New Team Member
We are very excited to welcome a new team member this year. Ariana has taken on the role of kairuruku reo Māori for Tūrangi kura and kōhanga reo. She has impressed everyone with her deep connection to te taiao and her awesome teaching skills. We are very proud to have her as part of the Kids Greening Taupō Team. Thanks so much to the Waikato Regional Council Environmental Initiatives Fund for funding this role for two years. We are incredibly grateful to them for making it possible for us to expand to Tūrangi and to employ a kairuruku reo Māori to work in Māori immersion settings. Ariana has already started working regularly with Tongario Area School and several kōhanga reo. She has also supported Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Whakarewa I Te Reo Ki Tuwharetoa at several events and planting/weeding sessions.
Ariana Fiaola
TŪRANGI COORDINATOR/KAIRURUKU REO MĀORI
Diploma - Kaitiakitanga Pūtaiao (Environmental Management) through Te Wānanga o Raukawa.
Māmā of three
Highlights working for KGT:
Whakawhanaunga me ngā tamariki + rangatahi ō Tūwharetoa (building relationships with tamariki & rangatahi of Tūwharetoa)
Hands on learning! Ditching the textbooks to explore fun, creative and engaging ways for tamariki/rangatahi to learn and connect with the taiao
Working, teaching and learning in Te Reo Māori.
Opportunity to network/meet with other environmental initiatives.
