TKKM o Te Matai

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaimahi me ngā hapori ki te whakawhanake i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i te kawenga takohanga me te whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā whānau, ngā hapū me ngā iwi. 

2 Te Horopaki 

“Ko Rangiuru te maunga,
Ko Kaituna te awa,
Ko Tapuika te iwi.” 

E tū ana Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Matai ki Te Puke. E whakarato ana te kura i te mātauranga ki ngā tauira o ngā tau 1 ki te 8. He tino hononga ā-whakapapa ō te whānau ki te iwi o Tapuika. Ko te Tapuikatanga ngā mātāpono matua e ārahi ana i te tirohanga me te aronga mō ngā tauira me te kura. 

I te mutunga o te tau 2023, i aromātai Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te kounga o te Mana Whakahaere i roto i ō rātou tūranga kāwana. I pūrongohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, i te ako ngā tauira mā tētahi marau i aro tonu ki ō rātou matea me ō rātou ngākau nuitanga. Tata ki te katoa o ngā tauira i te ahu whakamua, i te whakatutuki pai i roto i te reo matatini me te pāngarau. I tautuhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā tūāhuatanga kāhore i te tutuki e ai ki te ture, arā, i te arotakenga o te tumuaki me ngā kaiako mā ‘Ngā Paerewa mō te Umanga Whakaakoranga.’ I te taenga atu a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ki te kura, i whakatewhatewhatia te ahu whakamua ki te whakawhanake me te whakatinana i te huringa tupu ngaio. 

3 Te Aronga o te Aromātai 

He pēhea rawa te whakapuaki mai a ngā tauira i te Tapuikatanga? 

E whakawhanake ana ngā tauira i ō rātou hononga ki a Tapuika.  

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga – Mana Tamariki

E ako ana ngā tauira ki tētahi taiao e poipoi ana i te Tapuikatanga. He ngākau titikaha ō rātou ki te whai wāhi tahi me te ārahi i ngā karakia. Ko te taki pepeha i ia rā e whakamana ana i tō rātou tuakiri hei uri o Tapuika, ā, ka hāpai i a rātou ki te whakamātau i te reo Māori, me te māia haere. He manawa whakahī ō rātou ki te waiata i ngā wai e pā ana ki a rātou anō, ki ō rātou tūrangawaewae, me ngā wāhi whakahirahira o tō rātou hapū me tō rātou iwi whānui. 

E poipoia ana ngā tauira ki te ahurea o te kura e pupuri nei i te manaaki me te whakaute. Ka tū ngā kaiako hei tino tauira ki ngā tamariki, ā, he manaakitanga, he whakaute hoki tō ngā taunekeneke. Kua whakatakotohia ngā rautaki e hāpai ai i ngā tauira nohinohi ki te tūhura i tō rātou mana whenua me ō rātou hononga ā-whakapapa. Ka tautoko ngā tuākana i te whai wāhi atu a ngā tēina ki ngā akoranga me ngā wheako tākaro o waho, o roto hoki i ētahi wā i te akomanga. He kaha ngā tuākana ki te tūhonohono i ngā tēina ki te Tapuikatanga mā ngā huarahi ōkawa me ngā huarahi ōpaki. 

I te arotake Mana Whakahaere, i tautuhia te papai o ngā whakaritenga mō te tātari i te ahu whakamua o ngā tauira me ngā paetae, ā, i te wā o te arotakenga a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ki te kura tonu, i āta kitea anōtia aua whakaaturanga. Kua whakatakotohia ngā pūnaha e tika ana mō te whakahaere hōtuku. He pai te tātari a ngā kaiako i ngā paetae tauira, ā, ka tautuhi i ngā whakaritenga ka whai ake ki te hāpai i te ahu whakamua o te ako. He ātaahua ngā akomanga, ka whakaongaonga i ngā tauira, ā, he nui hoki ngā rauemi. Kei te mauritau, kei te ngana hoki ngā tauira ki te ako. 

Kua tīmatahia te whakatinanatanga o ngā huringa tupu ngaio e arotahi ana ki te whakapai tonutanga, hei hāpai i te tumuaki me ngā kaiako. Kua whakatakotohia, kua kōrerohia hoki ngā whāinga ngaio, ā, e hāngai ana ki ngā paerewa mō te umanga whakaakoranga. E whai hua ana ngā tauira nā te aronga o ngā kaiako ki te whakapakari ake i tō rātou āheinga ngaio, ā, e māramahia ana hoki ngā whakaritenga papai o te wā. 

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake

Me whakapakari ake i te whakaratonga o te reo Māori. Ahakoa te tino tūmanako kia matatau ngā kaiako ki te reo Māori, ko te nuinga o ngā tohutohu i roto i ngā akomanga, kei roto kē i te reo Pākehā. Kua tae ki te wā kia mahi ngātahi ngā kaiārahi, rātou ko ngā kaitiaki, me te whānau o te kura ki te āta whakatakoto i ngā tūmanako e pā ana ki te whakarato me te whakaako i te reo Māori. Me whai wāhi ki tēnā, ko te whakawhanaketanga o tētahi mahere pae tawhiti e meatia ana kia noho mātua, kia whakatōngia, kia whakapūmautia hoki te reo Māori, kia whanake ai te pakari me te mātau o ngā tauira ki te kōrero i te reo Māori. 

5 Te Whakatau ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I te wā o te aromātai, i tirohia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā pūnaha mō te whakahaeretanga o ngā wāhanga e whai ake nei: 

• te haumaru aronganui o ngā ākonga (tāpiri atu ki te ārai i ngā mahi whakawetiweti me ngā mahi whakaaito)
• te haumaru ā-tinana o ngā ākonga
• te rēhitatanga o ngā kaiako
• ngā tukanga ki te whakatū kaimahi
• te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga
• te tae ā-tinana atu a ngā ākonga ki te kura
• ngā kaupapa here o te kura, me te whakatutukitanga o ērā i ngā tikanga e pā ana ki te Children’s Act 2014.

6 Te Taunakitanga

E taunaki ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga me te poari kaitiaki o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Matai, kia whakatakotohia e te whānau o te kura tētahi mahere pae tawhiti mō te tupu me te whakawhanaketanga o te reo Māori.

Darcy Te Hau
Toka ā Nuku 
Te Uepū-a-Motu – Māori Services

8 Paengawhāwhā, 2024

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te kura

Te tūwāhiKei Te PukeTe tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 2011Te tūmomo kuraHe kura tuatahi (Tau 1 ki te 8) Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura38Ngā hononga ā-iwiMāori 38Ngā āhuatanga motuhakeHe kura motuhake Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotakeHui-tanguru 2024Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 8 Paengawhāwhā 2024Ngā pūrongo o mua a 
Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga – Mana Whakahaere, 
Whiringa-ā-nuku 2023; Arotake Mātauranga, Hakihea 2018; Arotake Mātauranga, Haratua 2015

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with whānau, leaders, kaimahi and their communities develop evaluation insights that foster accountability and improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability. ERO’s reports provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi. 

2 Context 

“Ko Rangiuru te maunga,
Ko Kaituna te awa,
Ko Tapuika te iwi.”

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Matai is situated in Te Puke. The kura provides education for tauira from Years 1-8. Whānau have strong whakapapa connections to te iwi o Tapuika. Tapuikatanga forms the foundational principles that guide the vision and direction for tauira and the kura. 

ERO evaluated the quality of Mana Whakahaere in their governance role at the end of 2023. ERO reported that tauira learnt in a curriculum that generally responded to their needs and interests. Almost all tauira were progressing and achieving well in literacy and numeracy. ERO identified noncompliance related to assessing the tumuaki and kaiako against the ‘Standards for the Teaching Profession.’ ERO investigated the progress made with developing and implementing a professional growth cycle during this onsite evaluation.

3 Evaluation Focus

How well do tauira express Tapuikatanga?

Tauira are developing their connections to Tapuika.

4 Findings – Mana Tamariki

Tauira learn in an environment that fosters Tapuikatanga. They confidently participate in and lead  karakia. Reciting pepeha daily affirms their identity as uri of Tapuika and allows them to practice and gain confidence in te reo Māori. Tauira proudly sing about who they are, where they come from and places of significance to their local hapū and the wider iwi. 

Tauira are nurtured in a kura culture of care and respect. Kaiako are positive role models and interactions are respectful and caring. Strategies are in place to support younger tauira to explore their mana whenua and whakapapa connections. Tuakana support teina engagement in learning and play experiences outdoors, and at times in the classroom. Tuakana are also active in connecting teina to Tapuikatanga through formal and informal practices. 

The positive practices for analysing student progress and achievement data identified during the Mana Whakahaere review were further evident during the onsite stage of ERO’s evaluation. Appropriate systems are in place for data management. Kaiako analyse student achievement well to identify next steps to support learning progress. Classrooms are attractive, stimulating and well resourced. Tauira are settled and engaged learners. 

Improvement focussed professional growth cycles are in the early stages of implementation for the tumuaki and kaiako. Professional goals have been set, discussed and they align to the standards for the teaching profession. Tauira benefit from kaiako who are focused on strengthening their professional capability and are up to date with current best practice. 

Key Next Steps

The provision of Te reo Maori requires strengthening. Although there is a clear expectation that kaiako be fluent in te reo Māori, classroom instruction continues to be predominantly in English. It is timely for kura leaders, trustees and whānau work together to establish clear expectations for the provision and teaching of te reo Māori. This should include developing a long-term plan to ensure te reo Maori is prioritised, embedded and sustained so that tauira develop as confident and competent speakers of te reo.

5 Board Assurance on Legal Requirements

During the evaluation, ERO checked at the following areas:

• emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment)
• physical safety of students
• teacher registration
• processes for appointing staff
• stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions
• attendance
• school policies in relation to meeting the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014.

6 Recommendation

ERO and the Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Matai board of trustees recommends the kura whānau create a long term plan for the growth and development of te reo Māori. 

Darcy Te Hau 
Toka-ā-Nuku – Director
Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

8 April 2024

7 Information about the kura

LocationKei Te PukeMinistry of Education profile number2011Kura typeFull Primary (Years 1-8)Kura roll38Ethnic compositionMāori 38Special featuresKura MotuhakeReview team on siteFebruary 2024Date of this report8 April 2024Most recent ERO report(s)
 Education Review - Mana Whakahaere, October 2023; 
Education Review, December 2018; Education Review, May 2015