Angelo Manttan, now fourteen, has been attending out-of-school tuition with Jarratt, Create and Educate in Gisborne since 2008 and his mother, Jenny says “ the out-of-school tuition has provided a meaningful learning experience which has complemented his school work.”
Angelo’s Ngāi Tahu whakapapa is through two of his great-grandparents, Whitiora Materau Crofts and George Reuben. “Angelo was fortunate enough to meet Whitiora before she passed, and this was a very memorable occasion for him,” says his mother. “Angelo stayed at Tuahiwi with her and her husband Allan Topia, and they both made him extremely welcome.”
Along with fishing, Angelo’s interests include rugby, surfing, snowboarding and motorcross. With his school results improving with the help of out-of-school tuition funding from Te Rūnanga, he’s looking at even bigger ‘catches’ in the future.
Angelo with a Kingfish he caught last summer on Tairawhiti Harbour.