TE KURAWAI
He orangarangi, he oranganuku
He aroha nā, he kōmanawa
Rurukuhia ki te wai whakaika,
Ko te kawa Tangaroa, he atua!
He mātāpuna, he pukenga wai,
He terenga ika, he paringa tai,
Homai te waiora ki a au
Ki taiao nuku, ki taiao rangi
Ka whakairihia te kawa
Homai te kauhou atua ki uta e!
Ko tā Te Kurawai he hōtaka whakaako i ngā ākonga Māori ki ngā mātauranga e hāngai nei ki ngā āhuatanga wai o tō tātou taiao. He marau nō roto o te tātaiaro o Mātaiao.
Ko te matua o Te Kurawai he tuitui i ngā uaratanga o nehe ki ngā akoranga o tēnei ao hou, e hāngai pū nei ki te wai. Pēnei i te awa ki te moana, ngā roto anō hoki.
Ngā tohu whakapakari
E puta ai ngā ākonga hei tauira o Te Kurawai ka whakawhiwhia rātou ki ngā tohu Taumata NCEA, he Diploma Taumata 4 rānei i tā rātou i pai ai, i whai ai. He whaitiwhikete te mahi:
Raihana Taraiwa Motokā - Restricted
Te Tohu Oranga mā te Eke Ngaru
Kaitautoko i te taraiwa IRB
Ruku Moana - Tiwhikete ruku moana
Ngā tohu whakaora tangata
Tiwhikete taraiwa poti
Tohu whaimātauranga taiao
Tohu Kaiako Hākinakina
Pūmautanga
Ko te aronga he whakapiki ake i te māia, i te matatau o te ākonga i roto i tōna whakapapa, tōna reo me ōna tikanga.
Ko te reo o te ākonga e puāwai ana ki ngā hua katoa o te wai. E mōhio ana rātou me pēhea te tautohu, te whakamāori hoki i tō rātou mātai i ngā tohu katoa i tōna taiao.