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,
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
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
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
“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
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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