Te Kete Hono was proud to bring together members of our school community, our partners, our team and our friends this week for the offical launch of our organisation! We have been up and running since the beginning of 2022 but the constraints of keeping everyone safe during the Covid pandemic have meant that this event has taken some time to happen. 

Grateful thanks to the team at Stonefields School for enabling us to host the event on the grounds of our SchoolTalk live site, and especially to the school Kapa Haka group who gave our guests such an inspiring performance! 

This event was held to honour our legacy  by expressing our appreciation to those who created the vision and the foundations for our work, and secondly, to anticipate the future and the impact we intend to have, as part of an innovative ecosystem with a number of significant partners.

It included addresses from Pāora Puru of Te Waiohua, Ngāti Te Tata, Waiohua and Waikato-Tainnui, Sarah Martin, Stonefields School Tumuaki and our original Founder, and  Te Kete Hono Chair, Tuhi Leef. 

Te Kete Hono CEO, Judy Newcombe, says Te Kete Hono is poised for impact.

"Learners sit at the heart of our aspirations to improve their educational outcomes, their readiness for their chosen futures and also to address the equity issues which beset our educational system."

Newcombe goes on to say: "We are all inspired by the opportunities that our founders have provided to make a real difference and by the promise that innovative and culturally responsive pedagogy and technology can accelerate learning and close the ever-widening social gaps. Our focus is on designing rich learning opportunities, on using consistent progressions and formative assessment to inform personalised learning pathways and on supporting social and emotional readiness for learning. We are looking forward to the opportunity to design new and creative ways to support the big improvement initiatives undertaken by school lead teams with relevant data analysis and insights."

To all who attended and shared an afternoon of celebration and connectivity with us: Ngā mihi - we thank you and look forward to sharing more milestones with you in the years ahead.