Nurturing Our Future – Growing Together
Kia atawhai a mua – Kia tipu ngaatahi
Nurturing Our Future – Growing Together
Kia atawhai a mua – Kia tipu ngaatahi
Kia Manaaki – Honour Be Your Guide
Showing respect for yourself, property and the environment.
Korowai/Kaakahu – A symbol of wrapping one another in respect. It represents caring for ourselves, looking after others, and protecting our whenua.
Kia Maia – Confident Can Do
Giving everything a go, yet still being humble with our achievements.
Waka Hourua – The first Maaori explorers sailed to Aotearoa, New Zealand in a double hulled waka. They showed incredible courage and belief in themselves.
Kia Maia – They showed confidence in their ability and were responsible risk takers. They trusted their skills in reading the stars for navigation, and in their workmanship and technology in building the waka, knowing these would get them through rough seas.
Kia Kotahi – Together as one – working together as a team, a big part of this is how you treat others, showing kindness and consideration and supporting those who need a bit more help.
Kete – Weaving of the Harakeke / Flax together. When many different strands are woven together they create strength and purpose. Each strand matters and has a job to do, it’s the way the stands work together that makes something truly strong and worthwhile. Featuring our Kapa Haka design woven through it.
Our koru design has been worked on by many. We have our main koru logo with the rays of sunshine reaching for potential and the unfurling koru showing growth at the centre. The groups of four koru are tightly bound, showing the unity and togetherness of our kura.
Which consists of our:
The clusters of koru also represent our four Whaanau:
Which are the endangered birds of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Another cluster of four koru represents our four maunga (areas of the school)
The koru design is linked and supported by the Ngaati Hauaa anchor at the end of the strong harakeke rope. Behind the koru is tukutuku panelling showing the steps of learning and education in our school colours. We have had help with this design from Ngaati Hauaa kaumatua, and Matua Rae, a master carver who has helped teach some of our aakonga to carve.
