Rauhuia

Ko te Rauhuia he whakawātea i te ara ki ngā kaiako katoa, ahakoa te tūranga, ahakoa te horopaki whakaako ki te whakapakari i ōna pūmanawa hautū, kia tino eke ngā tamariki katoa o Aotearoa ki ngā taumata mātauranga kounga tiketike, i runga i te mahi pai o ngā kaihautū o tētahi tira kaiako matatau ā-ahurea, tūhono ki te ao. 

Rauhuia enables every teacher, regardless of their role or setting, the opportunity to develop their leadership capability. Through principles and inspirational leadership, a culturally capable, competent, and connected teaching profession achieves educational equity and excellence for all children and young people in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

You can access a range of resources to support you to develop your leadership capability in the Rauhuia | Leadership space.

Terenga Huihuinga | Symposia Series continues in November 

The Rauhuia: Terenga Huihuinga | Symposia Series aims to share leadership perspectives, concepts, and contexts with the profession based on themes that have come from the profession. The themes examined so far are: Mana Oranga, exploring concepts of oranga | well-being from an Aotearoa New Zealand Leadership perspective; and Mana Whenua, exploring leadership linked to whenua – understanding the unique context we lead in. You can view recordings of previous symposia on our website.  

The next online symposium in the Mana o te Whenua series is taking place on Thursday 23 November 2023 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm. Mana o te whenua – Awa, presented by Dr Mike Paki and Ngahina Transom (presenter bios below), explores leadership and how we can engage and learn from our own contexts to grow our community network of support. Register for this free event.

About the presenters 

Dr Mike Paki 

He kupu whakamohio, kupu whakapapa 

Tuatahi, e huri aku whakaaro ki ngā kāhui mate o tērā pito, o tērāpito, ka tika, me mihi, ka tangi hoki tātou mō koutou. Nō reira, ngā urio Hine-nui-te-pō, haere atu rā, haere, haere atu rā, hoki atu rā.  

Tuaruatia, ki ngā purapuratuawhiti, koutou e takahia ngā huarahi e horohia temāramatanga ki roto i ngā hinengaro maha o te ao nei, koutou ngā pukenga o te pōari rā,tēnā rā koutou, tēnā rā koutou katoa. 

Micheal Paki, nō Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Tuwharetoa, and through his mother, has connections to County Antrim in Northern Ireland, holds a Phd in indigenous studies from Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, focusing upon indigenous identity and education; and a bachelor's and master's degrees in Māori laws and philosophy, and a postgraduate degree in social work and supervision from Te Wānanga o Raukawa. He is ‘Koro’ to a number of mokopuna, kaumatua of Ngā Ariki hapū collective in Turakina, as well as several schools, plus the NZDF, a PLD facilitator for a number of iwi, and a cultural advisor to a number of institutions.   

Ngahina Transom 

A muri ki mau ki tēna kia mau ki te kawau marō, whanake ake, whanake ake! 
He uri tēnei no Ngāti Manaiapoto, Te Rarawa ki Hokianga, Mōkai Pātea hoki. 
Ko Ngahina Transom ahau. 

Ngahina Transom, principal of Frimley Primary School since March 2022, deputy principal 2018-2022. Frimley School has 550 ākonga in a diverse student roll with 42 per cent Māori, 10 per cent Pasifika, 24 per cent Indian/Asian and 38 per cent Pākehā. 

Frimley’s curriculum, Ngā Ara Matauranga, is based on a relationship with mana-whenua, where the school ensures that tamariki know, understand, and experience learning that is rich, authentic, and relevant to past and present. 

There is a school expectation that te reo is integrated and woven into all learning and that everyone in the kura is a learner. Te reo has been a professional expectation since 2018. All of Frimley’s kaiako and kaiawhina set goals, have weekly internal lessons, and have defined expectations in their roles and responsibilities to uphold in the kura.