Ko Michelle toku ingoa. Ko Titirangi te maunga, No Turanganui a Kiwa ahau. I have lived in NZ and Turanga my whole life. I was educated in local schools and taught all the Hirini Melbourne waiata and the basics of Te Reo. Now that I am a teacher I believe all tamariki of NZ deserve to have the same experiences and more! We learn about our place, our Marae, and the Maori way of being. Our classes are all named after Atua and we learn to be Kaitiaki of Te Ao. Much of a Maori way of being speaks to me on a spiritual level and I believe is inclusive and valuable for all our tamariki. Being Kaitiaka of Tawhirimatea in our school, we live by the whakatauaki - Hokia ki o maunga kia purea e koe I nga hou o Tawhirimatea! Return to your ancestral mountains to be cleansed by the winds of Tawhirimatea! An important thing to remember, never forget where we come from and what we have been through. Use it to learn and lead us forward. Take the guidance of our tupuna! Arohanui.
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