Haehaeora Te Rangitakatu is shown here carrying her mokopuna (grandchild) on her back in 1948. Elders often played a significant role in raising their mokopuna.

This is the English version of Mokopuna Matatini. It’s national kapa haka competition time again, and this Māori performing arts festival is a big event! It needs planning, tactics and dedication – and that’s just for the people watching! Nan’s a hardcore kapa haka follower, and she shows her mokopuna all the tricks to get the best seats, find the choicest pāua and whitebait fritters, hunt out the coolest poi, pounamu and glittery moko, and meet the star performers. And all along, Nan’s keeping a big secret that’s only revealed when the star performer does Nan’s amazing signature poi move – and her group wins the competition.   Format: PaperbackImprint: HuiaPublished: October 2021ISBN: 9781775506164

Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngā Mokopuna is situated in Kilbirnie, Wellington, NZ. STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY Kia puawai ngā tamariki i runga ano i te Reo Māori me one Tikanga hei tutuki i ngā tumanako o te whān…

kuia (noun) Devoted, caring and selfless human being. Stealthy spoiler of her mokopuna. Chief organiser. Source of warmth, comfort and aroha. Excellent story reader. Advice giver. Attentive listener. Glue of the whānau. Provider of the best home-cooked kai. see also: tupuna wahine, tipuna wahine — A hand-lettered word definition print, available as an instant download 🖤 This digital download includes 8 files for 25+ frame sizes. Print at home, or take to your local print shop to have printed at the size you require.After purchasing, you will receive a link to download, as well as an email with the download link.  File formats You will receive 8* high-resolution (300 dpi) files in JPG format: 2x3 RatioAppropriate for: 4x6", 6x9", 8x12", 10x15", 12x18", 16x24", 20x30", 24x36”, 10x15cm, 30x45cm, 40x60cm 3x4 Ratio Appropriate for: 6x8", 9x12", 12x16", 18x24”, 15x20cm, 30x40cm 4x5 Ratio Appropriate for: 4x5", 8x10", 16x20", 24x30cm, 40x50cm 5x7 Ratio Appropriate for: 5x7”, A5, A4, A3, A2, A1, 50x70cm *Each ratio includes a version with a light border as a trimming guide if required. Note: Frames or decor pictured not included Colours on screen may vary from printed colours — We would love to see where you end up displaying the print! Tag us in your photos on Instagram @maimoa.creative

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Knowing how to raise kids that will grow up to change the world is more important now than ever. Read on for some ideas that will help.

Early childhood care and education services in Aotearoa New Zealand drew initially on the Fröbelian model of the kindergarten or ‘children’s garden’. Later models such as the Kōhanga Reo movement, the highly respected curriculum Te Whāriki: He whāriki mātauranga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa, and the Enviroschools programme are grounded in te ao Māori, Māori worldviews, that feature a strong connectedness to place, and a deep sense of a spiritual inter-relationship with the land, mountains, rivers, and oceans. This article considers how the imported Scandinavian/European/UK models of ‘forest schools’ might fit within this context. To illustrate early childhood education in the outdoors in Aotearoa (New Zealand) we draw upon research conducted in early childhood settings in this country that illuminates children’s experience in the outdoors. We draw upon critical early childhood scholarship to theorise this situation of forest schools emerging in Aotearoa, along with influences from the forest school movement evident in existing New Zealand early childhood services. The article suggests that traditional Indigenous Māori worldviews and knowledges give meaning and contextualised authenticity to ‘forest schools’ approaches in early childhood education in Aotearoa (New Zealand).

kuia (noun) Devoted, caring and selfless human being. Stealthy spoiler of her mokopuna. Chief organiser. Source of warmth, comfort and aroha. Excellent story reader. Advice giver. Attentive listener. Glue of the whānau. Provider of the best home-cooked kai. see also: tupuna wahine, tipuna wahine — A hand-lettered word definition print, available as an instant download 🖤 This digital download includes 8 files for 25+ frame sizes. Print at home, or take to your local print shop to have printed at the size you require.After purchasing, you will receive a link to download, as well as an email with the download link.  File formats You will receive 8* high-resolution (300 dpi) files in JPG format: 2x3 RatioAppropriate for: 4x6", 6x9", 8x12", 10x15", 12x18", 16x24", 20x30", 24x36”, 10x15cm, 30x45cm, 40x60cm 3x4 Ratio Appropriate for: 6x8", 9x12", 12x16", 18x24”, 15x20cm, 30x40cm 4x5 Ratio Appropriate for: 4x5", 8x10", 16x20", 24x30cm, 40x50cm 5x7 Ratio Appropriate for: 5x7”, A5, A4, A3, A2, A1, 50x70cm *Each ratio includes a version with a light border as a trimming guide if required. Note: Frames or decor pictured not included Colours on screen may vary from printed colours — We would love to see where you end up displaying the print! Tag us in your photos on Instagram @maimoa.creative

I was so excited for my baby to turn one year old because I couldn't wait for him to walk and to gain more focus. We would be able to do...

I was so excited for my baby to turn one year old because I couldn't wait for him to walk and to gain more focus. We would be able to do...

kuia (noun) Devoted, caring and selfless human being. Stealthy spoiler of her mokopuna. Chief organiser. Source of warmth, comfort and aroha. Excellent story reader. Advice giver. Attentive listener. Glue of the whānau. Provider of the best home-cooked kai. see also: tupuna wahine, tipuna wahine — A hand-lettered word definition print, available as an instant download 🖤 This digital download includes 8 files for 25+ frame sizes. Print at home, or take to your local print shop to have printed at the size you require.After purchasing, you will receive a link to download, as well as an email with the download link.  File formats You will receive 8* high-resolution (300 dpi) files in JPG format: 2x3 RatioAppropriate for: 4x6", 6x9", 8x12", 10x15", 12x18", 16x24", 20x30", 24x36”, 10x15cm, 30x45cm, 40x60cm 3x4 Ratio Appropriate for: 6x8", 9x12", 12x16", 18x24”, 15x20cm, 30x40cm 4x5 Ratio Appropriate for: 4x5", 8x10", 16x20", 24x30cm, 40x50cm 5x7 Ratio Appropriate for: 5x7”, A5, A4, A3, A2, A1, 50x70cm *Each ratio includes a version with a light border as a trimming guide if required. Note: Frames or decor pictured not included Colours on screen may vary from printed colours — We would love to see where you end up displaying the print! Tag us in your photos on Instagram @maimoa.creative

I was so excited for my baby to turn one year old because I couldn't wait for him to walk and to gain more focus. We would be able to do...