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The Te Aho Matua amendment made it a requirement that kura kaupapa Māori adhere to the principles of Te Aho Matua. The amendment recognised Te Runanga Nui o nga Kura Kaupapa Māori as the kaitiaki (guardians, caretakers and architects), the most suitable body responsible for determining the content of Te Aho Matua, and for ensuring that it is ...
Mataaho (also known as Mataaoho [1] and Mataoho [2]) is a Māori deity. Variously considered a god of earthquakes and eruptions, the guardian of the earth's secrets, [3] the god of volcanic forces, [4] or a giant, [5] Mataaho is associated with many of the volcanic features in the Tāmaki Makaurau Region (Auckland Region).
Wainui was a board member of the national body representing teachers at kura kaupapa, Te Runanga Nui o nga Kura Kaupapa Māori Te Aho Matua o Aotearoa, since 1993, and chair. [ 2 ] Wainui translated a children's book by Maris O'Rourke and Claudia Pond Eyley , Te Haerenga Māia a Riripata i Te Araroa, which was a finalist for the Te Kura Pounamu ...
The name "Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o (placename)" can be translated as "The Kaupapa Māori School of (placename)". In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 1 at the age of five. [ 2 ]
Io was first known generally with the publication in 1913 of Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury's book, [citation needed] translated by Percy Smith as The Lore of the Whāre-wananga. [3] The idea that the Io represented a pre-Christian understanding of "God" much like the Christian God would be propagated by Elsdon Best in his Maori Religion and Mythology ...
Dame Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira DNZM (13 November 1932 – 16 July 2011) was a New Zealand Māori language proponent, educator, intellectual, artist and writer. [1] Her efforts to revive and revitalise the Māori language ( te reo Māori ) led to the growth of Kura Kaupapa Māori in New Zealand.
The name "Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o (placename)" can be translated as "The Kaupapa Maori School of (placename)". In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 1 at the age of five. [2] Year 13 is the final year of secondary education. Years 14 and 15 refer to adult education facilities.
Io Matua Kore, the supreme being; personification of light and the world of the living and the forest. Kahukura, a war god who appears as the upper bow of a double rainbow. Kiwa, one of several divine guardians of the ocean. Makeatutara, the father of Māui and guardian of the underworld. Maru, the god of freshwater, southern god of war.