PROGRAMME
RĀ TUATAHI - DAY ONE
Mane 31st Oketopa - Monday 31st October
8:00AM Registation Desk Open, Waka Pacific Events Centre
9:30AM Pōwhiri, Waka Pacific Events Centre, please arrive and be ready by 9:15am
10:00AM Registation Desk Open,
10:30AM Paramanawa / Morning Tea
11:00AM Welcome - Damon Ritai
11:15AM Hoana Pearson QSM (MEdLM) The Evolution of Revolution
- A conscious interruption!
12:30PM Te Akatea President - Bruce Jepson
1:00PM Kai o te Ra / Lunch
1:30PM Hoana Pearson QSM (MEdLM), Leanne Otene,
Te Ringakaha Tia-Ward, Damon Ritai and Hayley Read
- Te Whare Tapu o Te Ngākau Māori, A Māori-centric curriculum
3:00PM Wrap up
5:00PM Private Movie Screening: Muru at Manukau Events Cinema - SOLD OUT
RĀ TUARUA - DAY TWO
Tūrei 1st Noema - Tuesday 1st November
8:00AM Māori Marketplace Open
Registation Desk Open
9:00AM Welcome - Damon Ritai
9:10AM Hon Kelvin Davis
9:20AM Key Note Speaker, Alex Barnes - To “talk past each other”?: Co-governance controversies and conundrums in education
10:30AM Paramanawa / Morning Tea
11:00AM Minister Jan Tinetti
11:10PM Key Note Speaker, Dr Awanui Te Huia - Aspirations towards a decolonised society; the role of mainstream education
12:30PM Kai o te Ra / Lunch
1:00PM Key Note Speaker, Professor Melinda Webber - Marangitia te angitu: Celebrating Māori student motivation, engagement, role models and aspiration
2:30PM Wrap up
3:30PM Māori Marketplace Closes
6:00PM Conference Dinner at Republic Bar
- Special Guest Speaker and Entertainment
THEME: ‘Back in the Rā’ (back in the day dress up)
Buses leave from Vodafone Events Centre between 5 - 6pm and leave bar from 10 -11pm
RĀ TUATORU - DAY THREE
Wenerei 2nd Noema - Wednesday 2nd NovemebEr
8:00AM Māori Marketplace Open
9:00AM Welcome - Damon Ritai
Key Note Speaker, Dr Ann Milne - Leading out of Education’s White Spaces
Performance - Kapa Haka, Kia Aroha College
10:30AM Paramanawa / Morning Tea
11:00AM Key Note Speaker, Keri Milne-Ihimaera - Navigating the Education System: A Whānau Perspective
Performance - Kapa Haka, Kia Aroha College
12:30PM Poroporoaki
1:30PM Māori Marketplace Closes
Please note this programme is subject to change at the discretion of Māori Achievement Collaborative