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Te Ao Māori Update – June 2025

June 16, 2025 | Shelley Buttenshaw

Kia ora e te whānau o Te Whānau Tupu Ngātahi, The cold winds of Takirua have arrived, blanketing the whenua in rain, snow and cool southerlies. In this panui, we can celebrate with our...Read More

Te Ao Māori Update – May 2025

May 19, 2025 | Shelley Buttenshaw

Nau mai hoki mai ki a koutou katoa, ko te tūmanako kua tau anō koutou ki tēnei wahanga o te tau. Welcome everyone, hopefully you are all settled back into Playcentre for another term. In this...Read More

Te Ao Māori Update – February 2025

February 17, 2025 | Shelley Buttenshaw

Titiro whakamuri, kokiri whakamua.  Look back and reflect so we can move forward.    Waitangi Day  Kia ora, e te whanau! Nau mai, hoki mai welcome back to Playcentre Aotearoa...Read More

Te Ao Māori Update – December 2024

December 9, 2024 | Shelley Buttenshaw

Toitū te kupu, toitū te mana, toitū te whenua Let us honour the strength of our language, the mana it holds and its deep connection to the land – hold fast to Māori culture. Bicultural...Read More

Te Ao Māori Update – November 2024

November 18, 2024 | Shelley Buttenshaw

Piri Galbraith receives the Te Pou Whirinaki Business Collaboration Award 2024 Piri Galbraith (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou), a wāhine toa and director of Kurawaka Retreat Centre at Porangahau...Read More

Te Ao Māori Update – October 2024

October 21, 2024 | Playcentre

New Central North Island Office opening   On the morning of Thursday 22nd August 2024 Central North Island regional staff warmly welcomed local Kaumatua Ronae Erueti and Ruruhi Hera Raumati...Read More

Te Ao Māori Update – September 2024

September 16, 2024 | Playcentre

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori - Māori Language Week 14 – 21 o Hepetema 2024 On 14th September 1972 a petition to have te reo Māori courses taught in schools was signed by over 30,000 people and...Read More

Te Ao Māori Update – August 2024

August 19, 2024 | Playcentre

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week, 14-21st September 2024  Kia ora koutou e te whānau, Kei te pēhea koutou?  Ko te tūmanako, kei te ora koutou!  Nau mai te Wiki o Te Reo...Read More

Te Ao Māori Update – June 2024

June 17, 2024 | Playcentre

Photo credit:Living by the stars. This year’s theme is based on the whakataukī “Matariki whetū heri kai“  which means Matariki the bringer of food. It is an acknowledgement of the...Read More

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