Te Waka o Petera

Click the link to read a story on the NZ Catholic website about the proposed repurposing of the Hato Petera site.

 

Past student Frank Solomon was honoured in the King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours List 2023 for services to education, particularly Māori and Pacific education.

Mr Frank Solomon (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa) and his wife Judy Solomon co-founded Solomon Group, an education provider for school non-achievers with particular reference to Māori and Pacific learners in South Auckland and Northland.

Mr Solomon trained as a teacher and was Principal of Waiheke Area School and Rotorua Lakes High School in the late 1980s. In 1997, Mr and Mrs Solomon co-founded Solomon Group initially in Pukekohe, a Private Training Establishment that provides learning opportunities to disadvantaged Māori and Pacific learners in a holistic, cultural environment based on Māori kaupapa values. They established several initiatives to support 7,000 students a year over many years to gain skills and qualifications to secure employment, achieve financial independence and lift mana. They were host providers for ‘Whānau Ara Mua’, an intergenerational education programme which increases parents’ literacy and employability skills. The Group also worked collaboratively with Māori and Pasifika Trades Training to provide pathways to employment within the trades. Mr and Mrs Solomon worked with ANZ to deliver the ‘Money Minded’ programme, teaching financial literacy and budgeting skills to students, many of whom were former beneficiaries.

[Photo of the Solomon family from Solomon Group website]

Thank you to those who joined our Hui-ā-Whānau/community update via Zoom on Saturday 15 July.   This was an opportunity to update the wider Hāto Petera whanau and the wider North Shore community on recent mahi.   A copy of the slides from that presentation can be found here.

The Catholic Diocese of Auckland is working with an alliance of people with connections to Hāto Petera towards the repurposing of the Hāto Petera College site in Northcote.   This Interim Governance Group (IGG) is supported by a Kaumatua Rōpū for the Māori caucus and the Bishop of Auckland.  In keeping with the stated purpose of the land under the deed of grant given in 1850 the focus must stay on education.  The vision is to create a centre of excellence, focusing on vocational education.

Prior to seeking expressions of interest from vocational training providers and potentially locking into medium to long-term commitments, it was preferable to develop a wider / overall precinct plan – Te Mahere Aronga – a map that guides us.

• A brief for development of a Hāto Petera Precinct Plan was distributed to four architects in May 2023. Key messages in the brief included:
• The requirement for a top-level site plan providing for vocational training, housing for those educated/trained during and post their training, provision of culturally appropriate services and Catholic spiritual chaplaincy services.
• That the development should be structured in such a way that financing for the redevelopment comes from the site. The redevelopment should generate revenue to cover the ongoing costs and support services.
• Three zones within the plan should provide for education/training, student and whānau accommodation (including onsite catering) and a community hub that will include culturally appropriate services such as marae, chapel and Catholic chaplaincy services.
• Architects invited to submit precinct plans visited the Hāto Petera site at dawn on 16 May and have had engagement opportunities with the IGG. Three precinct plans have been received and are being reviewed by the IGG.

Check the Powerpoint slides for an indication on timing as we move forward on this project.  Please be aware that these timeframes are aspirational and may not be achieved.  An update on timing will be provided at the next hui-ā-whānau.

A project update will be posted to this website (www.hatopetera.com) most months.  We also encourage you to follow our social media for news and events:

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Te Kamaka Marae

Katorika Maori – Catholic Diocese of Auckland

Please keep this project in your prayers.

All are welcome at our next hui-ā-whānau on Saturday afternoon, 11 November.

Jamie was born and bred in Taranaki, growing up on the family farm at Okoki, Urenui and is affiliated to a number of Taranaki iwi. As a local, the mounga is his tupuna – “we are a reflection of the mountain is he is of us.” Jamie has a strong relationship, connection and sense of responsibility to Mounga Taranaki. As Chair of Taranaki Mounga he is well placed to do his part to increase the Moung’s health and wellbeing and the relationship to his people and the wider community.

Jamie is also passionate about the potential of New Zealand and its people and has a keen interest in Māori economic development and transforming the way in which we relate to our environment and one another in Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Jamie is an experienced director and has held governance positions over the past 20 years in the areas of iwi development, agribusiness, fishing, investment, health, housing, Māori development, tourism, philanthropy and education.

As well as his role as Independent Chair of Taranaki Mounga, Jamie is also the chair of Tourism New Zealand, the Māori Television Service, Venture Taranaki, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga, Ka Uruora and Te Kahui Maru GP. He is also a director of Moana Ltd and Taranaki Whanui Limited.

Jamie is a recipient of the 2010 Sir Peter Blake Emerging Leadership Award. He was also awarded the Maori Young business Leader of the year award in 2016.

Source: Taranaki Mounga – https://taranakimounga.nz/our-people/jamie-tuuta/

Te Waka o Petera

Miha is held on the Saturday of the second Sunday of each month at 5pm from May to September and 6pm from October to April.  Our next Miha is at 5pm on 12 August.

Ruia, ruia, tahia, tahia, opea, opea

Kia hemo te kākoakoa,

Kia herea mai i te kawau Korokī.

Kia tātaki mai i roto i te pūkorokoro, whaikoro,

Te kūaka, he kūaka mārangaranga,

Tahi manu i tau ki te tāhuna, tau atu, tau atu, tau atu!

TE WHĀNAU O HĀTO PETERA HUI-Ā-WHĀNAU | SATURDAY 15 JULY 2023 from 4-5pm (via Zoom)

Haere mai ki runga o te Marae o Te Kamaka, e takoto iho nei, ki te whare o Te Kamaka e tū ake nei.

Haere mai, kia huihui tahi ai tātou mō te kaupapa e pā ana ki te aronga ā muri ake o te pae o Hāto Petera.

All are welcome to join the Zoom call for an update about the future development of the Hāto Petera site.

Zoom link:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81858867958?pwd=WjJlK0Mza0tLdk14UGdaQmdTb1pmQT09

Please feel free to share this information.  Enquiries to Lance O’Sullivan – [email protected]

For further information and updates check our new website at hatopetera.com