Author: Troy Duckworth

Ngā mihi mahana ki a koutou, (Warm greetings to you all) Didn’t Hannah do a great job with the pānui last week? Between her fine linguistic skills and Anna making a video with her cute kids to replace my...

Kia ora e te whānau, With Troy away, I’ve been entrusted with writing this week’s pānui. What a perfect week to be asked as it means I get to share the special news of a new arrival, I’ll happily take...

Kia ora e te whānau, Today is the last day for Cameron, as he starts his paternity leave for the next four weeks. He and his wife Olivia are heading down to Wellington Hospital on Monday to have their...

Nau mai hoki mai ki te wāhanga tuarua, (Welcome back to Term 2) On Monday, we held our traditional mihi whakatau to welcome new whānau to our kura. I’m always proud of how natural and normal this...

Ka nui te mihi mahana ki a koutou, (Warmest greetings to you all)  Getting in to you all a day early on the pānui (newsletter) with tomorrow being Good Friday. Mihi atu ki a koutou (Thanks everyone)...

Tēnā koutou katoa (Hello Everyone) It’s hard to believe, but we have just finished the penultimate week of our first term for 2026. It has been a ‘busy, but brilliant’ term so far. We have certainly jam...