Ngā Taiātea Wharekura

Education institution number:
488
School type:
Secondary (Year 9-15)
School gender:
Co-Educational
Definition:
Designated Character School
Total roll:
277
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Address:

134 Rotokauri Road, Nawton, Hamilton

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Ngā Taiātea Wharekura

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaimahi me ngā hapori ki te whakawhanake i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i te kawenga takohanga me te whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā whānau, mā ngā hapū, me ngā iwi. 

2 Te Horopaki 

“E puta ki Taiātea”

E tū ana a Ngā Taiātea Wharekura ki Rotokauri, i Kirikiriroa. E whakarato ana te kura i te mātauranga kaupapa Māori ki ngā uri o ngā tau 9 ki te 13. He tūnga whakahirahira tō Ngā Taiātea Wharekura i roto i te mana whenua o Ngāti Māhanga, ā, ka whai wāhi atu ki ngā wawata o Te Kīngitanga me Tainui waka whānui. E whakapuaki ake ana te tauākī ‘E puta ki Taiātea’ i te tirohanga kia rite ngā uri katoa ki te mahi hei painga mō te tangata, ki te whakatairanga, ā, ki te ārahi hoki. 

I te arotakenga Mana Poumarumaru a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te Whiringa-ā-rangi o te tau 2023, i tautuhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te ohu kaitiaki, ko ngā kaupapa whakapaitanga matua o te kura, ko te:

  • arotake i ngā whakaritenga aromatawai, kia rite ai mō ngā whakarerekētanga ki Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea e tīmatahia ana hei te tau 2024, me te 
  • arotake i te hōtaka whakaakoranga, hōtaka ako hoki mō te tau 9 me te tau 10. 

Kei te kaha ahu whakamua ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako i ngā whakapaitanga ki aua whakaritenga. 

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te eke panuku o te uri hei kaiārahi whakapau werawera mō te tangata, e whakaū ana i tōna mauri ki onamata, me tōna aronga ki anamata?

E whiwhi ana ngā uri i ngā pūmanawa papai e hāpai ana i tō rātou whakawhanaketanga hei kaiārahi whakapau werawera mō te tangata, e whakaū ana i tōna mauri ki onamata, me tōna aronga ki anamata.

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga Mana Uri

E whakatairangatia ana te tuakiri me te pitomata o ngā uri mā ngā whai wāhitanga ako kua pou herea ki te tukuihotanga. Kua pou herea ngā whakaakoranga me ngā akoranga ki te reo Māori, ki ngā tikanga Māori, me te mātauranga e toro atu ana ki ngā Pūkenga Ako, ki ngā Uaratanga, ki te Tukuihotanga me te Ara Whai Oranga (PUTA). Kei te tākare te whai wāhi atu a ngā uri ki te mātauranga ki te kura, ki te hapori whānui, ā, ki ngā huihuinga hoki a te iwi, pērā i ngā Poukai me ngā Koroneihana. Ka whakarato ngā kaiako i ngā wheako ā-rehe e akiaki ana i ngā uri ki te toro hōhonu atu ki ngā kaupapa. Ka whakanuia te whanaungatanga e ngā uri me ngā kaiako. Ko Poutuwhakaaro te uaratanga e pā ana ki te pono, te kawenga, te tauutuutu, te whanaungatanga me te aroha, ā, e pou here ana i ngā wheako o ngā uri i roto i te mātauranga. 

E hāpaitia ana, e whakamanahia ana ngā uri kia puāwai ai rātou ki tētahi taiao e aro nui ana ki te ahurea me te mātauranga. Aromatawaihia ai, arumia ai, pūrongohia ai hoki ngā paetae ākonga i ia te wā. He Rautaki Ako, he mahere takitahi hoki tā ia uri, hei ārahi, hei aroturuki i tā rātou ahu whakamua ki te whakatutuki i ō rātou wawata, me tā rātou whakatakoto whāinga. He mahi e tuitui ana i te whai wāhi mai a te whānau, i ngā whakaaro huritao o ngā uri, me te aromātai. Whakapuakihia ai ngā Rautaki Ako ki te taha o ngā whānau i ia tau, hei whakanui i te ahu whakamua me te tupu. He aronga ki te whakarite i tētahi tūāpapa whakaioio mō ngā uri o ngā Tau 9 me te 10, hei hāpai i tō rātou mōhiotanga me ō rātou pūkenga, i a rātou e ahu whakamua ana ki te whakatutuki i Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea. 

E tino tautokona ana te kōkiri a ngā uri i ō rātou huarahi ki anamata. Ko ngā hōtaka o Te Waharoa he whai wāhitanga mō ngā uri ki te whakamātau i ngā tūmomo mahi i te hapori. Ka whai wāhi atu hoki ngā uri ki te tangongitanga o ngā wheako e hāpai ana i tā rātou whakatutukitanga o te Taumata 1, te Taumata 2, me te Taumata 3 o Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea. He tino pūkenga ō ngā kaiako ki te kōkiri i te ārahitanga o ngā uri i ā rātou ake akoranga, ā, ka whakatakoto ngātahi i ngā tūmanako ako. Ka kitea ki ngā uri tō rātou tino māramatanga ki ngā paerewa paetae, ki te taumata o ā rātou ake mahi, me ngā mahi ka whāia tonuhia e rātou hei whakatutuki i ō rātou ake whāinga ako. Ka kitea ki ngā hōtuku a te kura, kei te pai ngā whakatutukitanga o ngā uri i roto i te Pāngarau me te Reo Matatini i roto i te roanga o te wā. I te tau 2023, he tata ki te 56% o ngā uri i whakatutuki i te Taumata 1 o Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea, me te rironga o te nuinga o rātou i ngā whakamanatanga, ā, e 92% o ngā uri i whakatutuki i te Taumata 2 o Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea. E 85% o ngā uri i whakatutuki i te Taumata 3 o Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea, ā, tata ki te katoa o rātou i whiwhi hoki i ngā whakamanatanga, arā, he tino whakapikitanga ake tēnā i ngā whakamanatanga i riro i te tau 2022. I whiwhi te 45.5% o ngā uri i te Tiwhikete Whakauru Whare Wānanga. 

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake 

He wā pai tēnei ki te whakapakari ake i te whai wāhi mai a te whānau ki ngā whakataunga. Ko te wawata o te whānau me ngā uri, kia rumakina rātou ki tētahi taiao e whakapuaki ana i te marau ā-kura kua pou herea ki te mātauranga Māori. Me whakarite tonu ngā kaiārahi o te kura i ngā whai wāhitanga mō te whānau ki te toro atu ki te ao o te kura, ā, me whai hoki i ō rātou whakaaro mō te whakatinanatanga o te aronga rautaki ki te kura. 

5 Te Whakatau a Te Poumarumaru ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I mua i te aromātai, i whakatutukihia e te poari me ngā tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a Te Poumarumaru, me tētahi Rārangi Arowhai Tātari Whaiaro. I roto i aua 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.

I te wā o te aromātai, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei, i te mea he nui te pānga o ēnei ki te haumaru me te waiora o ngā ākonga: 

  • te haumaru aronganui o ngā ākonga (tāpiri atu ki te ārai i ngā mahi whakawetiweti me ngā mahi whakaaito);
  • te haumaru ā-tinana o ngā ākonga;
  • te rēhitatanga o ngā kaiako;
  • ngā tukanga ki te whakatū kaimahi;
  • te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga.
  • te taetae atu ki te kura
  • te whakatutukitanga o ngā kaupapa here a te kura i ngā herenga o te Children’s Act 2014

6 Te Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:

  • whakawhanake Te Poumarumaru, rātou ko ngā kaiārahi, ko ngā kaiako hoki i tētahi mahere e whakatutuki ai i te whakaritenga matua i tautuhia ai ki tēnei pūrongo kia whāia. 

Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku 
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services

25 Pipiri 2024

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kura

Te tūwāhiKei Rotokauri, i Kirikiriroa
Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 488
Te tūmomo kuraHe kura tuarua(Tau 9-13)
Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura286
Ngā hononga ā-iwiMāori 100%
Ngā āhuatanga motuhakeNgā Kura ā Iwi
Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotakeHaratua 2024
Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 25 Pipiri 2024
Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga  Arotake Mātauranga – Mana Poumarumaru, Poutū-te-rangi 2024; Arotake Mātauranga, Kohi-tātea 2020, Arotake Mātauranga, Pipiri 2013

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with whānau, leaders, kaimahi and their communities develop evaluation insights that foster accountability and improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability. ERO’s reports provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi

2 Context 

“E Puta Ki Taiātea”

Ngā Taiātea Wharekura is situated in Rotokauri, Hamilton. The kura provides kaupapa Māori education to uri in Years 9-13. Ngā Taiātea Wharekura holds a significant place within the mana whenua of Ngāti Māhanga, contributing to the aspirations of Kīngitanga and the wider Tainui waka. ‘E puta ki Taiātea’ expresses the vision that all uri will be prepared to serve, uplift and lead.

In the November 2023 Manam Poumarumaru ERO review, ERO and the ohu kaitiaki identified the kura improvement priorities were to:

  • review assessment practices to be prepared for the changes to National Certificates in Educational Achievement (NCEA) coming in to effect in 2024, and
  • review teaching and learning programmes in Years 9 and 10.

Leaders and kaiako are making steady progress with improving these practices.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do uri achieve their potential as servant leaders who are ancestrally driven and future focussed?

Uri are acquiring positive attributes that assist their development as ancestrally driven and future focused servant leaders. 

4 Mana Uri Key Findings

Uri identity and potential is enhanced through learning opportunities underpinned by tukuihotanga. Pūkenga Ako, Uaratanga, Tukuihotanga and Ara Whai Oranga (PUTA) based mātauranga, te reo and tīkanga Māori underpin teaching and learning. Uri enthusiastically participate in education at kura, in the wider community and at iwi events such as Poukai and Koroneihana. Kaiako provide hands-on experiences that encourage uri to delve more deeply into the kaupapa. Whanaungatanga is highly valued by uri and kaiako. The uaratanga of Te Poutuwhakaaro which include pono, kawenga, tauutuutu, whanaungatanga and aroha underpin uri experience in education.

Uri are supported and empowered to thrive in an environment that is culturally and academically responsive. Student achievement is regularly assessed, tracked and reported. Uri have Rautaki Ako, individualised plans, to guide and monitor their progress toward achieving their aspirations and set goals. This practice requires whānau collaboration and uri reflection and evaluation. Rautaki Ako are shared twice annually with whānau to celebrate progress and growth. There is a focus on establishing a solid foundation for uri in Years 9 and 10 to support their knowledge and skills as they work toward achieving the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA).

Uri determining their future pathways are well-supported. Waharoa-Gateway programmes provide uri  with opportunities to gain work experience in the community. Uri also engage in a varied range of experiences that support their achievement in NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3. Uri leading their own learning is skilfully facilitated by kaiako and includes co-constructing learning expectations. Uri demonstrate a high degree of understanding of achievement standards, where they are at and what they need to work on to accomplish their individual learning goals. Kura data shows uri achieve well in Numeracy and Literacy over time. In 2023, nearly 56% of uri achieved NCEA Level 1, most with endorsements and 92% of uri achieved NCEA Level 2. 85% achieved NCEA Level 3 and almost all with endorsements, a notable increase in endorsements compared with 2022. 45.5% of uri gained University Entrance (UE). 

Key Next Steps

It is timely to strengthen whānau engagement in decision-making. Whānau and uri aspire to be immersed in an environment where the marau ā-kura is underpinned by mātauranga Māori. Kura leaders should continue to create opportunities for whānau engagement in the life of the kura and to seek their voice to inform the strategic direction of the kura

5 Te Poumarumaru Assurance on Legal Requirement

Before the evaluation, the board of trustees and tumuaki completed the ERO Te Poumarumaru 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. 

During the evaluation, ERO checked the following items because they have a potentially high impact on student safety and wellbeing: 

  • emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment) 
  • physical safety of students 
  • teacher registration 
  • processes for appointing staff 
  • stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions 
  • attendance 
  • school policies in relation to meeting the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014. 

6 Recommendation

ERO developed the following recommendation:

  • that the Poumarumaru, leaders and kaiako develop a plan to address the key next step identified in this report.

 Darcy Te Hau 
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

25 June 2024

7 Information about the kura

LocationRotokauri, Hamilton
Ministry of Education profile number488
Kura typeSecondary (Years 9-13)
Kura roll286
Ethnic compositionMāori 100% 
Special featuresDesignated Character- Kura ā Iwi
Review team on siteMay 2024
Date of this report25 June 2024
Most recent ERO report(s)Education Review - Mana Poumarumaru, March 2024; Education Review, January 2020; Education Review, June 2013 

 

Ngā Taiātea Wharekura

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaimahi me ngā hapori ki te whakawhanake i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i te kawenga takohanga me te whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai. E hāngai ana tēnei pūrongo ki ā rātou pūnaha, ki ā rātou whakaritenga, me ā rātou mahi whakahaere. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā whānau, mā ngā hapū me ngā iwi. 

2 Te Horopaki 

“E puta ki Taiātea”

E tū ana a Ngā Taiātea Wharekura ki Rotokauri, ki Kirikiriroa. E whakarato ana te kura i te mātauranga kaupapa Māori ki ngā uri o ngā tau 9 ki te 13.  E ngākau pono ana te kura ki te mana whenua, ko Ngāti Māhanga me te whakapūmau i ngā uara me ngā mātāpono o Te Kīngitanga. Ko ‘E puta ki Taiātea’ te kōrero e whakapuaki ana i te tirohanga kia rite pai ngā uri katoa ki te mahi, ki te hāpai, ki te ārahi hoki. 

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai

He pēhea rawa te eke panuku o te uri hei kaiārahi whakapau werawera mō te tangata, e whakaū ana i tōna mauri ki onamata, me tōna aronga ki anamata?

E poipoi ana te marau me te taiao o te kura i te whakawhanaketanga o te uri hei kaiārahi whakapau werawera mō te tangata, e whakaū ana i tōna mauri ki onamata, me tōna aronga ki anamata. 

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga - Mana Poumarumaru

E tino arahina ana ngā whakaritenga kāwana ki ngā Pūkenga Ako, ki ngā Uaratanga, ki te Tukuihotanga, me te Ara Whai Oranga (PUTA). Kei te mātātoa te tū, te whakapau werawera hoki o ngā poumarumaru, hei painga mō ngā uri, ngā whānau, me te kura. E whakatairanga ana te tauākī taketake a te kura i tētahi taiao ako e hāpai ana i te eke panuku o ngā uri, i tō rātou tū anō hoki hei kaiārahi e whakapau werawera ana mō te tangata. Ka whakatinana Te Poumarumaru – tae atu hoki ki ngā uri o roto – i te tirohanga a te kura. Kei waenga i a rātou te tangongitanga o ngā mōhiotanga me ngā pūkenga e whakapuakihia ana ki ō rātou tūranga me ā rātou kawenga. E whai mōhiohio ana ngā whakataunga, ā, e whakaaro nuitia ana, e whakautea ana hoki ngā tirohanga a ngā uri, ngā whānau, me te hapori. Kei te pūtake o ngā hononga ki waenga i ngā poumarumaru me ngā kaiārahi ngaio, ko te whakawhirinakitanga, te ngākau pono, me te mākohakoha. E whakarato ana Te Poumarumaru i te tautoko papai ki ngā kaiārahi o te kura, hei āta whakatau i te whakatinanatanga o ngā putanga e whai hua ana ki ngā uri. 

Ka whakatinanahia e te ohu kaitiaki tētahi aronga ngātahi ki te whakapai ake i te ako ngaio me ngā whakaritenga ngaio. Kua kawe mai ngā mema hou o te ohu i te hiringa kia auaha, kia panoni. Kua waihangatia e ngā kaiārahi tētahi wāhi e hāpai ana i te puāwaitanga o te waiora me ngā pūkenga ngaio o te kaiako. Ko tā te tukanga Rautaki Ako mahi, he whakapakari i te ngaiotanga me ngā pūkenga whakaako o ia kaiako. Kei te tūāpapa o te tukanga, ko te arataki, te pakirehua, me te aro atu ki ngā whakaaturanga. 

Ka whai pānga matua ngā wawata o ngā uri, ngā kaiako, me te whānau whānui, ā, ka whai wāhi nui ki ngā whakataunga me te whakaraupapatanga o ngā whāinga me ngā taumata. Ka whakapakarihia e te ohu kaitiaki te whakawhirinakitanga me ngā pūkenga ārahi ki waenga i ngā kaimahi katoa, ā, ka whakamanahia te tū o ngā kaiako katoa hei kaiārahi. Ka rongo ngā uri i ngā tūmanako nunui mō rātou, ā, e whanake ana hei tino tauira, hei tino kaiārahi hoki.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake

I tēnei wā e arotake ana te ohu kaitiaki me ngā kaiako i ngā whakaritenga aromatawai, hei whakariterite mō te whakatinanatanga o ngā paerewa paetae Taumata 1 o Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea hei te tau 2024. Ko tētahi atu aronga anō hoki o te arotakenga o roto, ko ngā hōtaka whakaako me ngā hōtaka ako o ngā tau 9 me te tau 10. E whakakoia ana te aromātai a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i aua tūāhuatanga hei kaupapa whakawhanaketanga matua. 

Nō nā noa nei te kura i whakawhiti ai ki te whakamahi i te School Docs. I tēnei wā, kei te waia haere rātou ki ngā herenga ā-ture me ngā tūmanako o te wā, me te whakahāngai pū i ērā ki te horopaki ake o te kura. 

5 Te Whakatau a Te Poumarumaru ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te aromātai, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei:

  • te haumaru aronganui o ngā ākonga (tāpiri atu ki te ārai i ngā mahi whakawetiweti me ngā mahi whakaaito)
  • te haumaru ā-tinana o ngā ākonga
  • te rēhitatanga o ngā kaiako
  • ngā tukanga ki te whakatū kaimahi
  • te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga
  • te tae ā-tinana atu ki te kura
  • ngā kaupapa here e pā ana ki te whakatutukitanga o ngā herenga o te Children’s Act 2014.

6 Ngā Taunakitanga

I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te ohu kaitiaki ngā taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:

  • arotakengia ngā whakaritenga aromatawai o tēnei wā, hei whakariterite mō te whakatinanatanga o ngā paerewa paetae hou hei te tau 2024, ā, kia
  • arotakengia ngā hōtaka whakaako me ngā hōtaka akoranga mō te tau 9 me te tau 10. 

Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services

20 Poutūterangi, 2024

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kura

Te tūwāhiKei Rotokauri, ki Kirikiriroa
Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 488
Te tūmomo kuraHe kura tuarua (Tau 9 – 13)
Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura275
Ngā hononga ā-iwiMāori 100%
Ngā āhuatanga motuhakeNgā Kura-ā-Iwi
Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotakeWhiringa-ā-rangi 2023
Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 20 Poutūterangi 2024
Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake MātaurangaArotake Mātauranga, Kohi-tātea 2020; Arotake Mātauranga, Pipiri 2013

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with whānau, leaders, kaimahi and their communities develop evaluation insights that foster accountability and improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability. This report reflects their systems, operations and management practices. ERO’s reports provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi. 

2 Context 

E Puta Ki Taiātea”

Ngā Taiātea Wharekura is situated in Rotokauri, Kirikiriroa. The kura provides kaupapa Māori education to uri in Years 9-13. Ngā Taiātea Wharekura holds a significant place within the mana whenua of Ngāti Māhanga, contributing to the aspirations of Kīngitanga and the wider Tainui waka. ‘E puta ki Taiātea’ expresses the vision that all uri will be prepared to serve, uplift and lead.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do uri achieve to their full potential as servant leaders who are ancestrally driven and future focussed?

The kura curriculum and environment fosters uri to develop as servant leaders who are ancestrally driven and future focused.

4 Mana Poumarumaru – Key Findings

Pūkenga Ako, Uaratanga, Tukuihotanga and Ara Whai Oranga (PUTA) guide governance practices well. The poumarumaru actively represent and serve uri, whānau and the kura. The kura mission promotes a learning environment for uri to achieve to their full potential and act as servant leaders. The poumarumaru, including uri members, enact the kura vision. They bring a diverse range of knowledge and skills to their collective roles and responsibilities. Decision making is well informed and uri, whānau and community views are considered and respected. Relationships between members of the poumarumaru and professional leaders are based on trust, integrity and openness. The poumarumaru provide good support to kura leaders to ensure positive outcomes for uri are realised. 

The ohu kaitiaki, leadership team implement a coherent approach to improving professional learning and practice. New members to the ohu have provided an impetus for innovation and change. Leaders have created an environment where kaiako wellbeing and professional capability can thrive. The Rautaki Ako process, builds individual’s professional and teaching capability. The process is formative, inquiring and evidence based.   

The aspirations of uri, kaiako, and the wider whānau are to the fore and contribute to decision making and the prioritisation of goals and targets. The ohu kaitiaki build relational trust and leadership capability amongst all staff and recognise that all kaiako are leaders. Uri experience high expectations for and are developing as positive role models and leaders. 

Key Next Steps

The ohu kaitiaki and kaiako are currently reviewing assessment practices in preparation for the implementation of the Level 1 National Certificates in Educational Achievement (NCEA) standards in 2024. Teaching and learning programmes for Years 9 and 10 are also a focus of internal review. ERO’s evaluation affirms these as development priorities.

The school have recently moved to using School Docs. They are in the process of familiarising themselves with current legislation and expectations and personalising these to the kura context.

5 Poumarumaru Assurance on Legal Requirement

During the evaluation, ERO checked at the following areas:

  • emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment)
  • physical safety of students
  • teacher registration
  • processes for appointing staff
  • stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions
  • attendance
  • school policies in relation to meeting the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014.

6 Recommendations

ERO and the ohu kaitiaki developed the following recommendations:

  • review current assessment practices in preparation for the implementation of new achievement standards in 2024, and
  • review teaching and learning programmes in Years 9 & 10.

Darcy Te Hau
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

20 March 2024

7 Information about the Kura

LocationRotokauri, Hamilton
Ministry of Education profile number488
Kura typeSecondary (Years 9-13)
Kura roll275
Ethnic compositionMāori 100 %
Special featuresNgā Kura-ā-Iwi
Review online process November 2023
Date of this report20 March 2024
Most recent ERO report(s)
 
Education Review, January 2020; Education Review, June 2013

Nga Taiatea Wharekura - 30/01/2020

Te Pūrongo Arotake Mātauranga Kura ā-Iwi

Te Kura ā-Iwi

Ngā Taiātea Wharekura

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga

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Te tūwāhi

Kei Kirikiriroa

Te Pūtake

E mahi ngātahi ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me Ngā Kura ā-Iwi o Aotearoa ki te kapo atu mā te kaupapa nei a Whāia ngā ara painga kia angitu ai, i te huarahi mātauranga o ngā ākonga i poipoia ki te mātauranga o Ngā Kura ā-Iwi.

Te Horopaki

E tū ana a Ngā Taiātea Wharekura ki Rotokauri, i Kirikiriroa. Ka aro nui te kura ki te whakawhanaketanga torowhānui (arā, ki te ahurea, te hinengaro, te tinana, te wairua me te whānau o te ākonga), tae atu ki te oranga me te kōkiri whakamua o ngā ākonga katoa. E noho ngākau nui ana a Ngā Taiātea ki te whakapūmau i ngā tikanga o Te Kīngitanga, me ngā taonga kāmehameha a Tainui. He tino mārama te pūtake me te tirohanga e āta mōhiotia ana e te katoa e whai wāhi atu ana ki te wharekura. Ko te whakataukī, ‘E puta ki Taiātea’ e whakamārama ana i te tirohanga kia rite ngā ākonga katoa ki te whakarato, te hāpai, me te ārahi i ngā wā e tika ana.

Te Tauāki a te Whānau

“Maa te hoohonu o te tuuaapapa ka inea taatou peehea te teitei. I roto i ngaa tau i aata whakaritea te whaanau nei i te puutake o te kaupapa, o teenei Wharekura kia eke ai ngaa aakonga ki te taumata, e kii ana, kua eke te aakonga ki toona ake taumata, araa, ki te tihi o Angitu. Ko te paatai ia, he aha te tuuaapapa? Tuatahi ake ko te reo me ngaa tikanga. Ka rua, ko PoUtuWhaKaAro, araa, ngaa uaratanga o te kura e aarahi nei i a maatou. Ka toru, ko te whakapono o ngaa kaimahi, o ngaa kaiako, o ngaa pou o te Poari, ki te pitomata o te kaupapa whaanui, otiraa ko te whakapono ki te pitomata o ngaa aakonga, o ngaa whaanau, o ngaa hapuu me te iwi Maaori whaanui. Ko taa maatou mahi ko te poipoi, te tautoko me te kaha akiaki nei i ngaa aakonga kia eke ki taumata tiketike ahakoa kei whea, ahakoa te kaupapa kia tuu pakari, kia tuu Maaori raatou hei Manu Taaiko moo te whaanau, moo te hapuu, mo te iwi anoo hoki.”

Ngā Kōrero a ngā Manu Tāiko

I kite ahau i te hua o te ako i te reo Māori me te ao Māori. He āhuru mōwai mōku.

He whanaunga mātou katoa o tēnei kura. He kura tēnei mō te hapori. He kura e whai hononga ana ki te marae, nō reira i whakatupu mātou katoa mā ngā mātāpono o te Kīngitanga.

He aronga ki ngā tāngata Māori katoa, ehara ki a Waikato anake. He whānui, he hōhonu te whanaungatanga, te manaakitanga, me te tiakitanga mō ngā ākonga katoa.

Te Whakarāpopototanga o ngā Whakaaturanga

Te TauākiI tāutuhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā wāhanga arotahinga me ngā whai pānga matua. 
Ngā Wāhanga Arotahinga
Ngā Huarahi Pakirehua  

Ngā Whai Pānga
I tāutuhia ēnei āhuatanga matua i te wā o te arotake. 

Te Whai Tukuihotanga me te Whakaaweawe
  • Te marau ā-iwi
  • Te Kīngitanga
  • Te reo ā-iwi
  • Te tū tangata hei uri o te iwi
  • Te whai wāhi atu ki te hapori
  • Ngā tikanga a te iwi
  • Te reo Māori
  • Ngā whai wāhitanga kei tua atu i te marau
  • Ngā rautaki whakaako
Te pakari o te tinana, te whatumanawa, me te tū tangata   
  • Ngā hononga
  • Toka Tū
  • Te whanaungatanga
  • Ngā uara
  • Ngā kaumātua
  • Ngā wheako ako
  • Ngā whai wāhitanga i roto i ngā mahi hākinakina
  • Ngā taunekeneke
  • Te ako mā ngā horopaki 
Te kōkiri a te ākonga i a ia anō, ā-hinengaro, ā-mātauranga hoki
  • Ngā hōtaka akoranga
  • Ngā rautaki whakaako
  • Te ako mā ngā ngākau nuitanga
  • Ngā akoranga e arotahi ana ki anamata
  • Te whakanui i te angitu
  • Te takakawe ki te hiranga
  • Ngā huarahi
  • Te whakatōpū
  • Ngā marae
  • Ngā hononga 
He kaiwhakatau e whai wāhi nui ana ki te pāpori
  • Ngā horopaki ā-hapori
  • He kanohi kitea
  • Te hapori, ngā marae
  • Te Kīngitanga
  • Ngā whai wāhitanga i te rohe, i te motu, ā, i te ao whānui hoki
  • Ngā huarahi
  • Te whakarato
  • Ngā uara
Te Whānau

-        Te whanaungatanga

-        Ngā whakapapa

-        Kei te mātātoa

-        Te kotahitanga

-        Te whakatōpū

-        Ka kaha te whakawhirinaki

-        Te aronga toi whenuatanga

-        E noho ngākau nui ana

-        E noho pūmau ana

-        Te tautoko

Ngā uaratanga

Te Ārahitanga 
  • Te mahitahi
  • Ngā tikanga me ngā kawa
  • Te Kīngitanga
  • E whai hua ana
  • Te tautoko
  • E ngākau nui ana
  • Te whakatōpū
  • Ngā hononga
  • He inati
  • Ka whakatinana i ngā wawata
  • Te whai pātuitanga
  • Kei anamata te tirohanga
  • E whakaaweawe ana
  • Te whai wāhi mai a te whānau, ngā hapū, me te iwi
  • Ngā uara
  • He ringa raupā
  • Te whanaungatanga
  • Ngā whakapapa
  • Ngā pūnaha
  • Ka kōtui i te mahitahi
  • He nui ngā tūmanako
  • Ngā huarahi
  • He hakune

Te Whakarāpopototanga Whānui

I kitea e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga:

  • e whakatinana ana ngā Manu Pīrere 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 Ngā Taiātea Wharekura, hei aromātai Wai-pūau nui.

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

Wai-hōpua
‘te mātāpuna o te wai’
E whakanui ana i te pitomata.

Wai-kāuru
‘te hōkikitanga’
Ka puta te wai i te hōpua, ā, ka tīmata tana kōpikopiko. 

Wai-kōmiro
‘ngā au tere’
Kua puta te awa, ā, ka kōmiro haere. 

Wai-pūau nui
‘te pūau nui o te awa’
Kua tae atu te awa ki te moana. Kei te toitū te awa, ko tōna au kaha e ahu mai ana i te tini o ōna hikuawa. He mana tōna, ā, e rangona ana āna taiheke i tana whāroa, i tana whānui, heoi anō rā, i tua atu rā ki te moana waiwai. 

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 Poumarumaru 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

30 Kohitātea, 2020

Ngā Kura ā Iwi Education Review Report

Kura ā-IwiNgā Taiātea Wharekura
Ministry of Education Profile Number488
LocationHamilton

Our purpose

The Education Review Office (ERO) and Ngā Kura ā-Iwi (NKāI) are working together to capture the journey of learners who have experienced a Ngā Kura ā-Iwi education, Whaia Ngā Ara Painga Kia Angitu Ai.

Background

Ngā Taiātea Wharekura is in Rotokauri, Hamilton. The kura concentrates on the holistic (cultural, intellectual, physical, spiritual and whānau) development, well-being and advancement of all students. Ngā Taiātea is committed to upholding the tikanga of the Kingitanga and those things that are precious to Tainui. There is a clear purpose and vision that is very well understood by all who are involved in the wharekura. “E puta ki Taiātea” expresses the vision that all students will be well prepared to serve, uplift and lead when required.

Whānau statement

Maa te hoohonu o te tuuaapapa ka inea taatou peehea te teitei. I roto i ngaa tau i aata whakaritea te whaanau nei i te puutake o te kaupapa, o teenei Wharekura kia eke ai ngaa aakonga ki te taumata, e kii ana, kua eke te aakonga ki toona ake taumata, araa, ki te tihi o Angitu. Ko te paatai ia, he aha te tuuaapapa? Tuatahi ake ko te reo me ngaa tikanga. Ka rua, ko PoUtuWhaKaAro, araa, ngaa uaratanga o te kura e aarahi nei i a maatou. Ka toru, ko te whakapono o ngaa kaimahi, o ngaa kaiako, o ngaa pou o te Poari, ki te pitomata o te kaupapa whaanui, otiraa ko te whakapono ki te pitomata o ngaa aakonga, o ngaa whaanau, o ngaa hapuu me te iwi Maaori whaanui. Ko taa maatou mahi ko te poipoi, te tautoko me te kaha akiaki nei i ngaa aakonga kia eke ki taumata tiketike ahakoa kei whea, ahakoa te kaupapa kia tuu pakari, kia tuu Maaori raatou hei Manu Taaiko moo te whaanau, moo te hapuu, mo te iwi anoo hoki.”

Manu Tāiko Kōrero

I saw the value of learning te reo and about te ao Māori. It made me warm and comfortable.

It is a kura where everyone is related. It is a kura for the community. It is a kura that is connected to the marae, therefore we were all raised within the principles of the Kīngitanga.

There was a focus on all Māori, not just Waikato. There was wide and deep whanaungatanga, manaakitanga and tiakitanga for all students.

Summary of Findings

StatementThe Education Review Office identified areas of focus and key elements of influence.

Areas of Focus
Lines of Inquiry

Elements of influence
These core components were identified during the review.

Cultural autonomous and influential
  • Iwi curriculum
  • Kīngitanga
  • Iwi dialect
  • Iwi identity
  • Community engagement
  • Iwi tikanga
  • Te Reo Māori
  • Extra curricula opportunities
  • Teaching strategies
Physical, emotional and social intelligence
  • Relationships
  • Toka Tū
  • Whanaungatanga
  • Ngā uara
  • Kaumātua
  • Learning experiences
  • Sporting opportunities
  • Interactions
  • Contextual learning
Intellectual and academic independence
  • Learning programmes
  • Teaching strategies
  • Passion based learning
  • Future focussed learning
  • Celebrate success
  • Strive for excellence
  • Pathways
  • Collaboration
  • Marae
  • Connections
Decision makers contribute to society
  • Local contexts
  • Kanohi kitea
  • Community, marae
  • Kīngitanga
  • Local, national and global opportunities
  • Pathways
  • Service
  • Ngā uara
Whānau 
  • Whanaungatanga
  • Whakapapa
  • Active
  • Collective
  • Collaborative
  • High trust
  • Sense of belonging
  • Dedicated
  • Committed
  • Support
  • Uaratanga
Leadership
  • Mahitahi
  • Tikanga, kawa
  • Kīngitanga
  • Effective
  • Support
  • Passionate
  • Collaborative
  • Relationships
  • Extraordinary
  • Whakatinana i ngā wawata
  • Connections
  • Future focus
  • Inspirational
  • Whānau, hapū iwi contribution
  • Uara
  • Ringa raupā
  • Whanaungatanga
  • Whakapapa
  • Systems
  • Kōtui te mahitahi
  • High expectations
  • Pathways
  • Strategic 

Overarching Conclusion

The Education Review Office found that:

  • Manu Pīrere epitomise success
  • te reo Māori immersion education is transformational
  • whānau, hapū and iwi 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 Ngā Taiātea Wharekura will be a Wai pūaunui–Evaluation.

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

Wai-hōpua
‘source of water’
Acknowledging potential.
Wai-kāuru
‘head waters’
The river emerges from the source and begins a meandering course.
Wai-kōmiro
‘swift waters’
The river has emerged and begins to build momentum.
Wai-pūaunui
‘great river mouth’
The river has reached the sea. It is sustainable, it draws it’s strength from more than one source. It is influential, as it’s current it felt across it’s length and breadth and beyond to the ocean.

Board assurance on legal requirements

Before the evaluation, the board of trustees and principal completed the ERO Te Poumarumaru 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

30 January 2020