Te hītori
He kōrero ēnei mō te takenga mai o Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Puāwaitanga o Te Pito Mata, e whai wāhi tonu nei ki te āhua o te whare ā mohoa noa nei.
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This is a bit about the history of Te Kōhanga Reo o Te Puāwaitanga o Te Pito Mata, which still influences how we run the kōhanga today.
I HUAKINA NGĀ TATAU O TE WHARE I TE TAU 2019.
Nō te marama o te Oketopa i te tau 2017 ka tukua mai te tono e te Tumu Whakarae o Te Kōhanga Reo o taua wā, e Kararaina Cribb, kia whakatū kōhanga reo ki tētahi whare i hokona ai e te tari matua i Raureka.
I manaakitia te tono whakatū kōhanga e Dr Jeremy Tātere MacLeod rāua ko Te Rina MacLeod. I te taenga atu o te tono ki a rāua, ka haere ki a Tā Tīmoti Kāretu ki te whakamārama i te wawata mō te kōhanga - kia tū tētahi kōhanga ka manaaki i ngā whānau tino ū ki te reo hei reo matua mō ngā tamariki. Ka hoatu a Tīmoti i te ingoa o te Puāwaitanga o Te Pito Mata hei ingoa mō te kōhanga.
I tāngia te kawa i tōna tūwheratanga, ko te kawa e kawea tonuhia ana, ko te karakia Māori me ngā karakia Ringatū.
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TE PUĀWAITANGA O TE PITO MATA OPENED IN 2019.
In October 2017, the then Chief Executive of the National Kōhanga Reo Trust, Kararaina Cribb, offered for a new kōhanga to be established at a property the National Trust had purchased in Raureka.
Dr Jeremy Tātere MacLeod and Te Rina MacLeod took on the challenge. They spoke early on to Sir Tīmoti Kāretu about their hopes for the kōhanga – to be a place for whānau committed to raising tamariki with te reo Māori as the primary language. Tīmoti gave the name of Te Puāwaitanga o Te Pito Mata as a way to recognise the foundation that this kōhanga has been built on.
The kōhanga was opened with a ceremony which established its kawa which is still followed today – karakia Māori and karakia Ringatū.
