Kohanga Playgroup starts!

Nau mai haere mai whanau ki te kaupapa hou o tenei kohanga….Kohanga playgroup!

Te Kohanga ote whenua hou Assoc. Inc. started our first playgroup on Friday 15th May 2009. Our kaiako Tanya did a tino tumeke job of organising lessons, activities and games for our whanau. Our Nanny Mel made a special visit no te kainga to open our day. Kia ora Nan for your awhi and tautoko of our tamariki! Check out the photo’s of our first day!

Kohanga Playgroup is now an ongoing activity offered by Te Kohanga ote whenua hou, and runs every Friday at our whare in Geebungs, from 9am. Costs are $2 and kai to share! Contact our kaiako, whaea Tanya on 3342 0942 for more details or drop into the whare on Fridays from 9am.

our kohanga playgroup whanau

First Playgroup

Kohanga Playgroup

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Come and join our kohanga playgroup
Learn Maori songs language and games
Fun for the whole family
All welcome

9am Friday 15th May
Te Kohanga ote whenua hou
10 Delaware St, Geebung
Call 3342 0942 for more details

Kohanga Open day

Kia ora whanau!
Well we had a wonderful time at our open day on Saturday, 28 March.
More than 90 people came along to tautoko the day and to learn, share and enjoy, whakawhanaungatanga.

Kia ora to those who organised the event – particularly the members of Ngati Kotahi ra and the committee of Te Kohanga ote whenua hou – and for all our ringawera on the day, tino tumeke a koutou mahi me kai!

We enjoyed the company of members of the local neighbourhood, Police Liaisons Officers from the Northside, whanau from across Brisbane, Playgroup Qld and our local BCC member for Marchant Ward, Councillor Fiona King.

Keep an eye on our blogsite this year, when we announce an exciting new development for our kohanga – Playgroup Maori style!

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ngati kotahi ra waiata a tira

ngati kotahi ra waiata poi

ngati kotahi ra waiata a ringa

gathering for the hakari

Nga wahine purotu

Tama toa, tama tino tumeke

tamariki learning the rakau

Cr Fiona King and some of the Kohanga committee

tino mahi mo nga tamariki ma

whanau at the end of the day

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Come along to our open day on March 28 from 10am. Download the flyer for details. Kia ora!

Tena koutou katoa:
Te Kohanga ote whenua hou had its hui and agm today and we had a great turn out of whanau, whanaunga and new members. Our new management committee has been elected and the positions are:

President: Margie Aorangi
Vice President: Adrian Webster
Treasurer and interim Secretary: Moroni Pugh

A new development for our kohanga has been the inclusion of committee members to support our executive, and these are:
Leon Aorangi – kaumatua support
Dawn Webster – committee support
Johnella Aorangi – communications support

Leon and Johnnella will assist our executive to develop activities throughout the year.

Finally keep an eye on this space as we will be announcing our upcoming event – an open day at our kohanga with all of the groups that use our whare. Kia ora!

Nau mai haere mai….

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All are welcome to an open day and hui next Sunday 15th February for Te Kohanga ote whenua hou Assoc. Inc from 11am. Email us on tewhenuahou@gmail.com for information. Kia ora!

Wananga

At our latest wananga in November, our tamariki, whaea and matua designed a collage of “what marae means to me”. Here are samples of some of the tamariki work.

Wananga

Some of the mahi tumeke from our tamariki

Cherbourg dancers

Te Kohanga ote whenua hou hosted the Cherbourg Wakka wakka dancers who came to Brisbane to perform at Parliament House for Playgroup Australia. The dancers stayed overnight at our whare and some of our tamariki had the opportunity to mingle and play with our indigenous whanaunga.

Cherbourg dancers