Fa’atauanau in partnership with NZR Mind Set Engage
For nearly ten years, New Zealand Rugby’s pioneer programme, Mind Set Engage has been connecting with grassroots teams across the motu to talk about mental health, through the sport pathway. Equipping people with tools, frameworks and a shared understanding to support themselves and those around them. This winter, Mind Set Engage is shifting the goal […]
Te Kura o Pātiki | Rosebank School Celebrates Wayfinding Leadership
On a Friday afternoon in Avondale, the school hall wasn’t big enough. “We need a bigger hall,” Principal Paul Pirihi told the crowd. Whānau spilled out every doorway of Te Kura o Pātiki | Rosebank School as over 80 tamariki from the Samoan and Niuean bilingual units waited on stage. “This is the most whānau […]
Supporting the Pou Hākinakina at Hoani Waititi
“I love playing different sports with my kura friends. We have fun, learn new things, and push each other to give things a go.”- Weu (Year 3) tauira, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori ō Hoani Waititi Tamariki and rangatahi at Te Kura Kaupapa Māori ō Hoani Waititi (TKKM) have always had the drive. For years, kaiako […]
Rongomaiwhiti Rīki in Glen Eden
Every tamaiti in Aotearoa should be able to walk up to their local sport club filled with excitement and anticipation about joining their local team – whatever language they dream in, whatever school they come from. Without wondering whether they’ll understand the referee, their teammates, or the cheers from the sideline. Just belonging. Confident and […]
Wayfinding with Te Kura o Pātiki
Imagine every child moving through their early years knowing they come from people who crossed the largest ocean in the world – without maps or equipment, reading the ocean like a language. In early April, this understanding sailed into a classroom in West Auckland. Eighty rangatahi from the Samoan and Niuean bilingual units at Te […]
Fa’atauanau: Rangatahi Wellbeing in School Sport
The Avondale College First XV is a school sport environment like many others – where young people carry real pressure and where that pressure often goes unnamed. Selection anxiety, family expectations, the weight of not wanting to let people down. Present, but rarely expressed. What shapes wellbeing for rangatahi in school sport – and what […]
Healing Through What Our Tūpuna Knew
We see a future where the knowledge that steadied our tūpuna is alive in classrooms, homes, and carried forward in practice, not just memory. Where descendants of Hinepūtehue reach for taonga puoro as the inherent response to emotional overwhelm. Where Atua Wāhine are remembered, embodied and present. A glimpse of that future is already visible inside the He Wero o ngā Wāhine (teen parent unit) at Henderson High School. Over two days, a […]
Growing Together at Lincoln Heights
In the māra at Lincoln Heights, tamariki learning grows much like seedlings – quietly at first, then with earnest reach and depth. The Kahui Māra Kai kaupapa is shaping a way of learning that begins in the soil, hands working the earth, eyes watching seasons shift, tamariki tending living things that respond to care, patience, […]
Rethinking Leadership: Lessons from Wayfinding
Leadership is not a destination. It’s a journey of making meaning – one that begins with knowing yourself, being grounded in values, and drawing strength from those who have come before. Yet for many young people today, that journey is anything but straightforward. Mental health challenges are rising, access to support is uneven, and the […]
More than a game: Avondale College XV family night
Young people from Avondale College’s XV are part of a bold initiative to ground hauora in their everyday lives – shaping how they see themselves, their relationships, and their wellbeing. The initiative is built on a simple but powerful idea: when young people can define wellbeing for themselves – and feel safe in their relationships […]