He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Staff Conference 2019Update No 5.

Workshop Information

Each Teacher to choose one of the following workshops:

Workshop A: Te Kahu Rolleston

Te Kahu is From Tauranga Moana. He is passionate about the power that words have, to educate heal and inspire action. Out of the things he has done, Te Kahu says he gets the most joy from the change he can see in young people within an hour. Young people go from shy and scared to share. To confident and looking like they have just climbed a Maunga. “This is real fruit of the mahi”. Sharing a skill with people that they can use after he leaves, is something he finds to be much more special than just speaking or performing.

Te Kahu has won the National spoken word poetry slam. In 2016 he travelled to Guam for the world Pacific Festival, where he won the Inter Island Spoken word poetry slam. He has run spoken word poetry workshops and performed at hundreds of places all over Aotearoa and a few places overseas also. These include a bunch of international conferences, over a hundred schools, rangatahi groups, Kohanga, universities, education institutions, Pacifica festival, Ahi Ka Festival, Te Ra o Te Raukura Festival, Newtown festival. He has also completed the Banff world indigenous arts centres writer’s residency in Canada. Te Kahu has a goal of making learning fun for all ages by mixing learning with his passion for words.

Workshop B: Logo Grainger

Logo and his wife Vanessa work within the Porirua community alongside people to identify their health issues and work with them to better their health and lifestyle.

This is not done by telling people what they can or cannot eat, but by educating them on the effects of food, and what it actually does to our bodies. Our aim is to empower people to make informed choices about food. Our goal is to ensure lifestyle advice given is always specific to the person/family’s needs so they can obtain the results they want and deserve! At ‘Ai ia ola – Eat to live’ we provide researched and up-to-date nutrition information, regular assessment, accountability and encouragement to help people stay on track.

This workshop will discuss the work we do and provide attendees with strategies and information to address their own health and well-being.

Workshop C: Wiremu Sarich

Areare Ngao -

Channelling mauri through play a practical guide to incorporating maramataka and atuatanga in Early Childhood centres.

Wiremu will share his vast knowledge of indigenous games and offer rich insights into utilising games to enhance your understanding of Te Ao Maori (indigenous world view).

Participants will engage with and or make various implements of play. We will learn key concepts for traditional use of games for environmental awareness that you can personalise to suit the needs and desires of your centre.

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Workshop D: Jason Te Patu

Jase Te Patu is from Ngāti Apa, Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He has been teaching in the health and wellness sector for 27 years. Jase’s students include the All Blacks, the Hurricanes, the Pulse, the NZ School of Dance contemporary students and many more high-performance athletes.

Jase is the creator of M3 Mindfulness for Children, and Co-owner of AWHI Yoga and Wellbeing. Now more than ever before, a spotlight has been shone on the mental wellbeing of our tamariki. Jase's programme ensures that our young tamaiti grow up learning simple mindfulness tools that will allow them to create better choices for themselves in times of challenge. Jase uses the model of Hauora - or Te Whare Tapa Whā to instil some long lasting habits that may have a profound effect on the overall health and wellbeing of our young ones now... and into the future!

Workshop E: Anjam Rahamn MINZM

Anjum Rahman is a chartered accountant with over 25 years’ experience, working with a range of entities in the commercial, farming and not-for-profit sectors.

Anjum was a founding member of the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand, an organisation formed in 1990 to bring Muslim women together and represent their concerns. Over the years, she has been Chair, secretary, and for many years, the media spokesperson. She has also been a founding member and trustee of Shama (Hamilton Ethnic Women’s Centre), a social service organisation that provides support to ethnic women through its social work service, life-skills classes and community development. She is a founding member of the Campaign for Consent Waikato, an organisation working on sexual violence prevention, and in that role, has been involved a number of programmes to raise community awareness. The organisation has been working on setting up an agency network to co-ordinate activities within Hamilton, as well as pushing for research into the prevalence and impact of sexual violence in ethnic communities.

Anjum has been an active member of the Waikato Interfaith Council for over a decade, a trustee of the Trust that governs Hamilton’s community access broadcaster, Free FM, and a trustee of the Ethnic New Zealand Trust. The latter undertakes projects to promote awareness of human rights within the community. Along with these roles, she writes poetry, is a member of the interfaith choir, and is a mother of two. She takes on various public speaking engagements on a voluntary basis. Her favourite activity, for reasons which should be evident, is sleeping.

Each Teacher to choose one of the following key presentations:

Key Presentation 1: Diane Mara MNZM

Dr Diane Mara after spending many years working within research, policy development and teaching is a consultant in Pacific education and community development. She has just completed her work as a Senior Lecturer for Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand in Hastings in December 2017.

Diane is currently working with Heretaunga Free Kindergarten in professional support in meeting the needs and interests of Pacific children and their families. In her wider community involvements Dr Mara is the Chair of Hawkes’ Bay IHC Association, a member of the NZ Member Council of IHC, Deputy Chair of the Hawke’s Bay DHB Consumer Council, Chair of Tiare Ahuriri of Pacific Women’s Council, and the Chair of the Napier Family Centre, a social services provider in the Hawke’s Bay Region.

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Key Presentation 2: Jeanette Grace

Jeanette Grace (Ngāti Tuwharetoa, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Ngāti Koata) is Dean of Te Wānanga Māori at Whitireia Community Polytechnic in Porirua. She has a background in Mental Health and Addictions and Indigenous Training and Education and has served on a number of Boards, including past Chair of Ngāti Koata Trust, Te Putahitanga o Te Waipounamu, Te Mana Whakahaere o Te Wānanga o Raukawa and is currently on the Te Wānanga o Raukawa Foundation.

Key Presentation 3: Ritchie Hardcore

Richie Hardcore is a board member at White Ribbon New Zealand, Ministry of Social Development ‘It’s Not Ok’ Champion, working to end men’s violence against women. He is an educator and public speaker, focusing on exploring masculinity and ending rape culture, sexual and family violence.

He also speaks passionately about mental health and wellness, and as a former alcohol and drug harm reduction community worker, on how we can address alcohol and drug issues in our society. His experiences working with professional and amateur Muay Thai fighters, and in social and community advocacy, has given Richie a real insight into issues facing New Zealanders – homelessness, the justice system, violence and anger issues, mental health issues and drug and alcohol dependency.

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