33 Robinson Ave , Holdens Bay, Rotorua
View on mapKua 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 ngā hapū me ngā iwi.
Nō te tau 2008 Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai i whakatūngia ai, ki raro i te maru o Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Pātetere, ā, i tū ki te marae o Tapuaekura-a-Hatupatu, ki Rotorua. I nāianei, e tū taupua ana ki ngā whare Mihingare o Te Amorangi, ā, hei te Hui-tanguru o te tau 2023 te rīhi a te kura mutu ai. Nō te Hōngongoi o te tau 2018 te kura i whakataungia ai hei kura āhuatanga motuhake, ā, e whakarato ana i te mātauranga kaupapa Māori ki ngā uri o ngā tau 1 ki te 13. I nāianei, kua whai wāhi atu te kura ki whakatōpūtanga o Ngā Kura ā Iwi. Koia nei te kura tuatahi o Aotearoa ki te whakahāngai i te tau ako o te kura ki te Maramataka Māori. Ko ngā tātai whakapapa ki a Ngāti Rongomai, e noho mātua ana ki a rātou e whai wāhi mai ki te kura nei.
Ko ngā uri o Ngāti Rongomai, he kaiārahi manawa whakahī mō tō rātou iwi. Ka rongo rātou i te angitu i te mātauranga, ā, he ngākau titikaha hoki ō rātou ki te whakapuaki i ngā angitu me ngā mātāpono.
Ko tā Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai, he whakatinana i ngā wawata o ngā kuia me ngā koroua o Ngāti Rongomai, ā, tae atu hoki ki a rātou mā kua huri ki tua o te ārai. Kua kōkirihia te aronga atu ki te motuhaketanga o ngā hapū o Ngāti Pikiao me Te Arawa, i roto i te rohe whānui tonu o Te Arawa.
Ko tā te wharekura, he kōkiri i te whakatupu, he āta whakapūmau hoki i ngā kaiārahi o Ngāti Rongomai mō anamata. Kua whakaaweawetia te marau ā-kura ki te koromaki a te kura, e meatia ana, “Tupua ki te marae, tukua ki te ao, ka tauhā”, ā, kua whakawhanake tonu, kua whakatairanga ake tonu hoki te marau.
Ka ngākau nui ngā uri ki te ako mā ngā horopaki tūturu e aro nui ana ki a rātou, nō roto mai i te kura, ā, ki tua atu hoki. Ka whai wāhi nui rātou ki te ārahi i te whakarauoratanga o te reo Māori o Te Arawa, me te whakapūmautanga o ngā tikanga a Ngāti Rongomai, i te marae me ngā kaupapa a te iwi. Ko te waiora, te tuakiritanga, me te aronga toi whenuatanga o ngā uri, e whakatairangatia ana i a rātou e whai wāhi atu ana ki te aranga ake anō o te Ngāti Rongomaitanga, ā, he pakari tā rātou whakatutuki haere i ngā kawenga a tō rātou hapū, hei kaiwaiata, hei kaikarakia, hei kaiwhakarite, hei ringawera hoki.
Ka whakawhanake ngā uri i te mōhiotanga hōhonu ki ngā hītori me ngā tūtohu whenua o Ngāti Rongomai. Kua whakahou anō i ngā tikanga e pā ana ki te pao, ā, ka riro i ngā uri ngā pūkenga me ngā mātauranga e pā ana ki ngā waiata, ngā haka, ngā mōteatea, ngā karakia, me ngā tikanga e noho mātua ana ki tō rātou hapū. Kei te whanake rātou hei puna mātauranga o ngā taonga a Ngāti Rongomai, haere ake nei.
E kōkiri ana ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaiako, ngā uri, me ngā whānau i te whakarauoratanga o te mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori, me ngā tikanga o Ngāti Rongomai, o Ngāti Pikiao, me Te Arawa. He whare tupuna te marau ā-kura. Ko ngā Pou Ako o Te Wharekura, koia ko ngā koko o te whare.
“As in life, so in education, we believe everything a Ngāti Rongomai child requires on an educational, emotional, physical and spiritual basis is fostered and nurtured by our tupuna whare”.
Kua whakatutukihia te whakamahere matawhānui e aro nui ana ki anamata. E tino tautokona ana te rōpū ārahi hou, kia pakari tā rātou whakatutukitanga i ō rātou tūranga. Kei te mahere rautaki a te kura ngā tūmanako me ngā tohu angitu e whai kiko ana, ā, e hāngai pū ana ki te āhuatanga motuhake o te kura, arā, ki te Ngāti Rongomaitanga. Ko Ngā Angitu me Ngā Mātāpono, ko Te Reo Māori, ko Mauritau, ko Whakapono, ko Matawhāiti, ko Kirimāia, ka whai wāhi matua tonu ki ngā taunekeneke me ngā wheako a ngā uri, i ia rā.
Ko te waiora me te whakawhanaketanga o ngā uri, tae atu hoki ki tā rātou ako, e whakatairanga katoatia ana ki tā rātou whai wāhi mātātoa ki tētahi marau auaha e tika ana, i āta whakaaro nuitia ai, ā, e aro nui ana ki a rātou. He nui ngā tau i rangahau ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaiako, me ngā whānau o te kura i ngā hua o te whai i te Maramataka Māori. I te tau 2021, i wānanga tahi ai te whānau o te kura me Tākuta Rangi Mātāmua, he tohunga kōkōrangi o ngā mātauranga tuku iho. Nā aua wānanga, ka ruku tonu i ngā mātauranga, ā, ka whakawhanake i tētahi marau whakaako e whai ana i te Maramataka Māori.
I tukuna tētahi tūtohu ki te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, kia whakawhiti atu i te maramataka Pākehā e whāia ana e ngā kura o Aotearoa, ki te maramataka Māori. I te Pipiri o te tau 2021, whai muri i ngā whakawhitiwhitinga kōrero mō ngā marama 18, i whakaaetia taua panonitanga e te Minita mō te Mātauranga a Chris Hipkins, me te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga. Nā taua tūāhuatanga, i āta whakatinanahia e te whānau o te kura tā rātou marau kua pou herea ki te Ngāti Rongomaitanga, me te Mātauranga Māori, ā, e hāngai ana hoki ki ngā kaupeka me ngā whetū.
“It's a Māori pathway, it's Māori teaching, it's Māori developing Māori”.
Ko te whakarauora i te whakahāngaitanga o ia rā ki tā te Māori o mua i whai ai, he hononga mō ngā uri, mō ngā whānau me ngā hapū, kia kitea ngā tohu whakahirahira o te taiao, ā, kia tūhonohono ki te ao tūturu me te ao wairua o ō rātou tīpuna.
Ko te whai i te Maramataka Māori, kua whai pānga matua ki te whakapā atu a ngā uri ki ngā mōhiotanga me ngā akoranga mō te hononga ki waenga i te whai atu – i te kore whai atu rānei – o ētahi kaupapa i ētahi wā, me ngā tūāhuatanga ā-koiora, ā-tinana hoki e whakatairanga ai i te ako. Ko te whakawhanaketanga ake o ngā mōhiotanga whaiaro o ngā uri, e hāpai ana i tō rātou mana motuhake ki te whakatau i ngā whakaritenga papai mō ā rātou ake akoranga. Ka ako rātou ki te arotau ki ngā wāhanga papai o te marama, me te whakamauru i ngā kawekawe o ngā mata o te marama kāhore i te tino whai hua. He tino tauira ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako mō te whakawhanaketanga o ngā uri, ngā whānau, me ngā hapū. Kua whakawhanakehia e rātou ngā rauemi ako e hāpai ana i te whakaako me te ako o te Maramataka Māori, o te reo Māori o Te Arawa, me te Mātauranga Māori o Ngāti Rongomai, kia whai hua ai, ā, kei te haere tonu ā rātou mahi whakawhanake. Ko ngā pūkenga i whakawhanakehia e ngā kaiārahi me ngā kaiako, e āta mōhiotia whānuitia ana, ā, he mākohakoha tā rātou whakapuaki i ā rātou akoranga ki ētahi atu mātanga mātauranga. Ko te whakawhanaketanga torowhānui o ngā uri me ā rātou akoranga, e whakatairangatia ana ki tā rātou whai wāhi nui ki ngā hononga, ki ngā taumahi, ki ngā wheako ako hoki e tino whai hua ana.
Ka ahu whakamua, ka whakatutuki, ka eke angitu hoki ngā uri, mā tētahi marau i āta whakahāngaitia ai, ā, e poipoi ana i a rātou hei uri o Ngāti Rongomai. Ka riro i ngā uri ngā hapori ako e manaaki ana, e whakatōpū ana, e whakakotahi ana hoki. Ka eke panuku ngā uri i roto i ngā kaupapa ā-motu, i ērā hoki o te ao whānui tonu. He manawa whakahī tō rātou ki te whakakanohi i tō rātou kura me tō rātou hapū ki ngā kaupapa hākinakina me ngā kaupapa haka, ā, ka āta puāwai i aua whaitua.
Tata ki te katoa o ngā uri o te Mātāmuri me te Pāwaenga, e eke ana ki tēnā e tūmanakohia ana e te kura i roto i te reo matatini me te pāngarau. Ka poipoia te hiranga i roto i te reo Māori. Ko ētahi tino huarahi whakaako e āta whakatau ana i te whai aronga, me te whai pānga o ngā akoranga, ā, he mātau ngā kaiako ki te āta whakatairanga i ngā whai wāhitanga ako. Ko ngā uri e tīmata noa ana i tā rātou ako i te reo Māori, e āta poipoia ana. Ka hāpai ō rātou tuākana me ngā whakaakoranga tautoko ake i tā rātou āta ahu whakamua, me tā rātou kite, tā rātou rongo hoki i te papai o ā rātou mahi angitu. Ko ngā uri o te Mātāmua, arā, o ngā tau 10 ki te 13, kei te eke angitu ki te whiwhi i Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea, ā, ka riro hoki ngā whakamanatanga.
Kua whakawhanakehia e ngā kaiārahi tētahi tino ahurea o te whakaaro huritao e arotahi ana ki te whakapai tonutanga. Nā ngā whakaritenga aromātai o roto, ka hua ake ngā putanga pai ake mō ngā uri. Ko te tū auau o ngā wānanga te huarahi e whai wāhi nui ana mō te aromātai me te arotake i ngā whakaritenga i te kura, me tā rātou aronga. Ka whai wāhi ngā whānau, ngā kaiako, me ngā uri ki te aromātai o roto e hāpai ana i te whakapaitanga. Ka aro pū rātou ki ngā rongoā, ā, kua toro atu ki ngā huarahi auaha ki te whakahaere i ngā wero e pā ana ki tō rātou wāhi taupua. Ko te waiora o ngā uri, ko tā rātou angitu hoki, e pou here ana i te katoa o ngā whakataunga.
Kei te whakapakari Te Poumarumaru i tō rātou mōhiotanga ki te kāwana ā-mātauranga nei. Ahakoa he hou rātou ki tō rātou tūranga, ka mōhio whānuitia, ka whakanui whānuitia hoki ō rātou mōhiotanga me ō rātou pūkenga. He pakari tō rātou māramatanga ki te āhuatanga motuhake, ki te Marau ā-Kura, me te pūkete a te manu tāiko, ā, ka hāpai i te whakatutukitanga o ngā putanga e wawatahia ana, e whakapuakihia ana hoki mō ngā uri, mō ngā whānau, mō Ngāti Rongomai hoki. Ko te tautoko tonu o Ngā Kura ā Iwi, ka hāpai i a rātou i roto i tō rātou tūranga hei poumarumaru ā-mātauranga.
He pai te whakahaeretanga a ngā kaiārahi i ngā wero maha e pā ana ki te whakaratonga o te taiao ako e tika ana, i te wāhi taupua. Hei kaupapa matua, e tika ana kia wawe te rironga o tētahi wāhi tūturu, o ētahi whare akoranga tūturu hoki. Kei te wehe moata ake ngā ākonga tuākana i tēnā e hiahiatia ana, nā te mea kāhore te wāhi e tika ana. He take tēnei e noho hēmanawa tonu ana ki te whānau. Ka whakatairangatia te waiora o ngā uri me ngā whānau, mā te whakatau i tētahi wāhi tūturu mō te kura.
I te wā o te aromātai, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā wāhanga e whai ake 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 a ngā ākonga ki te kura
ngā kaupapa here o te kura, me te whakatutukitanga o ērā i ngā tikanga e pā ana ki te Children’s Act 2014.
I whakawhanakehia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me Te Poumarumaru te taunakitanga e whai ake nei, arā, kia:
whakamahi tonu i te aromātai o roto e whai hua ana mō te whakapai tonutanga
whakapakari tonu i te āheinga ki te kāwana ā-mātauranga nei.
Tahuri Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai, a Ngā Kura a Iwi, me te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga ki te:
whakamārama i ngā take e pā ana ki ngā rawa, ki ngā whare, ki te whenua hoki mō te katoa o rātou e whai pānga ana
tautuhi i te whai pānga o aua take ki ngā uri me ā rātou akoranga
mahi tahi kia wawe te whai rongoā
Rita Walker
Toka ā Nuku Whakakapi
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services
30 Mahuru, 2022
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Te tūwāhi |
Kei Rotorua |
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Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga |
878 |
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Te tūmomo kura |
He kura hiato (Tau 1-13) |
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Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura |
98 |
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Ngā hononga ā-iwi |
Māori 98 |
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Ngā āhuatanga motuhake |
Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi |
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Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotake |
Hōngongoi 2022 |
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Te wā o tēnei pūrongo |
30 Mahuru 2022 |
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Ngā pūrongo o mua a |
Koia nei te pūrongo tuatahi a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga mō tēnei Wharekura |
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 reports provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi.
Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai opened in 2008 as a satellite unit of Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere at Te Marae o Tapuaekura-a-Hatupatu in Rotorua. It is now situated on a temporary site at Te Amorangi Anglican Church Buildings, the kura lease expires in February 2023. The kura gained Designated Character status in July 2018 and provides kaupapa Māori education to uri from Years 1 – 13. The kura is now a member of Ngā Kura ā Iwi (NKAI) collective. It is the first kura in Aotearoa to align its schooling year to the Māramataka Māori. Whakapapa to Ngāti Rongomai is paramount for those who become a part of the kura.
Ngāti Rongomai uri are proud leaders for their iwi. They experience education success and confidently express ngā angitū me ngā matapono.
Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai, establishment has brought to life the aspirations of Ngāti Rongomai kuia and koroua, many of whom have passed on. It has been the catalyst for hapū of Ngāti Pikiao and Te Arawa to be recognised as unique within the greater Te Arawa rohe.
The wharekura provides the vehicle to grow and ensure future leaders of Ngāti Rongomai. Inspired by the kura koromaki - vision, “Tupua ki te marae, tukua ki te ao, ka tauhā” – “Education gained through my heritage, success rewarded through life”, the kura curriculum has continually evolved and improved.
Uri enjoy learning in responsive and authentic contexts in and beyond the kura. They play a vital role in leading the revival of te reo Māori o Te Arawa and upholding Ngāti Rongomai tikanga both on the marae and at tribal events. Uri’ wellbeing, sense of identity and belonging are enhanced as they contribute to the resurgence of Ngāti Rongomaitanga and confidently carry out their hapū responsibilities as kaiwaiata, kaikarakia, kaiwhakarite and ringawera.
Uri develop in-depth knowledge of the histories and landmarks of Ngāti Rongomai. The practice of pao has been restored, uri acquire expertise and knowledge in waiata, haka, mōteatea, karakia and tikanga specific to their hapū. They are developing as the future repositories of Ngāti Rongomai taonga.
Leaders, kaiako, uri and whānau are leading the revitalisation of Ngāti Rongomai, Ngāti Pikiao and
Te Arawa specific Mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori and tikanga. The Marau ā Kura is a whare tupuna. Ngā Pou Ako o Te Wharekura / Ngā Koko o te Whare are the corners of the whare.
“As in life, so in education, we believe everything a Ngāti Rongomai child requires on an educational, emotional, physical and spiritual basis is fostered and nurtured by our tupuna whare”.
Comprehensive future focused planning has been undertaken. The new leadership team are well supported to carry out their roles with confidence. The kura strategic plan provides detailed expectations and success indicators that are relevant to the special character of the kura – Ngāti Rongomaitanga. Ngā Angitū me ngā Mātāpono; Te Reo Māori, Mauri Tau, Whakapono, Me Matawhaiti and Me Kirimaia are an integral part of uri daily interactions and experiences.
Uri wellbeing, learning and development is enhanced through their active participation in an appropriate, considered, innovative and responsive curriculum. Kura leaders, kaiako and whānau spent many years researching the benefits of following the Maramataka Māori. Doctor Rangi Mātāmua, specialist in traditional Māori Astrology, and the kura whānau held wānanga during 2021. This led to further knowledge building and the development of a teaching curriculum that follows the Maramataka Māori.
A proposal was put to the Ministry of Education (MoE) to move from the Gregorian calendar, schools in New Zealand follow, to follow the Māori luna calendar. In June of 2021, after 18 months of deliberation the Education Minister Chris Hipkins and the MoE approved the change. This led to, the kura whānau fully implementing their curriculum underpinned by Ngāti Rongomaitanga and Mātauranga Māori based on the
seasons and stars.
“It's a Māori pathway, it's Māori teaching, it's Māori developing Māori”.
The renaissance of aligning daily life to the way Māori lived in the past, has been the conduit for uri, whānau and hapū to recognise important environmental indicators and to connect to the physical and spiritual realms of their tipuna.
Following the Maramataka Māori has been instrumental in uri accessing knowledge and learning about how pursuing, or not, certain activities at particular times effect biological and physical changes that enhance learning. The heightened personal awareness uri develop supports their autonomy to make good decisions related to their learning. They learn to optimise the influence of the favourable lunar phases, and how to mitigate the influences of less favourable phases. Leaders and kaiako are positive role models for uri, whānau and hapū development. They have, and continue to, develop learning resources that support effective teaching and learning of the Maramataka Māori, te reo Māori of Te Arawa and Mātauranga Māori of Ngāti Rongomai. The expertise leaders and kaiako have developed is widely regarded, and they generously share their learnings with other educationalists. The holistic development of uri and their learning are enhanced through their engagement in highly conducive relationships, activities and learning experiences.
Uri progress, achieve well and enjoy success in a dedicated curriculum that nurtures them as descendants of Ngāti Rongomai. Uri experience caring, collaborative and inclusive learning communities. Uri succeed extremely well on the national and international stage. They proudly represent their kura and hapū at sports and kapa haka events and thrive in these arenas.
Almost all uri in Mātāmuri and Pāwaenga are achieving at school expectations in literacy and mathematics. Excellence in te Reo Māori is fostered. Deliberate acts of teaching ensure learning is focused and relevant, kaiako are adept at optimising learning opportunities. Those uri who are at the early stage of their
te reo Māori journey are catered for very well. Their tuakana and additional teaching support assists them to progress steadily, and to recognise and enjoy their successes. Uri in Mātāmua Years 10-13 are excelling in attaining National Certificates in Educational Achievement (NCEA), including gaining endorsements.
Leaders have developed a highly reflective culture focused on ongoing improvement. Internal evaluation practices lead to improved outcomes for uri. Regular wānanga is the preferred method to evaluate and review kura practices and direction. Whānau, kaiako and uri contribute to internal evaluation for improvement. They are solutions focused and have found innovative ways to manage the challenges of their temporary site. Uri wellbeing and success underpins all decision making.
The Poumarumaru are building their knowledge of governance in an education context. While they are new to their role, they have knowledge and expertise that is widely recognised and respected. They have a sound understanding of the special character, the Marau-ā-Kura and graduate profile and support achieving the desired outcomes articulated for uri, whānau and Ngāti Rongomai. Continued support from the NKAI should assist them in their role as governors in an education context.
Leaders are managing the many challenges of providing students with a suitable temporary physical learning environment well. As a priority, there is a need to expediate the acquisition of an appropriate permanent site and school buildings. Senior students are leaving earlier than anticipated, because of the lack of appropriate space. This situation creates ongoing frustration for the whānau. Uri and whānau wellbeing will be enhanced by having more certainty about a permanent site for the kura.
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.
ERO and the poumarumaru developed the following recommendation:
continue to use effective internal evaluation for ongoing improvement
continue to build governance capability for the education context.
Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai, Ngā Kura a Iwi and the Ministry of Education:
Work together to expediate resolution.
Rita Walker
Acting Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services
30 September 2022
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Location |
Rotorua |
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Ministry of Education profile number |
878 |
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Kura type |
Composite (Years 1-13) |
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Kura roll |
98 |
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Ethnic composition |
Māori 98 |
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Special features |
Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi |
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Review team on site |
July 2022 |
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Date of this report |
30 September 2022 |
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Most recent ERO report(s) |
This is the first ERO report for this Wharekura |