Te Punga Karere o Tukua o Punga Tikipunga Panui – 10 August 2017 “SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS - THE ONLY OPTION” Principal’s Kōrero We Care - Awhina We Learn - Ako We Succeed - Angitu Kia ora koutou Term Three has started extremely well and we have much to celebrate. It was with huge pride that I had the pleasure to be in the audience at the Kapa Haka regional competition earlier this term. This was a wonderful celebration of our culture. Our students "lit up the stage" with their performance full of passion and precision. A huge congratulations to all our students and staff involved particularly Matua Ropata who remains dedicated to assisting our tamariki in their love of performing arts. Our talent quest kicked off the term with special guest judges from Sticky TV. There is obviously no shortage of talent here! A huge congratulations to all our performers and to Miss Fourie for overseeing this event. Last week we "reopened" the Centre. This was a wonderful occasion supported by our community. The building has been renamed and will now be know as "Te Putahitanga". This name is explained in next column. A massive thanks to all of our Te Putahitanga staff, students and whanau for coping so well with the temporary learning space last term. Earlier this week our school was featured on "The Block NZ" show on TV3. The show was a great example of our school values. Our students looked amazing and some seem destined for a future on screen. A huge thanks to all those involved. On Tuesday evening our kapa and senior music students performed for our whanau. It was an incredibly entertaining evening which showcased some of the many talents our students have. Thanks to Whaea Taua and Mr Scanlan for overseeing this performance. Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou,tēnā tātou katoa Alec Solomon Principal/Tumuaki Te Putahitanga – by Mrs Tucker The much anticipated day had finally arrived. At 8.40am we all walked over to stand outside our new old building ready for the official part of the name unveiling, blessing, official welcome and the anticipated sharing of kai. It was great to see so many of our whanau including great grandparents had been able to make it. There was also representatives from the Ministry of Education, the builders that worked so hard on our building and our guest speaker Brent Lynn. It is so wonderful to be back in our lovely colourful and well insulated building once again. Special acknowledgment to the staff of ARCO for your great, hard work. MEANING "He putahitanga ta nga mea katoa" Everything has an origin, a beginning The Komiti Maori were approached last term to revise the name of the 'Centre'. We looked at the existing name "Centre, Putahi" and decided that the name is very relevant to our kura and aligns with many meanings in Te Ao Maori. The meaning we have selected to be appropriate for our revised name Te Putahitanga is that everything has its origin, Te Pu can be referred to the Maori version of the Te Timatanga o te Ao, the Beginning of the World and how all things were created. Another very significant meaning of Te Putahitanga is the student is central to everything we do at Tikipunga High School. We conducted the opening of Te Putahitanga in week 2 of this term. We are grateful that Matua Ropata Mahanga was able to lead us in the opening ceremonies with past and current whanau of the Te Putahitanga present to be a part of another important kaupapa at our kura. Our Te Putahitanga students have adapted well to their temporary learning space in the auditorium however, it is so much better for our students to be back in their new, warm learning space. "Ko te akonga te putahitanga o to tatou kura a Tikipunga" The student is the centre of our school Nga mihi Te Aomihia Taua-Glassie
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Te Punga Karere o Tukua o Punga Tikipunga Panui – 10 August 2017
“SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS - THE ONLY OPTION”
Principal’s Kōrero
We Care - Awhina We Learn - Ako We Succeed - Angitu
“Inspiring potential”
Kia ora koutou
Term Three has started extremely well and we have much to celebrate. It was with huge pride that I had the pleasure to be in the audience at the Kapa Haka regional competition earlier this term.
This was a wonderful celebration of our culture. Our students "lit up the stage" with their performance full of passion and precision. A huge congratulations to all our students and staff involved particularly Matua Ropata who remains dedicated to assisting our tamariki in their love of performing arts. Our talent quest kicked off the term with special guest judges from Sticky TV. There is obviously no shortage of talent here! A huge congratulations to all our performers and to Miss Fourie for overseeing this event.
Last week we "reopened" the Centre. This was a wonderful occasion supported by our community. The building has been renamed and will now be know as "Te Putahitanga". This name is explained in next column. A massive thanks to all of our Te Putahitanga staff, students and whanau for coping so well with the temporary learning space last term. Earlier this week our school was featured on "The Block NZ" show on TV3. The show was a great example of our school values. Our students looked amazing and some seem destined for a future on screen. A huge thanks to all those involved.
On Tuesday evening our kapa and senior music students performed for our whanau. It was an incredibly entertaining evening which showcased some of the many talents our students have. Thanks to Whaea Taua and Mr Scanlan for overseeing this performance. Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou,tēnā tātou katoa Alec Solomon Principal/Tumuaki
Te Putahitanga – by Mrs Tucker The much anticipated day had finally arrived. At 8.40am we all walked over to stand outside our new old building ready for the official part of the name unveiling, blessing, official welcome and the anticipated sharing of kai. It was great to see so many of our whanau including great grandparents had been able to make it. There was also representatives from the Ministry of Education, the builders that worked so hard on our building and our guest speaker Brent Lynn.
It is so wonderful to be back in our lovely colourful and well insulated building once again. Special acknowledgment to the staff of ARCO for your great, hard work.
MEANING
"He putahitanga ta nga mea katoa"
Everything has an origin, a beginning
The Komiti Maori were approached last term to revise the name of the 'Centre'. We looked at the existing name "Centre, Putahi" and decided that the name is very relevant to our kura and aligns with many meanings in Te Ao Maori. The meaning we have selected to be appropriate for our revised name Te Putahitanga is that everything has its origin, Te Pu can be referred to the Maori version of the Te Timatanga o te Ao, the Beginning of the World and how all things were created. Another very significant meaning of Te Putahitanga is the student is central to everything we do at Tikipunga High School. We conducted the opening of Te Putahitanga in week 2 of this term. We are grateful that Matua Ropata Mahanga was able to lead us in the opening ceremonies with past and current whanau of the Te Putahitanga present to be a part of another important kaupapa at our kura. Our Te Putahitanga students have adapted well to their temporary learning space in the auditorium however, it is so much better for our students to be back in their new, warm learning space.
"Ko te akonga te putahitanga o to tatou kura a Tikipunga"
The student is the centre of our school
Nga mihi Te Aomihia Taua-Glassie
KAPA HAKA REGIONALS 2017
Kei aku iti , kei aku rahi, kei aku Tānerore, kei aku Hinerēhia Tēnā rā koutou katoa.
Te Kapa Haka o Tukua o Punga recently participated in this years Taitokerau Regional Kapa Haka competitions at Whangarei Girls High School. The competition was to find out which 3 kapa will represent Te Taitokerau Region at next years Kapa Haka National Competitions in Palmerston North 2018.
Te Kapa Haka o Tukua o Punga placed 3rd in the choral item (waiata tira) and 6th overall. We are proud of what these students have achieved with almost half the group being new to competitions and some new to kapa haka. Our students have worked extremely hard giving up weekends and Tuesdays,Thursdays and their holidays utilising every minute to prepare for the competitions. Some students gave up work commitments for the kaupapa.
Te Kapa Haka o Tukua o Punga would not be possible without the help of those who have worked tirelessly feeding, preparing costumes choreographing and just supporting the kapa to get to where we are and for that we are truly thankful. " Ko te amorangi ki mua ko te hāpai o ki muri"
On Set with
Armed with spades, manicured hands, gumboots and plenty of school spirit, THS staff, students and other “Blockees” braved the elements when we volunteered by planting, and dug to give the I HAVE A DREAM HQ a new and much improved face lift of the outside. Was an exciting event enjoyed by everybody.
SERVICES ACADEMY - LEADERSHIP ADVANCED
COURSE
On the 31st of July Tumai and I went on a five day advanced leadership course down in Mangawhai. We were mentored by some of the New Zealand Defence Force, along with seventeen other students from the thirteen northern service academies. This course was to help us become leaders of today within our service academy and everyday life. When we first arrived we were put into sections and to get to know each other we had to perform various icebreakers. These were the students we spent all week with. We were assigned with a section commander staff MacDonald. We learnt various leading skills including how to control and supervise a group of people. After this we had two days of assessments in which we had to put our new skills to the test. Every trainee was given a task that they had to lead from start to end. This included briefing, planning, delegation and taking control. The course meals were out of this world. Food included, roast, hamburgers and heaps of desserts. We were all strangers at the beginning and by the end of the course we were one big family.
By Ally Harris
We would also like to acknowledge the tutors Hakuiao Karetai -Mahanga and Tyson Stephens for helping tutor our kapa. Both are ex students of Tikipunga High School and members of Te Kapa Haka o Tukua o Punga and the quality of work they put into the kapa was outstanding. Thank you to all our families for all of their support. Ngāti Hau hapū Pēhiāweri Marae nei rā a~Te Kapa Haka o Tukua o Punga e maioha nei ki a koutou mō tō koutou nā manaaki nei i a tātou. We would like to thank Whaea Taua and Whaea Ngawai for always making this mahi worth every minute of hard work sweat and tears. Ko koe te tāhūhū o tēnei kaupapa rangatira nō reira horekau he mutunga o te mihi aroha ki a koe. You always make this kaupapa a pleasure to lead. To Whaea Ngāwai, thank you for being there and making sure that our tikanga are always upheld and for making sure we all fully understand this. And lastly to all the performers. You are all inspirational young people who have all made your whanau, community and school proud. Your accomplishments in kapa haka have been a huge undertaking: you have all worked hard and given your all. We are so proud of you and wish those leaving us at the end of the year all the best. "Kia whiti mai a Tamanui te rā, ka puta mai a imurangi e, pūata mai rā a Papatūānuku e" Nei rā te whakamānawa ki a koutou katoa. Nā mātou o te Tari Māori.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR WONDERFUL
SPONSORS for you kind generosity and
support.
The Emporium
Lada Nails
Wild Poppy
Heads on Bank
The Rockshop
Noel Leeming
The Grind
Mint
Tuatara Design Sotre
Kapa Haka
Leah, Delilah & Kellie
with Jody & Scotty
TERM 2 ATTENDANCE MOVIE TICKET WINNERS Congratulations to:
Kowhai
Kruz Taua-Glassie Pae Tipene-Komene
Titoki
Ihapera Tairua-Cross Trent Moorhouse
Totara
Kayn Hemara Sean Cooper
Y9 - Y13 UPCOMING EVENTS
BBall Junior Girls 15/08 Kensington
BB Junior Boys 18/08 Kensington
Senior Netball 22/08 Kensington
Lightning League 23/08 Kensington
Badminton 30/08 Porowini Ave
Netball 9/10 31/08 Kensington Netball
It is a busy term for our Year 7 and Year 8 students with a number of events in and out of school. We are still doing midweek basketball and our Junior Volleyball development programme. Well done to our Year 7/8 AIMES team with all your terrific fundraising efforts.
Year 7 - Year 8 UPCOMING EVENTS
Midweek BBall 9/8 Kensington
Saturday Netball
Ends 26/08 Kensington Courts
BBall Mixed 24/08 Kensington
Cross Country 31/08 Barge Park
Turbo Touch 07/09 Kensington
Aimes Netball 10/09 - 15/09 Tauranga
Volleyball 19/09 Kensington
SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS
to Teina Johnstone on his achievement of making the NRU Grizzlies team for the Taniwha Cup 2017.
Digital Literacy Course Last week we had Tectorium here to run a 'Digital Literacy' 3 day workshop. It was super interesting and Patrick was a fantastic trainer. We were also joined by students from Whangaroa College.
Who is keen on a career in IT or IS?? Tiki High Trades Academy will be launching an ICT Academy next year... Keep an eye out for more information and application forms
very soon.
On Friday 28th July, with the super organisational skills of Ms Fourie, Tikipunga High School staff and students competed in a Talent Quest. Thanks to our Judges – Jah, Leanna and Walter for giving up your time and honest selections. The afternoon was a major success with very talented students.
First place Nathan Owre Second Place Faith Henry Third place Tihewa Smith Funniest Act Petera Taignahue, Te Reo
Tau, Ridge Hohaia-Rameka, Bronson Apiata
Special Prize Aurian White
TIKI HIGH NCEA corner…..
Financial Assistance:
The full cost for NCEA is $76.70 per
candidate. However this can be brought
down to $20.00 by applying for Financial
Assistance.
Call in to the school office with your
Community Services Card and we can
complete the application. If you need
some more information you can ring us on
0800 437329.
LAST DAY FOR PAYMENT:
1st SEPTEMBER 2017
Kia Ora and welcome to Term 3 for Sports. We are well on our way to a busy term with teams playing tournaments and weekly competitions. Our Junior Volleyball teams are underway with trainings thanks to Scott McDonald and Kendyll Peters .
UPCOMING EVENTS – MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Tuesday 15 August Jnr Girls BBall Tuesday 22 August Snr SOS Shore Study
Tuesday 15 August Whanau Time – Break the Code Comp
Wednesday 23 August L3 Biology Zoo
Wednesday 16 August Midweek Football Thursday 24 August Year 7/8 BBall
Thursday 17 August to Sunday 20 August
Koroneihana MCP Friday 25 August RAW Youth Leadership
Friday 18 August Jnr Boys BBall Thursday 31 August Year 7/10 Jnr Netball
Tuesday 22 August Whanau Time – Break the Code Comp
Friday 1 September Seniors LAST DAY FOR PAYMENT NCEA
Tuesday 22 August Snr Netball Saturday 9 September Services Academy – GARAGE SALE
Whangarei District Council's 2017 Youth Awards
Congratulations to Petera Taingahue and Joie Kingi for their success at the Whangarei District Council's Youth Awards. Petera won the Leadership/Rangatahi award and Joie the Team Player/Kaiawhina award.
Other Tikipunga High School students also did well at these awards. Casius Harding was a finalist for the Empowerment/Whakamana award and the whole RAW (Rangatahi Are Warriors) group were finalists in the Group Award/Mahi Roopu. Tikipunga High School students were well represented at the awards everning on Saturday 6 September at Toll Stadium to celebrate these successes.
SERVICES VIETNAM TRIP
GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER
Donations for Garage Sale needed
Please contact:
Liz Harris 021 897 648 or Ken Tipene 0800 437329
for collection or alternatively drop your items at
the Tikipunga High School Main Office.
GARAGE SALE Saturday 9 September
THS Auditorium 8.30am - 1.00pm
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