Te Ara Tūāpae

Ko ā mātau mahi i tēnei wāhanga e hāngai ana ki te: 

• Whakamana i te reo, ahakoa te aha 

• Whakahorapa i te reo kia māori ai 

• Poipoi i ngā pūkenga 

• Whakatinanatanga o Te Korowai 

• Te kounga o te kōhanga 

Our mahi in this space is focused on: 

• No compromising Te Reo 

• Normalising Te Reo 

• Growing the skills 

• Application of Te Korowai 

• Kōhanga quality 

Ko ā mātau mahi i tēnei wāhanga e hāngai ana ki te: 

• Whakamana me te whakapakari i ngā mokopuna me ngā whānau 

• Poipoi me te tipu 

• Whakaū i te kounga 

Our mahi in this space is focused on: 

• Empowering and strengthening mokopuna and whānau 

• Nurturing and growth 

• Quality assurance 

• Whakapakari i te kaupapa o Te Kōhanga Reo  

• Whakatipu i Te Kōhanga Reo 

• Whakamihi i te ahurei o Te Kōhanga Reo 

• Whakatairanga i ngā kaupapa a Te Kōhanga Reo 

• Strengthening Te Kōhanga Reo movement 

• Growing Te Kōhanga Reo 

• Recognition of Te Kōhanga Reo uniqueness 

• Promotion of Te Kōhanga Reo kaupapa 

• E te whānau, maimoatia ō tamariki, me whāngai ki te waiū, ki te kupu hoki 

• Poipoia rātau ki tō tātau tuakiritanga

• Kia tipu rātau, kia tū pakari i ō rātau whānau, ō rātau hapū me ō rātau iwi 

• Whānau cherish your children, feed them on both the breast and on words 

• Nurture them within our cultural identity

• So that they may grow and stand proud amongst their whānau, hapū, iwi

Pēnei i ngā ngaru o te moana, he rere mutunga kore, he whati mutunga kore, ka timu, ka pari, mō ake tonu atu. Haramai nei he tai hou, ko tōna hoa haere ko mauri hou, hai tautoko i a tātau, hai whāngai i a tātau kia haumanu ai, he kawe taonga mai hai whakamīharo i a tātau.

Pēnei i ngā taonga, heke iho ki a tātau i roto i te wā, he mea ako mai e ō tātau rangatira, ō tātau kaiako, ā tātau tamariki, ā tātau mokopuna, mā roto mai hoki i ō tātau hononga, tētahi ki tētahi. Ka whakamahia tikahia ēnei taonga e tātau, mā te mahi tahi, te tuari tahi, mā reira hoki ka koke ngātahi te iwi.

Like the tides of the sea, forever ongoing, forever enduring, always receding – always returning. With each new tide, comes fresh life, to help support us, to help nourish and sustain us, bringing us new wonders to amaze and dazzle us. 

Such as treasures, handed down to us over time, that are taught to us through our leaders, our teachers, our tamariki, our mokopuna and through our affiliations, one to another. We will put these taonga to good use, working together, sharing together, to help our people progress. 

Ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati. Ko tāku e kōingo nei mōu ko tāku e kōingo nei mōku. 

Na reira, ko tāku e kōingo nei mōu ko te mutunga mai nei o te ora, nō te mea, koirā hoki tāku e kōingo nei mōku.

Mehemea ka whakatinanahia tēnei whakataukī e tātau katoa, ka mutu, mehemea ka tapatahi, ka kāpuia tātau, me pēhea e kore ai e tutuki.

Together we are as one:  I only want for you, what I want for me. 

Therefore, this must mean I only want the best for you, because I would only want the best for me. 

If this whakataukī is fostered by each one of us and we pull together by working together, we are sure to succeed.

Tirohia ēnei mokopuna kōhanga reo – mō rātau a Te Ara Tūāpae. Kua pakeke ētahi o rātau, nā, mā rātau tēnei kaupapa e kawe ki tua. 

Look at these Kōhanga Reo mokopuna – Te Ara Tūāpae is for them. Some of these mokopuna are now grown, and it will be their turn to carry this Kaupapa forward. 

Ki te kore e puritia e tātau ngā manako, ngā wawata me ngā moehewa o ō tātau tīpuna, arā, ko te āwhina i te iwi, ko te tautoko i a rātau, kia eke ai rātau ki te taumata e tika ana mō rātau; ka moumou noa iho i a tātau te hā o ō tātau tīpuna me tā rātau i mahi nui ai, i whakamomori ai – ka moumou noa iho.

If we do not uphold the hopes, the aspirations, the dreams of our ancestors, which is to go amongst our people to help them to support them, to be the best they can be. Then all that our ancestors had worked so hard for, all the courage they had expended will be in vain.