Ka raranga ngā hau ki te muri

Ka raranga ngā hau ki te tonga

Kia mākinakina ki uta

Kia mātaratara ki tai

Ka whakapuke ai ngā ngaru o Te Ngarue

Ko ngā pōtiki a Hinehopu e heru mai ana i Te Matarae-i-o-rehu

E ihi nei te rā

Tū Paiahahā!

Kai ngā mana nui, kai ngā reo, kai ngā kārangarangatanga maha kai waenganui i a tātou, tēnei a mihi ka rere atū ki a koutou katoa kua whakawhāiti mai nei ki tēnei paehono o Te Kura o Whangamarino. Koia tēnei ka tangi ake ki a rātou mā kua mene atū rā ki te pō, e ngā mate haere atū rā koutou.  E ū ai wō koutou waka ki te papa kōritorito ki Korokitewao, kia pikauria ki runga i te papa kōhatu kōrero ko Matawhaura.  Ko te paehaka tēnā a Te Kōkako peke wero a Te Wahatuoro.  Ko ngā kurī a Tarāwhata e au au ana aue hā!

Nau piki mai, nau kake mai, nau haere mai rā koutou ki tēnei paehono o Te Kura o Whangamarino.

It is with great pleasure to welcome you to a glimpse of our beautiful kura Whangamarino. A kura that is set on a hill by the roadside near Okere Falls. Still sung about as being the Little Brown School on the hill. We are a kura that celebrates our iwi and community and carry the responsibilty of being a kura a iwi o Ngāti Pikiao with a designated character and that character also being of the Ngāti Pikiao iwi.  Because of this special relationship with our iwi of Ngāti Pikiao, kua pūmau te noho ā tō mātou kura i raro i te maru o NGĀ KURA A IWI.  He kura reanga nui tēnei kura i roto i wōna 100 tau.  Kai reira te mana nui o tēnei kura, he mana tuku iho nō tuawhakarere rā anō.  Koia ko ngā taonga o rātou mā ngā mātua tūpuna, ka tuku iho, ka tuku iho ki wō ratou tamariki mokopuna o aianei.  Tēnei ka mau tonu ki te whakatauki nei, “Kia pono ki te mahi kia whai hua ai” 

Te Whakatauki o te Kura

"Kia pono ki tō mahi, kia whai hua ai"

Akoranga - Learning

To develop students’ knowledge of Ngāti Pikiaotanga Marautanga and strengthen relationships and connections with Whānau, Hapu and Iwi. Whangamarino School is committed to nurturing student’s knowledge of who they are, where they have come from, and affirm our connections to whanau, hapu and iwi.

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