Four values, drawn from te ao Māori, shape how we teach, learn and treat one another every day at HNI.
Strengthening the roots of knowledge while learning from the past to develop a strong future.
We are branches of the same tree, we all learn independently, together, support and value each other.
Strengthening the wellbeing of our diverse community through resillience equality and values based learning.
Ngā mihi — the pepeha we use to represent Havelock North Intermediate, alongside a template for introducing yourself.
Maungawharau School Pepeha- we use this pepeha when we are representing the school.
Tēnā koutou katoa.
Ko Te Mata te maunga e tu mai nei
Ko Tukituki te awa
Ko Takitimu te waka
Ko Maungawharau te kura e tu ake nei
Ko Ngati Kahungunu te iwi
Ko (your name) te ingoa
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.
Greetings to you all
Te Mata is the mountain standing here
Tukituki is the river
Takitimu is the canoe
The school standing here is Maungawharau
Kuhungunu is the tribe
My name is
Greetings to you all
Pepeha for when you are representing yourself
Tēnā koutou katoa,
Ko ____________________ te maunga – My mountain is…
Ko ____________________ te awa – My river is…
Ko ____________________ te waka – My canoe is…
Ko ____________________ te iwi – My tribe is…
Ko ____________________ te hapū – My sub-tribe is…
Ko ____________________ te marae – My marae is…
Ko ____________________ taku ingoa – My name is…
Ko ____________________ taku kura – My school is…
Nō ____________________ ahau – I am from…
Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.
Therefore, greetings to you, greetings to you, greetings to us all.