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KIWI #8 WIRE THINKING

Turning Challenges into Opportunities

As tradition goes, the phrase ‘Number 8 Wire‘ came to fruition in New Zealand to represent the can-do attitude, ingenuity and resourcefulness of kiwis. We have a number 8 wire mentality that we can repair or create something out of scrap or whatever is available at the time. This mentality is rooted deep in the kiwi psyche. It is our ‘we can do it, no matter what we are given’ mentality.

Time	WEDNESDAY 29 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.
5.30-10pm	Dinner at Duke of Marlborough, Russell

Time	THURSDAY 30 MARCH

8.45-9am	Luke Bird – Welcome/Housekeeping
9-10.15am	Cam Calkoen Exceed Expectations
10.15-11.00am	Morning tea with sponsors
11.00-12.15pm	Shay Wright Drawing out a new story to recalibrate our future
12.15-1.30pm	Lunch with Sponsors
1.30-2.30pm	Chrissie Butler Universal Design for Learning
2.30-3pm	Afternoon Tea with Sponsors(Waitaha Room)/ AGM in Treaty Room
3-5pm	FREE TIME
Happy Hour 5-7pm	TTPA Wearable Arts Happy Hour at BOI Yacht Club…proudly sponsored by John Raine (NBS) THEME: Wearable Arts…there will be prizes so get CREATIVE.
7pm-late	Dinner & Entertainment at Copthorne (Treaty Rooms) Music by Legacy

Time	FRIDAY 31 MARCH
From 8.30am	Breakfast in Treaty Rooms & Sponsor prize draw
9.30-10.30am	Arnika MacPhail Using Mātauranga to support your Local Curriculum development
10.30-10.45am	Sponsor prize draw continued
10.45am-12pm	Sir Ian Taylor This thing called STEM? It’s in your DNA!
	Poroporoaki…and snacks to go

Leading technology entrepreneur and former TV presenter Sir Ian Taylor (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāpuhi) is on a special mission – to learn from the past to help navigate the future.

And he’s doing this through a new online platform he created called Mātauranga, which means kinship with nature. The web page depicts the story of the Polynesian voyagers who crossed the Pacific Ocean hundreds of years ago to eventually land on Aotearoa.

“We think that when our young people see the science, technology, engineering and math that was involved in crossing, and the migration across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa – the largest expanse of open water on the planet, it will ignite in them this belief that innovation is in their DNA,” he said.

Well known for the work his company Animation Research Limited has done for sports coverage around the world, including the current America’s Cup event, he’s turned his expertise to tell the story of Polynesian voyaging.

Now aged 70, Sir Ian’s always been fascinated with the story of migration to Aotearoa from the Pacific on the great double hulled canoes hundreds of years ago, where our ancestors used the stars, the moon, the sun and other way-finding methods to reach these shores.

“This incredible story of basically STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) was the voyaging across the Pacific Ocean, and I’ve set around me a team that can tell these stories, and I believe that all we have to do is tell the story. If we tell these stories to our tamariki, they will see that there is a future in this.”

Drawing out a new story to recalibrate our future

Sharing ideas about system change, a new dawn of leadership, and helping communities create truly successful enterprises.

Shay is a social entrepreneur, mentor and strategist, who has advised dozens of indigenous enterprises and several Governments.

From the Far North, and from a family of teachers, he is deeply passionate about education as a tool to change the world.

Shay now works at the nexus of education, ancestral wisdom and health to help people shift their consciousness and our systems.

He draws on a global and future mindset and grounds this with local communities and in real community organisations.

Shay believes our next generation of leadership will need to have a new set of skills to solve complex problems – of compassion, of spiritual connection, of calmness, and of cultural nuance. That this leadership is found in indigenous worldviews, spirituality, and our Kiwi ingenuity.

He will speak about the themes that will shape this movement and the qualities to draw out from our young leaders.

Using Mātauranga maatauranga.co.nz/ to support your Local Curriculum development

In this session Arnika will share the innovative ways maatauranga.co.nz/ has been bought to life across the curriculum using examples from Kura around Aotearoa. Within the examples there will be a focus on Local Curriculum, Digital Technologies, and Mātauranga Māori. She will also explore why this mahi matters so much for our tamariki, and how it aligns closely to the NZC.

Arnika will show examples of curriculum aligned pathways from Years 1-10, and share resources to takeaway to help schools plan digital technologies opportunities using the Mātauranga content for ākonga across all subject areas.

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.

Chrissie Butler is a teacher and inclusive design and practice specialist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She works as a Principal Adviser in the Ministry of Education’s Pathways and Transitions team and is also involved in some local and international inclusive practice projects. For the last fifteen years Chrissie has been exploring how the design framework Universal Design for Learning can contribute to equity in education in Aotearoa.

The value of Universal Design for Learning in Aotearoa.
Changing what we do to increase inclusivity in our learning communities doesn’t happen by accident. Universal Design for Learning is something that can help. Let’s find out why.

I BELIEVE THAT ADVERSITY IS THE CATALYST OF GROWTH

It’s when the chips are down, when we are facing hardship and challenge, that we have the opportunity to become more than we could have otherwise. I believe that we don’t want to settle for the average or below version of ourselves, that we are instead driven to strive towards our potential and that the sense of satisfaction we derive in doing so is a far more enduring and meaningful source of wellbeing than any external measure of success. I know the theory on this stuff, but my passion and belief come from my own experience of transformational change and growth.

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”.