HATO PETERA COLLEGE LAUNCHES RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN

November / Whiringa-ā-rangi 2010

One of the country’s leading Māori secondary schools has launched a recruitment campaign in a bid to lift its student roll in 2011.

First established in 1928, Hato Petera College on Auckland’s North Shore is a co-educational Catholic boarding and day school.

Past graduates include the first Māori Catholic priest, Father Wiremu Te Awhitu; academic and writer Professor Ranginui Walker; acclaimed artist Ralph Hotere; former All Black Walter Little; Te Ohu Kaimoana chief executive Peter Douglas; and Dr Toby Curtis, a well-known academic and current advisor to the school.

The college is targeting Māori communities in Auckland as well as families in rural areas to encourage them to send their children to Hato Petera.

One initiative is Te Waka o Petera – a cultural performance group made up of students which is undertaking a promotional tour of community, church, school and kaupapa-based events.

Upcoming performances include the Onepoto Primary School Cultural Festival (Friday November 19) and Te Whānau Tū Tonu o Oruamo Whānau Day at Birkdale North Primary School (Sunday November 21).

Board chairman Norm McKenzie says the Māori Catholic influence – along with academic emphasis, keen sports participation and involvement in cultural activities – contributes to the unique atmosphere of Hato Petera.

Another distinct characteristic is the school’s small class numbers, making teacher contact time more focused and personalised to the specific needs of individual students. NCEA results in previous years show consistent above national average achievement.

“Since its inception, Hato Petera has contributed significantly to the development of Māori society and particularly in the production of dynamic Māori leaders who have had a huge influence on their communities, wider Māori society and, in some instances, on the nation state.

“We encourage whānau and the alumni of Hato Petera, Ngā Tauira Tawhito – both in Auckland and throughout the country – to engage in our whānau success strategy and make Hato Petera their school of choice.

“An increased roll will enable the school to increase its staffing levels, expand its curriculum offerings and offer our students more opportunities to learn in a Māori Catholic environment.”

Enrolments are accepted from students in years nine to 13 and whānau tours take place at the Northcote school in College Road every Wednesday at 3pm.

For more information, go to the website, www.hatopetera.school.nz, or contact the school on 09 480 7784 or email enrol@hatopetera.school.nz.

Kua whakarewaina e tētehi kura tuarua Māori o te motu, tana kaupapa whakararata tauira kia tokomaha ake ai a te tau 2011.

Ka whakatūria te kura Katorika o Hato Petra, i te raki o Tāmaki Makaurau, i Matakamokamo i te tau 1928.

Ko ngā tauira momoho o mua kua puta i te kura ko te Amorangi Katorika Māori tuatahi, a Papa Wiremu Te Awhitu; te mātanga mātauranga a Ahorangi Ranginui Walker; ko te ringatoi angitu a Ralph Hotere; Kaitākaro Ōpango o mua a Walter Little; ko te Tāhuhu Rangapū o Te Ohu Kaimoana a Peter Douglas; me Takuta Toby Curtis, he pūkenga mātauranga, ā, kaitohutohu anō ki te kura.

Kei te whakawhāiti te titiro ki ngā hapori Māori o Tāmaki Makaurau, ngā whānau hoki kei ngā wāhi tuawhenua, kia whakatenatena te tono i a rātou tamariki ki Hato Petera.

Ko tētehi kaupapa, ko Te Waka o Petera – he kapa haka haere o ngā tauira ki ngā  tōpito e whā  o te motu ki te whakatairanga i te kura, i ngā momo hui katoa.

Ko ngā tunga e haere ake nei ko te Taiopenga Ahurea o te Kura Tuatahi o Onepoto (Rāmere Whiringa-ā-rangi 19) Te Rā Whānau o Te Whānau Tū Tonu o Orumo ki te Kura Tuatahi i Birkdale ki Te Raki (Rātapu Whiringa-ā-rangi 21).

E ai ki te hemana o te uepū a Norm McKenizie ko te Katorikatanga Māori – te taha mātauranga, te hākinakina me ngā mahi ahurea – ka uru katoa ērā ki te wairua pai o Hato Petera.

Ko tētehi atu āhuatanga ano nā te tokoiti o ngā tauira i roto i ngā akomanga ka māmā mā ngā kaiako te noho tahi, te wānanga tahi me te tauira. E ai ki nga whakatau NCEA i ngā tau kua hori kei tu atu i te pae ā motu mō te whaihua.

“Mai i tōna timatanga, kua nui te wāhanga ki a Hato Petera ki te whakawhanake i te pāpori Māori, ā , ko ngā rangatira Māori kua mana nui i o ratou iwi, te pāpori Māori whānui, i ētehi wā te motu whānui.

“Kei te whakahau mātou i ngā tauira o mua o Hato Petera nei – i Tāmaki Makaurau me te motu whānui – kia hāpaitia te kaupapa, kia whakatitina i ngā whānau kia haere mai ki Hato Petera.

“Mā te whakapiki i te tokomaha o ngā tauira, ka tokomaha ake anō ngā kaiako, ka whakawhānuitia ngā marau ako kia whaihua ai te tauira te ako i raro i te wairua Katorika Māori.”

Kei te wātea ngā tono mō ngā tauira mai i te reanga tuaiwa ki te 13, ā, ka whakahaeretia hoki ngā hāereere i te kāreti i Matakamokamo i College Road ia Rāapa mai i te 3pm.

Mō te whānuitanga o ngā whakamārama whakapā atu ki ngā wāhi nei www.hatopetera.school.nz, waea ki te kura 09 480 7784 imera ranei enrol@hatopetera.school.nz.

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