Kaupapa
I whakatūria e Te Kōhanga Reo te kaupapa “He Manu Pīrere nō Te Kōhanga Reo" hei whakakao mai i ngā mokopuna me ngā whānau kua puta i te Kōhanga Reo.
E tohu ana te kupu ‘Pīrere’ i te pīpī manu e whakarite ana ki te rere i tōnā kōhanga, kua rere kē rānei i tōnā kōhanga, ā, ko Te Kōhanga Reo te wāhi e whakaahuru nei i te pīpī manu ki tōna reo Māori, ōna tikanga me te ahurea Māori e noho nei tātou.
He mea tiki ake te wāhanga tuarua o te kōrero i Te Kōhanga Reo tonu. E whakaū ana tēnei wāhanga o te kōrero i te wā i rere atu ai ngā pīpī manu i te kōhanga, otirā, e tohu ana i te tipu ā te pīpī manu ki te manu pīrere, kia mahara hoki rātou ki te hoki mai ki te kaupapa i tangata ai rātou.
I whakarewahia te kaupapa o “He Manu Pīrere” i te marama o Whiringa ā rangi i te tau 2017 ki te hui taiopenga ‘Nōku te ao’. He kaupapa tēnei i whakaarahia i roto i te hiringa mahara o ngā Pōhoi Toroa o te kaupapa kia hoki mai ngā pīpī manu ki te Kōhanga Reo me te whakarauora anō i ngā mahi tautoko a te kaupapa i ōnā ake mokopuna.
Purpose
Te Kōhanga Reo established the alumni foundation ‘He Manu Pīrere nō Te Kōhanga Reo’ as a future framework for sustained engagement between, and greater opportunities for, graduates of Te Kōhanga Reo and their whānau.
The term Pīrere is a literal translation for birds who leave or have already left their respective nest, which in this case refers to the graduates of Kōhanga Reo ‘language nest’. The second part of the name, ‘nō te Kōhanga Reo’ seeks to reaffirm the place from which these graduates took flight, the Kōhanga Reo that nurtured them, and to encourage continued involvement with the Kaupapa itself.
He Manu Pīrere was launched in November 2017 in Hamilton during the ‘Nōku te reo, Nōku te ao’ expo. It is part of the innovative framework that acknowledges the many graduates of the Kaupapa through the new Alumni foundation and the revised scholarships distribution programme.
