Ka mihi atu au ki te Matua nui I te rangi,
Ko ia te timatanga me te whakamutunga o ngā mea katoa.
Ka mihi atu au ki ngā tūpuna, na ratou nei I awhina, I manaaki I a matou, ngā mokopuna.
Ko Mataatua te waka
Ko Waiotahe rāua ko Ohinemataroa ngā Awa
Ko Maro Mahue rāua ko Te Waiti ngā Marae
Ko Te Upokorehe rāua ko Kurikino ngā Hapu
Ko Whakatōhea Ngai Tūhoe ngā Iwi
Ko au tēnei, Ko Tui McCaull kei mua I ō koutou aroaro.
My own experience of the education system in Aotearoa is that it was established and used as a vehicle to embed the European and colonial ideology of supremacy. I have spent more than 40 years of my life as a student, a teacher or a leader within an education system that has continually failed to meet the needs of Māori communities and to uphold He Wakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi. A place where being Māori wasn’t necessary to be successful. In fact, there were very few who looked ‘like me’ and were successful in school.
For me, working within the kaupapa of Huia Kaimanawa creates a wider landscape to provide opportunities to reverse the script and provide learning and support for those kaiuru who are bringing about transformative change in their kura.
Our three pou resonate strongly with me and set the tūāpapa of all our interactions with Kaiuru, with each other and the many other agencies and organisations we work alongside.
- Our leaders give active expression to He Wakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
- Iwi, hapū and mana whenua visions and aspirations are realised
- Our leaders are able to strengthen their own identity as Māori leaders
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