Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 19, 2023 4:03:43 GMT 12
THUMBS UP FOR MARAMATAKA LEARNINGS
Minister for Children and Associate Minister of Education Kelvin Davis has given a big thumbs up to kura kaupapa and Māori Medium Schools operating along Maramataka principles.
His support comes after Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai from Rotorua won the Supreme Award at last week’s Matariki Awards and from his experience of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tūtūtarakihi in Kaitaia who are running a maramataka philosophy with holidays in the middle of the year and not so much time off over summer.
He says they base their year around the planting and harvesting of kai and all its learnings such as water and soil quality, reading the tides and the clouds, and the tohu tūpuna used to rely on when to plant.....
waateanews.com/2023/07/18/thumbs-up-for-maramataka-learnings/
Minister for Children and Associate Minister of Education Kelvin Davis has given a big thumbs up to kura kaupapa and Māori Medium Schools operating along Maramataka principles.
His support comes after Te Wharekura o Ngāti Rongomai from Rotorua won the Supreme Award at last week’s Matariki Awards and from his experience of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tūtūtarakihi in Kaitaia who are running a maramataka philosophy with holidays in the middle of the year and not so much time off over summer.
He says they base their year around the planting and harvesting of kai and all its learnings such as water and soil quality, reading the tides and the clouds, and the tohu tūpuna used to rely on when to plant.....
waateanews.com/2023/07/18/thumbs-up-for-maramataka-learnings/