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Te Rā: Wednesday 25 November 2026
Te Wā: 8:30am - 3:00pm
Location: Puke Ariki, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth
Parking: Paid street parking is available in the surrounding area. Please allow time to find a park before the wānanga begins.
Registration End Date: Tuesday17 November 2026
This wānanga is open to all kaiako and tumuaki who have journeyed with, are currently part of, or will connect with our Taranaki clusters. Tautoko mai.
We gather as a MAC whānau at Puke Ariki, Ngāmotu, Taranaki for a Regional Wānanga that will draw us into Te Ao Māori and connect us with navigation mātauranga through a unique encounter with the replica voyaging waka, Whakaura.
The day will be a hands-on, facilitator-led learning experience. Delegates will work together to assemble the waka, exploring the extraordinary knowledge, skills and values that enabled Māori and Pacific peoples to undertake intentional long-distance voyages of exploration and settlement across Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa.
Participants will hear about the knowledge and expertise behind Pacific wayfinding and navigation, voyaging and settlement in Aotearoa, geographical and environmental challenges, and waka design and construction.
Through the storytelling and mātauranga shared by Tereora Crane, delegates will explore the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and have opportunities to practise navigation techniques developed and used by Pacific wayfinders. This creates space to consider both the legacy of our tūpuna and the revival and continuation of this knowledge by modern voyagers today.
For tumuaki and senior leaders, these concepts provide a powerful connection to leadership practice. The experience encourages us to consider how we navigate change, establish a shared direction, draw on the different strengths within our teams, preserve and pass on knowledge, and work collectively towards the aspirations we hold for our tamariki and communities.
The day will begin with pōwhiri and whanaungatanga, grounding our time together in tikanga, relationships and connection to place. From there, tumuaki will move through a series of learning experiences designed to deepen understanding, strengthen culturally sustaining leadership practice, and provide further opportunities to consider actions and impact for their kura communities.
Connections to the Te Whare Tapu o Te Ngākau Māori framework will be workshopped, providing participants with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of Māori ways of being and identify practical steps to strengthen the environments, relationships and practices created for tamariki Māori within their kura.
At the heart of the MAC kaupapa is leadership and strategic planning that sets the vision for tumuaki to navigate the way forward. Time will be given to weave the learning from across the day into their role as strategic leaders and consider how it can influence meaningful change. The third session creates space to explore how mātauranga Māori, local narratives, whānau aspirations and relationships with mana whenua can meaningfully influence school direction, decision-making and planning.
Our guiding kaupapa for this wānanga is to facilitate an experience that can unlock new knowledge, introduce practical activities and strengthen understandings of culturally sustaining leadership practice, no matter where delegates are on their pathway as educational leaders.
Te Arahou o Aotearoa Trust, through the MAC kaupapa, is committed to supporting tumuaki to lead with confidence, authenticity and purpose. This event sits at the heart of an exciting partnership with Puke Ariki and the National Library of New Zealand to bring Whakaura to the rohe.
This unique opportunity to explore, engage with and embrace the experience of Whakaura can help guide the journeys we take as leaders today, recognising the pivotal influence tumuaki have in creating equitable outcomes, supporting success for Māori as Māori, and enabling success for all learners.
Mauri ora e te whānau.
Every effort will be made to deliver the programme as outlined. However, from time to time changes may be necessary, and we reserve the right to alter the programme without prior notice.
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8:30am Arrive
9:00am Powhiri
9:45am Kapu tī
10:00am 1st Group Rotation
11.25am 2nd Group Rotation
12:40pm Kai o te poututanga o te rā
1:20pm 3rd Group Rotation
2:35pm Wānanga - reflection, next steps, survey
3:00pm Kōrero whakakapi, karakia
3:10pm Depart
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Please note, if you do not 'checkout' on the website your registration will not be received.
STEPS TO CHECK OUT
After completing this form Click 'REGISTER - ADD TO CART' and follow these steps:
1. Click ‘KETE' in the top right corner of the website screen
2. At the Check Out page check you have the correct quantity - Click ‘CHECKOUT’
3. Fill in the boxes on the left
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2. Fill in Payment Details - Click ‘CONTINUE’
3. Review & Purchase - Click ‘PURCHASE’
You will be sent an order confirmation/order invoice directly after pressing ‘PURCHASE’ - please check your junk mail as it might end up in there. This email confirms you have submitted your form, registration has been paid and we will be in touch soon.
INVOICE REQUESTS
Paying via credit card is our preferred payment method, however, if you do not have the capacity to do so please enter discount code “INVOICE” at checkout. Once you have entered the discount code it will remove all cost of registration/tickets.
You will still need to continue the check out process, once you have finished checking out you will receive an order confirmation of $0 and our team will create and send an invoice within 7 working days.
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REQUEST A REFUND
Partial refunds will be issued for refund requests received on or before 17 November 2026. A $30 transaction fee will be deducted per registration from all refunded amounts. After 17 November 2026, refunds requests will be processed on a case by case basis. If the event is rescheduled, all purchases will be honoured for the rescheduled event date or may be refunded in full. If the event is cancelled, all purchases will be refunded in full.
After submitting your refund request in writing to kiaora@tearahou.co.nz, please allow up to 5 business days to process your refund request. It can then take up to 10 business days for the refunded amount to appear on the credit card the registration was paid from.
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