July 30, 2023
“Whare wānanga hou mā ngā Kāmura o āpōpō”


I rere ngā karakia i te Paraire kua hipa i a Ngāti Huirapa i te whare Wānanga o Ara / Te Pūkenga i Timaru.
A, ka whakatūria he whare kāmura hou i te ātea o Ara, i tōna tikanga hai te tau e heke mai nei ka tūwhera ngā tatau o taua whare hou rā ki ngā ākonga me te hapori whānui.
Nā te kaumātua haere o te whare kāmura e tū ana i Ara i tēnei wā nei i whakatau te poari whakahaere kia whakatū i tētahi whare hou.
E ai ki te Kaiurungi i ngā kaupapa māori o Ara e ai ki a Te Marino Lenihan mā ngā tikanga māori e tāwharau i ngā ākonga ka kuhu ki ngā whare wānanga hou.
“Ko te kauapapa matua, ko ngā ākonga māori ka kuhuna ki tērā whare kia mōhio rātou, rātou ko ō rātou whānau i te wā i whakatū ai te whare i reira te haukāinga, i reira ngā tikanga whakahaumaru i taua whare, kia waatea ai te ara o te mātauranga kei mua i a rātou”