Te Arikinui Nga wai hono i te po - Te Kāuru o Te Kōhanga Reo

“Matariki hunga nui, Matariki ahunga nui, Matariki manako nui, tīrama mai rā e.”

Ka tangi tonu rā te ngākau ki ngā kōkō tangiwai ka motu i te taringa kua ngaro nei, ki te momo e kore e kitea anō. Kei ngā ringa tōhaunui o te kaupapa, kei ngā ihopūmanawa o ngā iwi maha puta noa, whakangaro atu rā.

It has been a difficult year for te kaupapa o Te Kōhanga Reo, and we have lost many loved ones along the way. As we look to the rising of Matariki we remember them fondly and continue to live their legacy in the kaupapa of Te Kōhanga Reo, striving for a better tomorrow for our tamariki mokopuna, nurturing their hearts and minds.

Hoki rawa mai ki te kanohi ora, ki ngā urupā o Ngāi Pōhutukawa, tēnā koutou katoa.

E hiamo ana Te Poari Matua ki te takahi anō i te huarahi ki ngā rohe maha puta noa i te motu mō te haerenga ā motu o te tau 2025. He mahi tahi te whai, he kōrero tahi te whai, ka mutu, he wā tēnei e āhei ai ngā kaimahi me te whānau ki te kawe mai i ā koutou kaupapa huhua ki mua i te aroaro o tō tātou Poari Matua.

The Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board are excited to announce the schedule of their haerenga ā motu for 2025. This haerenga gives you all an opportunity to bring your many kaupapa to the attention of our Board of Trustees, and to wānanga about the pathway forward as we continue to look to the future of our kaupapa.

Anei te rārangi kaupapa ka whakatakoria e te Poari.

Here is the agenda and some of the kaupapa that the Board will be discussing:
 

1. Te Takoto o te Whenua - Where are we now?

2. Ngā Whāinga Matua - Key strategic priorities 2025 – 2027

3. Trust Deed changes and Election 2026

4. Environmental Scan

5. Whare Ako - Training

6. Tau utu ōrite - Pay Parity

You can also download a summary of Kōhanga Reo achievements from 2024 below:

Click to download the 2024 Highlights One-Pager (PDF)
 

Ka whai wāhi anō te whānau ki te tuku pātai ki te whakawhiti whakaaro.

There will be an opportunity for questions and answers at the end.

He wā hoki tēnei ki te whakaū i tō tātou Tino Rangatiratanga me te whakakotahi anō i ngā uri o te kaupapa, kia kaha tonu ai te tū i roto i ngā ākinga o te wā.

This haerenga also provides us all an opportunity to assert our Tino Rangatiratanga and bringing together the people of our kaupapa to stand tall and strong in these turbulent times.

Kei raro iho nei te hōtaka mō te haerenga o te Poari Matua, me ngā tūwāhi o ngā rohe maha ka tae atu ai rātou.

Below is the Board Haerenga schedule including dates, times, locations and venues:

E te tī, e te tā, nau mai haere mai ki te haerenga ā motu o Te Poari Matua.
 

“Ki te kotahi te kākaho ka whati, ki te kāpuia e kore e whati.”
“If there is but one reed it will break, but if it is bunched together, it will not.”

King Tāwhiao: Strength and unity.

Ngā mihi nui,
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Board

Endorsed by the CE’s Office
Angus Hartley
Tumu Whakarae | Chief Executive Officer
Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust