Ngā manaakitanga o te wā ki a koutou katoa.
Ko Ngāti Waewae, ko Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, ko Ngāti Irakehu ngā hapū
Ko Irai Tuhuru Kaihere Weepu ahau.
He tāne ahau o Kai Tahu whānui, tītī a kai, tītī a manawa, hoaka pounamu e.
Kaitoko Mātauranga are responsible for identifying the learning needs of Ngāi Tahu whānui in their designated takiwā or clustered rohe. They also provide advice to enable whānau to reach their learning objectives and aspirations, with an overall aim of empowering and enabling Ngāi Tahu whānui to be life-long participants of learning.
Another primary focus of Kaitoko Mātauranga is to support ngā Papatipu Rūnanga to give effect to Te Rautaki Mātauranga through its implementation. The team of Kaitoko Mātauranga will be based onsite at several different rūnanga and will report to the Kaiārahi Kaitoko/Team Leader at the home base of Te Whare o Te Waipounamu. They will also also take direction from the mātauranga needs and requirements of the designated takiwā via the appropriate rūnanga.
Kaitoko Mātauranga will work across a broad range of networks and establish reciprocal relationships with various stakeholders to build an awareness of, and an affinity for, the education needs and aspirations of Ngāi Tahu whānui, who depend upon the compulsory and post-compulsory sectors to reflect the values and mātauranga of Ngāi Tahu whānui in relation to education. I look forward to meeting and working with whānau. Ngā mihi nui, Irai Weepu.
Irai Weepu, the new Kaitoko Mātauranga o Arowhenua me Waihao.