WHARE AKONGA TAIAO - CENTRE OF LEARNING

Kia ora koutou katoa,
 
I raro i ngā tini ahuatanga o te wā – kei te mihi…

Nau mai, haere mai, tautoko mai te whakatuwheratanga o te whare akonga Taiao ki Otaraua Park.

On behalf of Mahi mō te Taiao – Waikanae Jobs for Nature, we are pleased to invite you, our project partners, to attend the official opening of our Taiao learning whare and nursery at Otaraua Park on Saturday 23^rd October 2021.
 
Koro Don, Nanny June, ratou ko tou matou Koromātua, our Ben Ngaia has particularly asked for your tautoko and we hope you will be available to attend alongside our Koromātua, we will have a ceremonial tree planted that we hope Guru will undertake with us too. We anticipate all formalities would be complete by around 8.00 am. The attached invitation has all the details of our special event.
 
The iwi will extend this invitation to all our Te Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai whānau, so please share this invitation with your networks to those I have not been able to copy in, those who are affiliated to our partnership project, and we would be honoured to have our hunga Kaumātua present to tautoko the occasion.
Please note our back-up date is the following Saturday 30^th October (due to potential covid restrictions around Waikato that may prevent our kaiwhakahaere from attending).
 
We recommend you wear your gumboots for this one!

Please feel free to give me a call if you wanted to discuss the programme for the opening or if you have any pātai.

We look forward to receiving your RSVP.
 
Ngā Mihi,
 
Kristie Parata I Iwi Coordinator

Waikanae Jobs for Nature
W: (04) 293 1538 / 0272612986
T:  10 Parata Street / PO Box 509, Waikanae 5250
R:  Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 10.00 am – 3.00 pm


 

Applications open SING Aotearoa 2022

SING Aotearoa 2022 is a week-long residential programme  which provides participants with knowledge and experience in wet-labs (biological samples, DNA), dry labs (computer analysis, biostatistics) and simulation labs (cultural and ethical scenarios). SING Aotearoa 2022 will be held in Te Tai Tokerau Sunday evening 23rd – Friday 28th January 2022.  Participants who are accepted into the programme are expected to remain in the programme for the entire week.

Applications are open for SING2022 in Te Tai Tokerau, applications close 5 November 2021, apply by completing the Google Form at this link

There are 15 fully funded internship positions in 2022 (meals, travel** and accommodation are paid for by the SING-Aotearoa programme), with places for a maximum of 20 participants. The programme is open to Māori (tauira, kaitiaki, kaipakihi) wanting to better understand the opportunities and challenges associated with genomic research as well as key technical, cultural and ethical issues.  We encourage applications from University students in any discipline as well as people with a strong Iwi, community or business background. An understanding of genetics is useful but not necessary for attendance in this programme.  Applications close 5 November 2022.

Our website and facebook page is regularly updated and designed to keep whānau involved with our Tikanga Haumaru Plan with key information and alert details.  If you need support from us please telephone direct at 04 293 1538.

If you want to be more involved in our kaupapa and would like to become a whānau members, please complete this form and send to Linda at admin@teatiawakikapiti.co.nz.  Remember whānau, if you want to WIN in our competitions, you must be a registered member.