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2025 Annual Theme 

This year our theme is Toitū te Mana

The theme was derived from the whakatauki:

Toitū te kupu, toitū te mana, toitū te whenua

This whakatauki came from Tinirau of Whanganui, imploring his people to hold fast to who they are, for without one’s language, mana or lands, one’s identity is diminished.

We interpreted this for our school as being:

Toitū- preserve, sustain, cherish, uphold, value; 

Toitū te kupu- the words that we speak to and over one another; the words that have been spoken or gifted to us, i.e. our school whakatauki (motto) and values;

Toitū te mana- the essence or spirit of who we are and are meant to be as a school/ as a group of people who live, love and learn together; 

Toitū te whenua- a sense of belonging, the place and space we create and share.