As Puaka rises in the east signalling new beginnings and heralding the arrival of Matariki, many of our whānau are acknowledging and celebrating the completion of studies and the new beginnings these may bring.
In April, Joe Wakefield graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Management from the Otago Polytechnic along with whānau members, Vicki Ratana and Vania Pirini.
In May, his sister Maatakiwi, along with cousins, Victoria ‘Tori’ Campbell, Ariana Stevens, Fern Whitau and Nate Anglem graduated from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa with a Level 7 Diploma Te Reo Māori in Te Pīnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi. [Read more…]