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youth
māori cultural training
Kohanga Reo
0-10 Years
The translation of the words Kohanga Reo is ‘language nest’. This translation relates directly to one of the key objectives of the Kohanga Reo movement – the retention of the Maori language.
Kohanga Reo immerses children in the Maori language and culture to promote learning within a context/situation that is relevant to the children and draws on Maori learning and teaching styles.
Kaha
10-18 years
This program encourages Rangatahi to participate, express and showcase their Polynesian heritage through Kapa Haka, Maori Culture, History & Contemporary Maori Arts.
The program includes but is not limited to:
- Learn Popular traditional Maori action songs and dances.
- Dancing with the ‘Poi’. (These are soft white balls on a long string)
- Tī rākau (Maori Stick Games)
- Haka
- Learn how to Powhiri – “Maori Welcome”
- Learn about their Pepeha ( Where they are from). Children create a Keepsake framed Pepeha to take home.
- Storytelling- Hearing stories of how the earth was created, the first women, and our connection to the land, the sea and the environment.
- Learn about New Zealand & Maori History
- Maori Language, Through Flashcards, Songs, and Game-based learning
- Marea and Powhiri protocols and customs
- Learn about the Treaty of Waitangi
- Tapu and Mana
- Learning about the creation stories, ngā Atua [Gods] and our place in society as kaitiaki [Guardians] of the land.
Ability to Achieve specialises only in teaching Maori Culture, but we respect and embrace all beliefs, cultures, and religions. Ability to Achieve acknowledges the traditional owners of the land where we work, and we pay respect to their Elders, past and present.
