Ngā Puna o Waiōrea – Ahurea success & WIPCE 2025

AHUREA SUCCESS

Ka rawe/congratulations to Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (NPoW) who placed second at Te Ahurea Tino Rangatiratanga, a secondary school competition recently held in Te Kura Māori o Nga Tapuwae in Tāmaki Makaurau (October 10th & 11th). As a result, NPoW has qualified for the 2026 National Secondary Schools Kapa Haka competition that will take place in Tauranga next year.

Ngā mihi to all those who were involved in the significant campaign.

Check out this YouTube link here to Waiōrea’s 2025 performance at Ahurea.

World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE) 2025

In mid-November, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland became a focal point for Indigenous knowledge and education, as 3,800 educators and leaders from across Aotearoa New Zealand and the world gathered for the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE) 2025. It’s the first time in 20 years that Aotearoa has hosted this event, uniting voices from across the world to celebrate, preserve and advance Indigenous knowledge, languages and ways of learning.

A group of NPoW ākonga were privileged to be invited to take part in a pōwhiri in the early morning of Monday, November 17th.