Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui

The roll ERO recorded, and when

ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 190 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.

1. March 2025

   200

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 30 June 2025

2. June 2023

   154

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 7 August 2023

3. October 2018

   124

   Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 21 December 2018

We draw no line between these. Each was counted for its own report, years apart, by a different review team, and a roll moves between reviews for reasons none of these figures record — so the difference between any two of them measures nothing.

What ERO wrote in its latest report

This is ERO’s report of 30 June 2025 — “Ngā Kitenga Arotake Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.

ERO wrote this report in te reo Māori and in English. Both are here as ERO published them, in ERO’s order, untranslated.

1 He Kupu Arataki

Kua mahi ngātahi Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga, ngā whānau, ngā kaiārahi, ngā kaimahi me ngā hapori ki te whakawhanake i ngā tirohanga aromātai e whai wāhi nui ai ki te hāpai i te kawenga takohanga me te whakapaitanga, ki te tautuhi i te ahu whakamua, ā, ki te whakapakari ake hoki i te āheinga ki te aromātai. E hāngai ana tēnei pūrongo ki ā rātou pūnaha, ki ā rātou whakaritenga, me ā rātou mahi whakahaere. Ka whakarato ngā pūrongo a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i ngā mōhiohio mātuatua mā ngā whānau, mā ngā hapū, me ngā iwi.

2 Te Horopaki

E tū ana Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui ki Te Kaha. He tino hononga ā-whakapapa ō ngā uri ki ngā hapū puta noa i te iwi o Te Whānau-a-Apanui. Kei raro te kura i te maru o Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa, ā, e whakarato ana i te mātauranga mō ngā uri 200, mai i ngā tau 1 ki te 13. I miramiratia ki te Pūrongo Arotake a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga i te Here-turi-kōkā o te tau 2023, ngā wāhanga maha hei whakapakari ake ki te whakapai i ngā putanga ki ngā uri. I aro nui Te Poumarumaru, ngā pou o te kura, ngā kaiako me ngā whānau ki ngā whakaaturanga, ā, kua mahi ngātahi ki te āta whakatutuki haere i ngā wāhanga herenga ā-ture, me te kōkiri whakamua i ngā mahi whakawhanake. Kua tino tupu te tatauranga tamariki ki te kura whai muri mai i te pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga.

He pēhea rawa te whakaatu mai a ngā uri i tā rātou whai mana motuhake ā-mātauranga?

E whakawhanake ana te ngākau titikaha o ngā uri ki te kawe atu i ngā wero me te whai i ngā whai wāhitanga ki te whakatutuki i ō rātou pūmanawa.

4 Ngā Whakaaturanga

Kua pou herea Te Whānau-a-Apanuitanga i ngā whakaakoranga me ngā akoranga. Ko te whai wāhi atu ki te marau ā-kura e whakapakari ana i te niwha whaiaro, ā, e whakakoia ana i tō rātou tuakiri hei uri o Apanui Ringamutu. He ngākau titikaha ō ngā uri ki te ārahi i ngā wero, ngā karanga, ngā whaikōrero, ngā mōteatea, me ngā waiata, ā, ka whakaputa i te manaaki me te aroha i a rātou e whakatau manuhiri ana. E whakapūmau ana ngā wheako ako me ngā taumahi ako i ngā mōhiotanga, ngā uara, me ngā tikanga e noho whakahirahira ana ki te whānau o te kura me te iwi. E tupu tonu ana ngā hononga papai, ā, kua whakatōngia ki te whanaungatanga me te whakapapa. Kei te whai wāhi mātātoa ngā uri, ā, ka whakatairangatia tā rātou ako mā ngā wheako e whai pūtake ana, e whai hononga ā-ahurea ana hoki.

Ka whakahōhonu ngā uri i tō rātou hononga ki te whenua mā ngā mōteatea e tautuhi ana i ngā tino tohu whenua me ngā wāhi e noho whakahirahira ana ki Te Whānau-a-Apanui. Nā tēnā, ka tū tangata rātou, ā, e whakatairangatia ana tō rātou aronga toi whenuatanga. Ko ngā haka me ngā waiata tētahi tino tūāpapa mō te whakanuitanga me te whakapuakitanga o ngā uri i ō rātou mōhiotanga ki te Apanuitanga. Tāpiri atu ki tēnā, he maha ngā wā ka puta māhorahora mai ngā waiata i ngā uri, ā, he tūāhuatanga tēnei e tohu ana i tō rātou mōhiotanga, i tō rātou manawa whakahī, me tō rātou auaha. Kei te mātātoa ngā uri ki te whakatinana me te whakatauira i ngā mātāpono o te kaitiakitanga e whakapūmautia ana e ngā whānau, ngā hapū, me te iwi.

Kei te pai te whanake haere o te kounga o te whakaako, puta noa i te kura. Ka whakamahere ngātahi ngā kaiako, ā, ka whakatairanga te aronga ā-ariā nei i te kotahitanga me te taurite o ngā mahi, mai i te tau 1 ki te 13. Ka arotahi ngā kaiako ki te whakarato i te tangongitanga o ngā whai wāhitanga ako hōhonu puta noa i te kura, kia whai wāhi mai ngā uri mā ngā huarahi e whai pūtake ana. Ka whakamahia ngā rautaki whakaako hei whakatairanga i te whai wāhi mai a ngā uri me te poipoi i ngā hononga, ā, ka whakamana i ngā uri ki te kawe ake i tā rātou ake ako me tō rātou ake whakawhanaketanga. Ka whai wāhi ki tēnei, ko te whakatakoto i ngā tūmanako teitei, ko te whakamihi me te whakarato i te tautoko torowhānui e tautāwhi ana i te ako me te waiora. Kei te whakawhanake mātātoa ngā kaiako i ō rātou pūkenga ngaio mā ngā whakaaro huritao, mā te pakirehua, mā ngā whai wāhitanga ngaio hoki o roto, o waho. Kei te harikoa, kei te whai wāhi atu te uri, ā, e whanake ana tōna ngākau titikaha hei ākonga e kōkiri ana i a ia anō.

Ko te whanaungatanga me te whakapapa kei te tūāpapa o ngā mahi ārahi. Ka poipoi ngā kaiārahi i te pai o te taiao mauritau e hāpai ana i te whakatutukitanga o ngā putanga e hiahiatia ana. Kei te arotahi ngā kaiārahi ki te whakawhanake i te kounga o ngā aronga whakaako, aronga ako hoki e whai hua ana, ki te whakarite i ngā tūmanako mārama, me te akiaki i te kawe ngātahi. E hāpaitia ana te whakapai ake a ngā kaiako i ō rātou mōhiotanga me ō rātou pūkenga, hei hāpai i a rātou ki te whakapuaki i ngā hōtaka akoranga whakahihiri e taurite ana. E hāngai ana te huringa tupu ngaio ki ngā kaupapa rautaki matua, ā, ka hāpai i te mahi ngātahi a te tumuaki me ngā kaiako, me tō rātou tupu ngaio. Kua pou herea ngā hononga whakawhirinakitanga ki te whakapapa, te whanaungatanga, te manaakitanga, me te aroha. Ka kitea e ngā uri ngā tino tauira, ā, e whakawhanake ana rātou kia tū pakari ā tōna wā hei kaiārahi o Te Whānau-a-Apanui.

Kua whakapakarihia e Te Poumarumaru tō rātou māramatanga ki ngā tūranga me ngā kawenga. I roto i ngā tau e rua kua pahure ake nei, kua mahi rātou ki te whakatinana i ngā kaupapa here, ngā pūnaha, me ngā tukanga mā te ārahitanga o Te Whakarōpūtanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa me Ngā Kura ā Iwi o Aotearoa. Mā te mahi ngātahi me te whānau, kua whakawhanake rātou i tētahi aronga rautaki e hāngai pū ana hoki ki ngā wawata o te whānau whānui o te kura. Pūrongo ai te tumuaki i ia te wā ki Te Poumarumaru, hei hāpai i te whai mōhiohio o ngā whakataunga. E whakawhanake ana Te Poumarumaru i ō rātou pūkenga ki te aromātai i tēnā e whai hua ana, me ngā tino huarahi ki te āwhina ā-pūtea, ki te tautoko hoki i ngā kōkiritanga e hāpai ana i ngā whakapaitanga ki te kura. Ko te whakawhanaketanga torowhānui o ngā uri kei te pūtake o ngā whakataunga a te mana whakahaere.

Ngā Whakaritenga Matua ka whai ake

Me whakapakari i te aromātai o roto kia whai hua ai te whakatau haere i te whai pānga o ngā mahi aromatawai. Ka tautuhi hoki i ngā wāhanga ki te whakapai ake ā-rautaki, ā-nahanaha hoki, hei whakatairanga i ngā paetae ākonga puta noa i te kura.

I te mutunga o te tau 2024, i eke te nuinga noa o ngā uri o ngā tau 1 ki te 6 o te kāhui ara reo Pākehā ki te taumata i tūmanakohia ai, ki tua atu rānei i roto i te pānui me te pāngarau. Engari, kāhore te tino nuinga i whakatutuki i ngā taumata e hiahiatia ana i roto i te tuhituhi. I te ara reo Māori, i eke te tino nuinga o ngā tau 1 ki te 6 ki te taumata, ki tua atu rānei i roto i te pāngarau me te pānui, ā, i eke hoki te tino nuinga ki ngā taumata i hiahiatia ai i roto i te tuhituhi.

Mō te Kura Waenga (Tau 7 ki te 10), ki tā ngā pūrongo, kei raro, kei raro rawa rānei te nuinga o ngā uri i ngā taumata i tūmanakohia ai mō ngā wāhanga matua o te marau. Kāhore i te rawaka ngā hōtuku i whakarato ai ki Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ki te manatoko i ngā pūrongo a te kura. Ahakoa i pai ake i te tau 2024 ngā hōtuku o Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea i ērā nō te tau 2023, he tokomaha tonu ngā uri kīhai i eke ki ngā tūmanako. Nō nā noa nei tētahi kaiako pāngarau i whakatūngia ai mō Te Taumata Mātauranga ā-Motu kua Taea, ā, kua whakamanawatia ngā kaiārahi o te kura ka pai ake ngā paetae i roto i taua wāhanga. Tāpiri atu ki tēnā, e mōhio ana ngā kaiārahi, me koutata ngā pūnaha me ngā tukanga aromatawai i te Kura Hou, i runga anō i tēnā i miramiratia ai ki te Managing National Assessment Report a Te Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa. E hāpai ana tēnei aromātai i te aronga nui ki te whakawhanake i ngā mahi aromatawai riterite, puta noa i te kura. Ka whakatairangatia ngā putanga ki ngā uri i te wā kei te arorau, kei te whai pūtake hoki ngā mahi aromatawai, ā, kua whakahāngaitia mō ngā kaupapa.

5 Te Whakatau a Te Poumarumaru ki ngā Wāhanga Tautukunga

I mua i te aromātai, i whakatutukihia e te poari kaitiaki me te tumuaki he Tauāki Kupu Tūturu a Te Poumarumaru me tētahi Rārangi Arowhai Tātari Whaiaro. I roto i aua tuhinga i oati rātou i whāia e rātou ngā huarahi whai take hei whakatutuki i ā rātou herenga ā-ture e pā ana ki:

ngā whakahaere a te poari

te marautanga

ngā whakahaere mō te hauora, te haumaru, me te oranga tinana

ngā whakahaere o ngā kaimahi

ngā whakahaere o te pūtea

ngā whakahaere o ngā rawa.

I te wā o te aromātai, i whakamātauhia e Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga ngā āhuatanga i raro iho nei, i te mea he nui te pānga o ēnei ki te haumaru me te waiora o ngā ākonga:

te haumaru aronganui o ngā ākonga (tāpiri atu ki te ārai i ngā mahi whakawetiweti me ngā mahi whakaaito)

te haumaru ā-tinana o ngā ākonga

ngā rēhita a ngā kaiako

te tukanga whakatū kaimahi

te whakaunu, te aukati, te pana me te whakarerenga

te tae ā-tinana atu a ngā ākonga ki te kura

te whakatutukitanga o ngā kaupapa here o te kura i ngā tikanga o te Children's Act 2014.

6 Te Taunakitanga

E taunaki ana Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga kia whakamahi ngā kaiārahi o te kura i ngā mahi aromatawai e whai hua ana ki te arotake me te whakapai ake i ngā tukanga aromatawai, kia ahu whakamua ai te ako me ngā paetae a ngā uri katoa.

Tiwana Hibbs Toka ā Nuku Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

30 Pipiri , 2025

7 Ngā kōrero e pā ana ki te Kura

Te tūwāhi Kei Te Kaha

Te tau a te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga 742

Te tūmomo kura He kura hiato (Tau 1-13)

Te tokomaha o ngā ākonga o te kura 200

Ngā hononga ā-iwi Māori 100%

Ngā āhuatanga motuhake Ngā Kura ā-Iwi

Te wā i te kura te rōpū arotake Poutū-te-rangi 2025

Te wā o tēnei pūrongo 30 Pipiri, 2025

Ngā pūrongo o mua a Te Tari Arotake Mātauranga Arotake Mātauranga, Here-turi-kōkā 2023; Arotake Mātauranga, Hakihea 2018

1 Introduction

The Education Review Office (ERO) in collaboration with whānau , leaders, kaimahi and their communities develop evaluation insights that foster accountability and improvement, identify progress and build evaluation capability. This report reflects their systems, operations and management practices. The ERO reports provide important information for whānau, hapū and iwi .

2 Context

Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui is located in Te Kaha . Uri have strong whakapapa connections to hapū throughout Te Whānau-a-Apanui iwi . The kura is affiliated to Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi o Aotearoa and provides education for 200 uri from Years 1–13. ERO’s August 2023 review report highlighted several areas requiring strengthening to improve outcomes for uri . The poumarumaru, kura pou, kaiako and whānau responded positively to the findings and have worked collaboratively to steadily address the areas of non-compliance and to progress development actions. There has been a significant roll growth since ERO’s previous report.

How well do uri demonstrate they are intellectually and academically independent?

Uri are developing confidence to accept challenges and pursue opportunities to realise their potential.

4 Findings

Te Whānau-a-Apanuitanga underpins teaching and learning. Participating in the marau ā-kura strengthens uri self-assurance and affirms their identity as descendants of Apanui Ringamutu . Uri confidently lead wero, karanga, whaikōrero, mōteatea and waiata , and extend manaaki and aroha when welcoming manuhiri . Learning experiences and activities reinforce knowledge, values and tikanga that are important to the kura whānau and iwi . Positive relationships continue to grow and are grounded in whanaungatanga and whakapapa . Uri are actively engaged, and their learning is enhanced through meaningful, and culturally connected experiences.

Uri deepen their connection to the whenua through mōteatea , which identify significant landmarks and places of importance to Te Whānau ā Apanui . As a result, their self-identity and their sense of belonging are enhanced. Haka and waiata serve as powerful platforms for uri to celebrate and express their knowledge of Apanuitanga . Additionally, uri often spontaneously break into waiata , demonstrating not only their knowledge but also their pride and creativity. Uri actively practice and role model the principles of kaitiakitanga upheld by whānau , hapū and iwi .

The quality of teaching is steadily developing across the kura . Kaiako plan collaboratively and a thematic approach promotes cohesion and balance from Years 1 to 13. Kaiako focus on providing a variety of rich learning opportunities schoolwide to engage uri in meaningful ways. Teaching strategies are used to enhance uri engagement and foster relationships, empowering uri to take increased ownership of their learning and development. These include setting high expectations, offering praise, and providing holistic, wraparound support for both learning and wellbeing. Kaiako are actively developing their professional capability through reflective practice, inquiry, and both internal and external professional development opportunities. Uri appear happy, are engaged, and develop confidence as self-led learners.

Whanaungatanga and whakapapa is the foundation of leadership practices. Leaders foster a positive and calm environment conducive to achieving desired outcomes. Leaders are focused on developing effective and quality teaching and learning approaches, establishing clear expectations, and encouraging collective responsibility. Kaiako are supported to improve their knowledge and skills, enabling them to deliver interesting and balanced learning programmes. The professional growth cycle aligns to strategic priorities and supports collaboration and professional development amongst tumuaki and kaiako . Trusting relationships are underpinned by whakapapa, whanaungatanga, manaakitanga and aroha . Uri experience positive role models and are developing as capable future leaders of and for Te Whānau ā Apanui .

The poumarumaru have strengthened their understanding of roles and responsibilities. Over the past two years, they have worked to implement policies, systems and processes with guidance from Te Whakarōpūtanga Kaitiaki Kura o Aotearoa |New Zealand School Boards Association and Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi o Aotearoa . Through collaborating with whānau , they have developed a strategic direction that encapsulates the aspirations of the wider kura whānau . The tumuaki provides regular reports to the poumarumaru to support informed decision-making. The poumarumaru are developing their capability to evaluate what is working well and how to best resource and support initiatives that lead to improvements in the kura . Uri holistic development is at the heart of governance decision-making.

Key Next Steps

Internal evaluation practice requires strengthening to effectively assess the impact of assessment practices. Identify areas in need of strategic and constructive improvement to raise student achievement across the kura .

At the end of 2024, a small majority of Years 1-6 uri in the English medium syndicate met or exceeded expectations in reading and Mathematics. However, a large majority did not meet expectations in writing. In Māori medium, a significant majority of Years 1-6 uri met or exceeded expectation in pāngarau and pānui , with a large majority also meeting expectations in tuhituhi .

For Kura Waenga (Years 7–10), most uri were reported to be performing below or well below expectations across key curriculum areas. ERO was not provided with sufficient data to validate the kura reporting. While National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) data improved in 2024 compared to 2023, many uri did not reach expectations. The recent employment of a pāngarau teacher for NCEA, has given school leaders confidence that achievement in this area will improve. Additionally, leaders know they need to streamline assessment systems and processes in Kura Hou as highlighted in their New Zealand Qualifications Authority, Managing National Assessment Report. This evaluation supports the prioritisation of developing consistent, schoolwide assessment practices. Outcomes for uri are enhanced when assessment practices are coherent, purposeful and fit for purpose.

5 Te Poumarumaru Assurance on Legal Requirements

Before the evaluation, the board of trustees and tumuaki completed the ERO Te Poumarumaru Assurance Statement and Self-Audit Checklists. In these documents they attested that they had taken all reasonable steps to meet their legislative obligations related to:

board administration

curriculum

management of health, safety and welfare

personnel management

financial management

asset management.

During the evaluation, ERO checked at the following items because they have a potentially high impact on student safety and wellbeing:

emotional safety of students (including prevention of bullying and sexual harassment)

physical safety of students

teacher registration

processes for appointing staff

stand-downs, suspensions, expulsions and exclusions

attendance

school policies in relation to meeting the requirements of the Children’s Act 2014.

6 Recommendation

ERO recommend that kura leaders use effective evaluation practices to review and improve assessment procedures to progress the learning and achievement of all uri .

Tiwana Hibbs Toka ā Nuku - Director Te Uepū ā-Motu – Māori Review Services

30 June 2025

7 Information about the Kura

Location Te Kaha

Ministry of Education profile number 742

Kura type Composite (Years 1–13)

Kura roll 200

Ethnic composition Māori 100%

Special features Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi

Review team on site March 2025

Date of this report 30 June 2025

Most recent ERO reports Education Review, August 2023; Education Review, December 2018

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