Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Takapau

Pānui

Maramataka

Matangaronga

Hei Whakauru Mai

Pupuritia Te Aho Matua kia whitirere ake ko te kauae runga, ko te kauae raro kia tawhia, kia tamaua, kia ita ki roto ki tenei whare o Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Takapau kia nanao ai te pia i nga matauranga me nga taonga tuku iho.

TE TOHU Ō TE KURA

“Kia mau ki te akongā, kia u, kia mataara”

He tohu waihangā tēnei na Blackie Kotua, katoa ngā mahi he mea hanga i roto i te hari, i te koanga ngākau, otira i te maramatanga.

Ko te tohu nei e noho ana hei tikitiki mo te mahunga o ngā manu pikoko o Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Takapau.

Tēnā kia tiki atu i tetahi paku whakarite hei whakatau noa i te kaupapa. Tērā te kōrero i piki a Tāne ki ngā Rangituhaha te tiki atu i ngā kete o te wananga. Ko te kete Tūāuri, ko te kete Tūātea, ko te kete Aronui.

Piki ake a Tāne i ngā poutama, te arawhata i taunaki i a ia kia eke ki te tihi o manono.

Nā reira te poutama e tohu ana i a te ākonga me tona pikinga ake ki te tiki i ngā kete o te Mātauranga.

Ko te kōhao o waengā, e whakaahua ana i ngā pehitanga i riro ki tō tātou ārero tīpuna. Ko tā te ārero o te taiaha he wero kia whakatewhatewha tonu te ārero o te tamaiti ki Te Reo Rangātira.

“Ko te manu e kai ana te miro nōna te ngāhere, ko te manu e kai ana te mātaurangā nōna te ao.”

Tohu designed by Blackie Kotua.

The foreground signifies the poutama pattern of the steps to knowledge, Ngā Kete o te Mātauranga.

The hole in the centre represents the suppression of the Māori language.

The protruding taiaha symbolises the challenge we have taken on to learn and preserve Te Reo Rangatira.

Ru Kotua, a kaumātua of Takapau wrote the kōrero for the tohu.

In consultation with Blackie the colours were changed in 2011 from yellow and blue to black and red in memory of our fallen soldiers and also to reflect the original colours of Takapau and the Tamatea Arikinui district.