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Time	TUESDAY 26 MARCH
9.30-10.30am	Registration at Copthorne
11am- 1pm	Powhiri at Te Tii Marae Conference Opening/Lunch Hikoi & Korero…focus on NZ History and Cultural Narratives
From 1pm	Networking for Leadership Free time for Activities in the Bay. Book and pay for these individually.
6.30-10pm	Luau at the Copthorne

Time	WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH

8.45-9am	Pio Terei – Welcome/Housekeeping
9-10.15am	Melanie Riwai Couch Niho Taniwha
10.15-11.00am	Morning tea with sponsors
11.00-12.15pm	Nathan Wallis Neuroscience…what’s new?
12.15-1.30pm	Lunch with Sponsors
1.30-2.30pm	Melinda WebberUsing the Mana Model to reframe what Māori student success means
2.30-3pm	Afternoon Tea with Sponsors(Waitaha Room)/ AGM in Treaty Room
3-5pm	FREE TIME
Happy Hour 5-7pm	TTPA Under the Sea Happy Hour at BOI Yacht Club…proudly supported by John Raine (NBS) THEME: Under the Sea …there will be prizes so get CREATIVE.
7pm-late	Dinner & Entertainment at Copthorne (Treaty Rooms) Music by Jackson Taylor Band

Time	THURSDAY 28 MARCH
From 8.30am	Breakfast in Treaty Rooms & Sponsor prize draw
9.30-10.30am	Marcus Winter The Sandman
10.30-10.45am	Sponsor prize draw continued
10.45am-12pm	Mike Allsop Conquer Your Mountain
	Poroporoaki…and snacks to go

Using the Mana Model to reframe what Māori student success means

This keynote will discuss how schools and educators can create learning environments that enable the mana of students to thrive.

The concept of mana comes from a Māori worldview and refers to qualities including self-efficacy, purpose, pride and belonging.

My research will discuss they ways students thinking, behaviour and mental wellbeing is motivated by the desire to achieve a sense of mana across multiple social and cultural contexts.

Niho Taniwha is a guide for teachers, school leaders and education providers on how to improve teaching and learning for ākonga Māori (Māori students). It aims to help educators make the greatest improvements to the overall quality of the education journey for ākonga Māori in the least amount of time.

Written in plain English, this book explains the Niho Taniwha model where both learner and teacher move through the teaching and learning cycle in four stages: whai, ako, mau and tipu. It supports educators to provide better learning environments and experiences for ākonga Māori.

Dr Melanie Riwai-Couch shifts the parameters of educational success to include all aspects of hauora (health and wellbeing). Niho Taniwha equips educators to incorporate self-esteem, happiness, and awareness of language, identity, and culture into the learning of ākonga Māori.

Over the past decade of work, Marcus Winter and his “Sand Art” has become established as a rising success story within the cultural and artistic landscape of Aotearoa, Winter’s work has achieved both critical and commercial success with placements in major advertising campaigns and events across the Pacific.

Winter’s artistic passion stems from his culture, ancestry, country and desire to promote and preserve Te Ao Maori on an international scale. A largely self-taught artist, Winter has proved his adeptness across a range of mediums with his sand animations requiring a rare skill-set involving AV production, editing and script-writing.

ACTIVITY OPTIONS BAY OF ISLANDS

These are some recommendations for your free time WEDNESDAY 7 APRIL. Please note this is not included in the conference price, so you need to book and pay for these yourself.

GOLF: Waitangi Golf Club (for fees and club hire)

RUSSELL: Cruise across the bay to Historic Russell.

Check out the Ferry timetable: Departures from Paihia on the half hour. From Russell return on the hour.
When you get there you can take in the sights of Russell Mini tour with guide (1 hr)
Or just hang out and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. And maybe a glass of wine at the Duke of Marlborough

HOLE in the ROCK: Departs Paihia 1.30pm/ Returns 5.30pm

Discover KERIKERI: 3 hr tour departs Paihia 1pm

NB: Transfers to Paihia can be arranged with the Copthorne. Please let Faye know if you require transport.

Te Tii Waitangi marae is located to the north of Paihia, next to the Waitangi River mouth in the Bay of Islands. It is the only marae in Waitangi. The principal hāpu are Ngāti Rahiri and Ngāti Kawa, who have strong affiliations to Oromahoe marae and belong to the Ngāpuhi confederation.

The wharenui, named Te Tiriti o Waitangi, was opened in 1922, replacing the original 1881 building; the wharekai is Te Ngakau Aroha. Te Tii Waitangi marae was originally a nikau building and the first parliament of the tribes of Ngapuhi, well before the opening of the 1881 building.

The adjacent land is where He Wakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga (Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand) was signed on 28 October 1835. Five years later, 300 chiefs sat on the same spot to debate Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi), and signed it on 6 February 1840 across the present-day bridge at the home of the British Resident James Busby, now known as the Waitangi National Trust.

Te Tii Waitangi links to the inland mountain pa of Pouerua, and claims descent from the waka Ngātokimatawhaorua.

The last 10 years has seen an explosion of information from the cognitive neuroscience field about the neurobiology of learning and what is physically happening inside our skulls when this happens.

Our understanding of the roles of the amygdala, the pre-frontal cortex and the hippocampus – and how they work in relation to our sympathetic nervous system when trying to learn, has given us a depth of understanding not thought possible only a decade or so ago.

Nathan will summarise the latest biology of learning information, in a way that is meaningful to teachers and discuss what this looks like when it is put into practice.

How does it inform our pedagogy in real time when applied in relation to current expectations put on teachers in the classroom, and the views and expectations of the parent communities they serve?

When the research based understanding of best practices for learning develops at a much faster rate than the culture in which it sits, how are schools best to proceed?

In 2007, Mike Allsop became one of a very small number of New Zealand climbers to have summited Mt Everest. Then, in 2013, he became one of a handful of adventurers to have completed 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents, raising over $75,000 for charity.

But this isn’t a talk about how to climb Everest or run a marathon. It’s a talk about how to achieve the things that seem impossible. These core principles will help you draw parallels in your own life, both personally and professionally.

He speaks from the heart about the power of goal setting. As a young boy from a single-parent home, Mike’s dream of becoming an Air New Zealand captain seemed impossible. But that didn’t stop him from achieving that goal, nor did it stop him from climbing the world’s highest mountain.

Te Tii Marae

In 1830, land was sold to the Church Mission Society by the following Chiefs of which Te Tii was a part of: Kimokimo, Te Kemara, Marupo, Te Tao, Te Arupiro, Te Pahiko, Te Akai Pikitia, Parangi and Te Wera. R eportedly Te Kemara, Hone Heke, Te Haratua, Marupo, Te Hepetahi, Te Pua, Whiorau and Makoare also sold Waitangi land to the Church Mission Society much later on.

Archdeacon Henry Williams gifted back 81 acres to Te Kemara and to the Hapu of Ngati-Rahiri in 1839 as a Reserve for tribal purposes and to keep them near the Mission Church. That hapu being uri from Te Kemara, Marupo, Haratua, Te Tao, Whiorau, Heta Tuhirangi, Hone Heke, Makoare, Te Hepetahi, Mahikai, Peia, Parangi, Te Pua and Hori Pou.

The available block narrative (Maori Land Court records) indicates that the Te Tii Block (81 acres) was partitioned in 1890 and 1918, this included the naming of 251 persons as being the registered owners of the block. On April 15 1954, Te Tii B Trust registered at Auckland. The area concerned being 45 acres, 1 rood and 15 perches with approximately 500 beneficiaries registered. The appointed trustees were Hone Heke Rankin, Eru Moka Pou, Pereri Waharoa Tane, Henare Te Nana, Makere Joyce and Hamiora Maioha.

Later, Te Tii (Waitangi) B3 Trust created and formerly separated from Te Tii A (Marae), becoming the new entity responsible for and to manage the businesses on behalf of its beneficiaries, these currently being 42 residential houses, 6 kaumatua/kuia flats, 1 residential leased property, 4 commercial accommodation operations and a commercial retail arrangement.

It is worth noting however, and as a reminder to us all, that the Marae and the Te Tii B3 Trust beneficiaries are one and the same.

Cam Calkoen

Cam was born with Cerebral Palsy and his life has been “normal” for him since birth & his life would have carried on in whatever direction he chose to take it.

The fact that Cam chose to extend himself way out of his comfort zone to have done the two things doctors said he would never be able to do, and to a very high level (running & speaking) means the message he delivers is very powerful and unique.

In a few words “Cam delivers a unique message that inspires people to believe things are possible way beyond their thinking”.