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“Ka mea tōna ariki ki a ia, ‘Pai rawa, e te pononga pai, e te pononga pono! Pono tonu tau mahi ki ngā mea ruarua, māku koe e mea hei rangatira mō ngā mea maha: uru mai koe ki te hari o tou ariki!’” Matiu 25:23
Kua karangahia e te ariki i tēnei pononga pai; tēnei pononga pono i te pō o te Rātapu te 6 o Ākuhata 2023.
He momo kuia pērā i a whaea Leonie, horekau e kitea anō. He kuia i aroha ki te kura o Hāto Pētera, i kaha tautoko i nga tini kaupapa o te kura mō ngā tau maha. He kuia nāna i akiaki ngā rangatahi Māori katoa kia whai mātauranga.
Ka whakaritea e tōna whānau i ēnei ahuatanga mō tana haerenga whakamutunga: Hei te Wēnerei 9 o Ākuhata, ka haere a whaea Leonie ki te Marae o Pehiāweri mō te pō kōtahi. Hei te atatū o te Taite, te rā 10 o Ākuhata ka haere a whaea Leonie ki Marae o Pākanae, ki te taha o te Pā o Whiria, te paiaka o te riri, te kawa o Rāhiri. Ko te rā nehu, ko te Paraire 11 o Ākuhata.
Ahakoa pōuri ana mātou i tōna wehenga atu, ko te tūmanako kia hari tonu a ia i te haringa mau tonu, i te kainga o te Matua Nui i te Rangi, ko te kāinga i ngākaunuitia nei e ia hei nohoanga mōna.
Nō reira e te Ariki hoatu ki a ia te okiokinga tonutanga… ā kia whiti ki a ia te māramatanga mutunga kore. Kia okioki ia i runga i te rangimārie. Āmene.
“The master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’” Matthew 25:23
The master called this good and faithful servant on Sunday evening of August 6th, 2023
A kuia such as whaea Leonie will never be seen again. She loved the College of Hāto Petera and was an ardent supporter of the school over many years. Whaea Leonie always encouraged Māori, particularly young Māori to pursue education.
Whaea Leonie’s whānau have decided that her final journey, which began at Whaiora Marae in Ōtara will then move to Pehiāweri Marae on Wednesday 9 August for one night, then on to Pākanae Marae where the Requiem Mass and burial is anticipated on Friday 11 August.
Although we are deeply saddened by whaea’s passing, our hope is that she will enjoy everlasting happiness in the house of the Father in heaven, the home where she has always longed to dwell.
Eternal rest grant to her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen
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:
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
A monthly Miha Māori (Mass in te reo Māori) was re-established in the Hato Petera College Chapel. 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. All are welcome.
An Interim Governance Group has been formed who are developing long-term outcomes focused on ways of using the site. This is a collaborative group of Hāto Petera whānau and representatives of the Catholic Diocese of Auckland.
Tu Williams facilitated a kanohi ki te kanohi hui of this group in April. At that hui it was agreed that as a first step we would develop a concept design for a Hāto Petera Precinct Plan. This will provide a top-level site plan for the repurposing and development of the precinct and is likely to include vocational training, student/whānau housing and support in a culturally appropriate setting for rangatahi and their whānau. This plan will be used for consulting with the wider stakeholder group. A brief has been developed and sent to a number of architects who have expressed an interest in developing a precinct plan. Find out more by reading our FAQ.
A hui-a-whānau is planned for the afternoon of Saturday, 15 July, at Hāto Petera. More details will be published on this website when confirmed. Mark your diaries – we hope to see you there!
By SARAH SPARKS
Taonga from the Diocese of Auckland’s archives have been returned to the site of the former Hato Pētera College in Northcote, which is where these treasured items belong.
The special moment on December 17 (Gaudete Sunday), coincided with Auckland Bishop Stephen Lowe celebrating the last miha Māori (Mass) of the year in Tāmaki Makaurau with te whānau o Katorika and the Vicar for Māori, Manuel Beazley.
It was the bishop’s first miha Māori in the parish since being appointed by Pope Francis 12 months earlier.
“Today we rejoice because the taonga are returned to Hato Petera,” he said, acknowledging both the life force coming back and the mamae (sadness) due to the kura (school) closing in 2018 after 90 years.
“We can sit lamenting what happened, we can put ourselves in a prison about that, we can’t change what’s happened – but the real treasure, the real taonga of this kura, are the students who were here, they’re the ones that have gone out and made a difference in the world.
“In the end, the kura is just an instrument, something to help people become who they’re called to be. We are the taonga, and we’ve got a mission to bring rejoicing into our world that so badly needs it.”
Following the miha, which was attended by 35 whānau, the visiting party, including James van Schie, Auckland diocese general manager, with the bishop, were called on to the wharenui, Te Kamaka, by karanga.
They walked on with Dr Pouroto Ngaropo, MNZM, a former student, who was one of several kaikōrero (speakers) at the mihi whakatau (welcome ceremony).
He spoke about the manawa (heart) of Hato Pētera and the values of tika (being right), pono (being true) and aroha (love).
After hariru (shaking hands and hongi) at the end, Dr Lance O’Sullivan, a former pupil, who is part of a movement to save the site and the taonga, thanked Mr van Schie for the support of the diocese.
“The purpose of being here is to take a walk through to see how our wharenui has been refurbished so we can house these taonga.”
Dr O’Sullivan took everyone down memory lane holding up books and photograph albums, and shared countless anecdotes.
“There’s a photo album of the first Māori bishop’s ordination of Bishop Takiura Mariu (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) and the Hato Pētera boys were there, I recognise so many . . . it’s amazing,” he said.
“Every week I see younger or older men walking around the site, I know they’re an old boy, they’re reminiscing and bringing back all those memories and hope.”
“The other day, a man was here from 1964, Denis August, he came in and told me so many stories I wouldn’t have known about unless I’d been here.”
“He wants to donate his first XV jersey as he was a very good athlete, and a photo taken with athletics coach, Arthur Lydiard.”
“Now these are stories we wouldn’t know unless people have the opportunity to come here and reminisce, right?”
The whanaungatanga (friendship) of Hato Pētera whānau moved the bishop to comment about the “lovely wairua here”, as he mixed and mingled with the parishoners over a cup of tea.
He also spoke about the goodwill shown by both sides that continue to be in kōrero while working out what’s best for the future.
“I’m open to whatever. I’m still new in the diocese. Watch this space!” he said.
Meanwhile Dr O’Sullivan, who resides on site, is focused on how the taonga can be stored, how to maintain them, how to share them with the Hato Pētera community.
“So, your question was – what’s happening? I said to Pouroto, we need to tidy this up, it looks like a garage sale.”
“He said no, leave it, let everyone like you go through it, do what you do, realise that there is work to be done. We have to catalogue this, protect it, make sure it’s secure.”
“Yes, it looks like a garage sale, but it’s actually an Aladdin’s Cave!”
See link on NZ Catholic site here.
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