwherahia te kura, ā, nā Te Arawa ngā karakia ka tākina kia reo Māori anake te whenua me ōna whare o Te Kura Kaupapa o Te Rito.

Ko Te Aho Matua te tāhū o Te Rito, ko ngā mātāpono taketake e whā o ngā iwi tokotoru ōna pou, ahu mai ai i a Whakatupuranga Rua Mano, Generation 2000. 1975-2000.

Pou kai āwha: Ko te marae te kāinga mātua o ngāi tātou mā, nā reira kia kaha tātou ki te whakapaipai ake, te tiaki me te whakaute a ngā iwi o te kotahitanga i ōna marae, a nunui mā, a roroa mā kia manaakitia e te iwi, ko te tūtakitakinga tēnei o ngā whānau me te iwi mō ngā hui nunui katoa.

Pou mua: Ko te reo tētahi taonga nui, koia te ariā o ngā tūpuna o te iwi Māori, tuku iho ki ngā uri, ā, me whakamomori tātou ki te reo e tāmatemate nei, me whakapau kaha i roto i ā tātou mahi katoa kia tupu anō ai ki tōna tino teitei.

Poutokomanawa: Ko te whāinga nui rawa o ngāi tātou ko te hunga tangata.

Pou Tuarongo: Me mātua hoki mai anō te tino rangatiratanga.

Kei te whenua Māori te kura e tū ana. Kei te tiriti o Te Rauparaha te kura e tā ana ki runga i te whenua nō te Kotahitanga o Ngā Iwi Tokotoru, arā ko Āti Awa, Raukawa, Toarangatira, e kīia nei ko ART.

Ko tā te rangatira mahi, he manaaki.

Ko tā te ākonga mahi, he manaaki.

Tamaiti ākona i Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito, tū ana ki te ao, he mātau ki te manaaki i te kāinga, i te kura, i te marae, he tamaiti tau ki tana reo Māori.

He wāhi haumaru tēnei, inā rā, ka tāwharautia te kura e Te Aho Matua, mā ngā tikanga a kui mā, a koro mā te whānau e ārahi, mā te ngākau whakaiti me te aroha o tētahi ki tētahi mātou e tohutohu.

E tū rangatira ana tō mātou kura i runga i ngā whenua nō te kotahitanga o ngā iwi o Āti Awa, o Raukawa, o Toarangatira, e kīia nei, ko ART. Ko Te Aho Matua te tāhū. E karapoti ana ō mātou marae i a mātou, ā, ko ngā pou o tō mātou kura e ahu mai ana i ngā mātāpono taketake e whā o Whakatupuranga Rua Mano. Ko tō mātou marae te kāinga matua, ko te reo Māori tētahi tino taonga, ko te hunga tangata tō mātou whai oranga, ā, ko te tino rangatiratanga tēnā e whāia ana e mātou. Ko te ngākau whakaiti kei te pūtake o ngā mea katoa.

Ka ārahi te rangatira mā te atawhai.

Ka ako te ākonga, mā roto mai i te mōhio e hāpaitia ana ia.

Tamaiti ākona i Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito, tū ana ki te ao, he mātau ki te manaaki ahakoa haere ia ki hea, ā, ka tū tangata i roto i te mōhio ki tōna reo ātaahua.

He wāhi haumaru tēnei, ko tā mātou e kī ai, ka tāwharautia te kura e Te Aho Matua, mā ngā tikanga a kui mā, a koro mā te whānau e ārahi, mā te ngākau whakaiti me te aroha o tētahi ki tētahi mātou e tohutohu.

Ngā Kōrero a ngā Raukura

• Ko tētahi āhuatanga motuhake o ngā kura kaupapa Māori, ko te kaha o ngā kaiako ki te tautoko i te whānau katoa, kaua ko te tamaiti anake. He āwhina nui tērā. Nā rātou i whakatauira te huarahi tika.
• I waiho mā mātou ngā tūāhuatanga te ārahi, heoi, i tā mātou taenga atu ki te marae, i mōhio kē mātou me pēhea te whakatutuki i ngā mahi katoa.
• E hiahia ana ahau kia whakatairanga ake, kia whakamahi hoki tōku whānau i te reo Māori, i roto i ā rātou mahi katoa.
• He āhuru noho ā-kāinga. He nohonga ā-whānau. He whānau katoa te kura.
• E mōhio ana ahau ko wai ahau.
• He rite ngā kaiako o konei ki ō mātua.
• Mōku ake, kei te tino manahau ahau nā te noho o aku tamariki ki konei, nā te whai wāhi atu o aku tamariki ki tēnei ao. Kāhore he ao tua atu i tēnei mō rātou.

Te Whakarāpopototanga o ngā Whakaaturanga

Te Whakarāpopototanga Whānui

I kitea e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga:

• e whakatinana ana ngā Raukura i te angitu

• ko te mātauranga rumaki reo Māori, he mātauranga huarewa

• ka uru atu, ka whakaaweawe, ka ārahi, ka whai wāhi mātātoa atu te whānau ki te angitu o te mātauranga

• ka kitea ki ngā kaiārahi tūtoro paetawhiti nei te ngākau nui me te pūkeke kia whakaahuatia

• he kaihuawaere ngā kaiako e arotahi atu ana ki te whakarato i ngā whakaakoranga me ngā akoranga o te kounga kairangi

• ka noho mātua rā ko te oranga ā-whatumanawa, ā-tinana, ā-wairua, ā-hinengaro hoki.

Tērā ka whakahaeretia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga te arotake whai muri o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito i roto i te whā ki te rima o ngā tau, arā, hei aromātai o Te Manakotanga.

Wai
Te awa e rere atu ana i te mātāpuna ki te moana.

Te Whakatau a te Poari ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I mua atu i te whakahaerenga o te arotake i whakatutukihia e te poari me te tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a te Poari mā Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, me tētahi Rārangi Arowhai Tātari Whaiaro. I roto i ēnei tuhinga i oati rātou i whāia e rātou ngā huarahi whai take hei whakatutuki i ā rātou herenga ā-ture e pā ana ki:

• ngā whakahaere a te poari
• te marautanga
• ngā whakahaere mō te hauora, te haumaru, me te oranga tinana
• ngā whakahaere o ngā kaimahi
• ngā whakahaere o te pūtea
• ngā whakahaere o ngā rawa me ngā taonga. 

Gloria Takuira

Toka ā-nuku Whakakapi

Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

02 Paengawhāwhā, 2020

Te Aho Matua Education Review Report

Our purpose

The Education Review Office (ERO) and Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa (TRN) are working together to capture the journey of learners who have experienced Te Aho Matua education, Poutiria te reo Mauriora.

Background

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito is in Ōtaki. Te reo Māori me ōna tikanga are embedded across the kura. The kura philosophy is underpinned by Te Aho Matua and Whakatupuranga 2000. Raukura have returned and are now active members of the teaching staff.

Whānau Statement

Ko te whānau o Te Rito tētahi tōpūtanga whānau nō te takiwā o Kāpiti, Horowhenua. Nō te tau 1989 i tū ai tō mātou kura kaupapa Māori. Nō te tau, 1988 ka tīmatahia tō mātou kōhanga reo, ko Te Kākano o te Kura Kōhanga Reo.

Ka whakatūria a Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito hei kura reo Māori, tikanga Māori hoki mō ngā tamariki nohinohi o Te Kākano me ngā kōhanga reo o te kainga otiia o te takiwā.

Nō te mārama o Hakihea i te tau, 1989 i whai mana ai tō mātou kura kaupapa Māori i raro i te Ture Education Act, 1989 wāhanga 155A. I te tau 1990, ka tū te kōhanga reo ki te whenua o Te Rauparaha, nā Te Pōari o Ōtaki me Porirua, i te rā 5 o Oketopa, 1991 ka tūwherahia te kura, ā, nā Te Arawa ngā karakia ka tākina kia reo Māori anake te whenua me ōnā whare o Te Kura Kaupapa o Te Rito.

Ko Te Aho Matua te tāhū o Te Rito, ko ngā mātāpono taketake e whā o ngā iwi tokotoru ōnā pou, ahu mai ai i a Whakatupuranga Rua Mano, Generation 2000. 1975-2000.

Pou kai āwha: Ko te marae te kainga mātua o ngāi tātou mā, nā reira kia kaha tātou ki te whakapaipai ake, te tiaki me te whakaute a ngā iwi o te kotahitanga i ōna marae, a nunui mā, a roroa mā kia manaakitia e te iwi, ko te tutakitakinga tēnei o ngā whānau me te iwi mō ngā hui nunui katoa.

Pou mua: Ko te reo tētahi taonga nui, koia te aria o ngā tūpuna o te iwi Māori, tuku iho ki ngā uri, ā, me whakamomori tātou ki te reo e tāmatemate nei, me whakapau kaha i roto i ā tātou mahi katoa ki a tupu anō ai ki tōna tino teitei.

Poutokomanawa: Ko te whāinga nui rawa o ngāi tātou ko te hunga tangata.

Pou Tuārongo: Me mātua hoki mai anō te tino rangatiratanga.

Kei te whenua Māori te kura e tū ana. Kei te tiriti o Te Rauparaha te kura e tā ana ki runga i te whenua nō te Kotahitanga o Ngā Iwi Tokotoru, arā ko Ati Awa, Raukawa, Toarangatira, e kiia nei ko ART.

Ko tā te rangatira mahi, he manaaki.

Ko tā te ākonga mahi, he manaaki.

Tamaiti ākona i Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito, tū ana ki te ao, he mātau ki te manaaki i te kainga, i te kura, i te marae, he tamaiti tau ki tana reo Māori.

He wāhi haumaru tēnei, inā rā, ka tāwharautia te kura e Te Aho Matua, ma ngā tikanga a kui ma a koro ma te whānau e arahi, ma te ngākau whakaiti me te aroha o tētahi ki tētahi mātou e tohutohu.

Our school stands tall on tribal land of ART, Atiawa, Raukawa, Toarangatira, supported by the beam of Te Aho Matua. Surrounding us are our marae, the pou of our kura is grounded in the four guiding principles of Whakatupuranga Rau Mano, Generation2000. Our marae is our principal home, Māori language is a taonga, our people are our wealth and we strive for our self-determination. At the centre of everything is humility.

A leader leads by kindness.

A learner learns knowing they are supported.

A child of Te Kura kaupapa Māori o Te Rito wholeheartedly believes in the value of caring, where ever they may go, and are very settled in their beautiful language.

This is a safe haven, as we say, Te Aho Matua is shelter, tikanga our guide and love for one another our instruction.

Raukura kōrero

• One unique aspect of KKM is that kaiako readily support whānau, not just the child. That’s a major help. They role modelled to us what was right.

• It was left to us to lead these things and when we got to the marae, we already knew how to do it all.

• I want my whānau to promote and use te reo Māori in everything that they do.

• It felt like home. It was a whānau. The whole kura is a whānau.

• I know who I am.

• Here the kaiako are like your parents.

• To me, I am overjoyed that my children are here, that my children are a part of this world. There is no better world for them.

Summary of Findings

Overarching Conclusion

The Education Review Office found that:

• Raukura epitomise success

• te reo Māori education is transformational

• whānau participate, influence, lead and actively contribute to education success

• leaders as visionaries display commitment and drive for a transformation

• kaiako as facilitators focus on the provision of high-quality teaching and learning

• emotional, physical, spiritual and intellectual wellbeing are paramount.

The next ERO review of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito will be a in four-to-five years – Te Mānakotanga – Enrichment Evaluation.

Water
The river that makes it’s way from the source heading to the sea.

Board assurance on legal requirements

Before the evaluation, the board of trustees and principal completed the ERO Whānau Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklists. In these documents they attested that they had taken all reasonable steps to meet their legislative obligations related to:

• board administration

• curriculum

• management of health, safety and welfare

• personnel management

• financial management

• asset management.

Gloria Takuira

Acting Toka ā Nuku

Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

2 April 2020