Māori Resources

ECE - Early Childhood Education

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Nau mai haere mai Nau mai haere mai a matou whanauwhanui, Nga mihi motu tau hau. Haere mai, haere mai, haere mai. We all welcome you here today, ou...

Manaaki at Mairtown Manaaki - 1. (verb) (-tia) to support, take care of, give hospitality to, protect, look out for - show respect, generosity and care for...

Welcoming Kate with a meaningful Mihi Whakatau This term we have the pleasure of welcoming a new teacher to our Mairtown teaching team and whānau. On Thursday 25 th of August w...

Hāngī and Matariki Celebration Matariki is a special date in the New Zealand calendar. In Whangarei this last weekend there was a wonderful festival to celebrate this spe...

Our Matariki celebrations Over the past month we have been busy at Mairtown Kindergarten celebrating Matariki (Māori New Year) with three significant events. Mata...

Matariki Harvest Day Matariki Māori New Year is a special time of year that we all look forward to and is a greatly anticipated event. As part of our celeb...

Rangatiratanga at Mairtown Kindergarten Over the past six months our team at Mairtown have been a part of a research cluster group; focussing on leadership within Early Child...

Nurturing whanaungatanga - Mairtown's annual hangiOn Friday 8th of August we celebrated our annual Hangi at kindergarten. The Hangi is usually part of our Matariki events; however due to the...

Our kahu pokowhiwhi One of the great pleasures of being a teacher in Early Childhood Education is the opportunity we have to make truly rewarding an...

Explorations with Rakau Over the past 5 weeks we have had the pleasure of having Israel (Izy) Tahere join our team whilst completing his final teaching practicum...

Kapa Haka at Mairtown! Today Kim collected some traditional Kapa haka costumes for us to borrow and use next term from the Northland Kindergarten association. ...

Creating Kura Ngaituku - The Birdwoman.One of the key elements of visual art is form , or shape in three dimensions. Clay is a particularly useful resource for children to explor...

Mataariki Korowai “At the heart of Maori culture is the sense of inclusion and the importance of expressing generosity to others. These values are an inh...

How Maui slowed the SunWe have a range of books on the adventures of ‘Maui’ at Kindergarten. These books are extremely popular with the children, beautifully writt...

Being Kaitiakimanaia kindergarten, northland kindergarten association, ict in kindergartens, forest kindergartens, nature programme, parua bay childcare

Mihi ki te NgahereIn term 4 2016, the kaiako at Mairtown, had an idea that it would be nice to introduce a karakia or a mihi to the nature programme, as we th...

Teaching Mathematics through Manaakitanga

Tūrangawaewae: giving children a place to stand at Te Rourou Whakatipuranga O Awarua

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