Te Puritanga o Hei

Kei roto i tā mātou marautanga me te whakatinanatanga ngā taunakitanga o te whakaurunga me te taurite i waenga i te mātauranga me te ahurea. He wāhi tēnei e werohia ai ngā ākonga kia eke ki te taumata teitei rawa atu. He māia, he whakahīhī ngā ākonga, ā, he whakapakari ake i ō rātou pūkenga me te tumanako ka taea e rātou te whakahihiko me te ārahi i ētahi atu. He tumanako noa te hiranga mō ngā ākonga i roto i tā mātou akomanga Te Ao Māori.

Ko te tirohanga whānui mō ā mātou akomanga Te Ao Māori me te whanaketanga Māori he wāhanga o ō mātou hapori whānui. Ko ō mātou uara te pou here mō te marautanga hei pupuri i tō mātou whakapau kaha ki te angitu o ā mātou ākonga i ngā wāhanga katoa. Ko ngā tumanakohanga teitei me ngā whakatutukitanga ka whakarei ake i ngā ariā o te pūmanawa me te whakapono ki a ia anō. Ka akiakihia ā mātou ākonga kia noho hei tauira whakahihiri, hei karere pai hoki mō ō mātou whānau me te kura.

E whakaatu ana tā mātou paetukutuku i ā mātou whakatutukitanga, ngā wero me ngā whakanuitanga hei Māori i roto i tō mātou kura. E whakaatu ana i te hiranga o ā mātou tamariki ina whakawhiwhia ki te wāhi hei angitu hei Māori. Ko te tumanako ka whakahihikohia ētahi atu e tā mātou paetukutuku, ā, ka haere tonu te ara mō mātou ki Whāia te iti kahurangi! – kia whai i tētahi mea nui te uara!

This comes from the whakataukī: Whāia te iti kahurangi, ki te tuohu koe, me he maunga teitei, which means Seek the treasure that you value most dearly, if you bow your head, let it be to a lofty mountain.

Ko tēnei whakataukī e pā ana ki te manawanui me te manawanui. Kaua e tukua ngā arai kia arai i a koe i a koe e whai ana kia tutuki i a koe ō whāinga

Nā Marcus Oxenham
HOD Te Tari Reo/Ao Māori