The mayor ,Raymon Van Bastoler started the town council with the representatives of the association Puna Reo Piha’e’ina who came to present the outcome of our trip in New Zealand trough a movie. The movie shown in the front of the town council allowed the elected members to have a better understanding of the initiative…
The Puna Reo presented the movie about its New-Zealand trip ,inside one of the Assembly rooms ,with the presence of Jean Marius RAAPOTO,president of the education territorial committee and some representatives of the educational and cultural sectors. The reception of the documentary was very favourable ,a lot of emotions was felt about our maori…
The Puna Reo offered Jacqui Drollet ,President of the French Polynesia Assembly ,a DVD that contains a account of picturing about our experience with the Maori immersion education. We had the opportunity to discuss about certain details that could be taken account to implement a strategie to create some pilot child care centers.
After one full month ,the holiday center ended in a magnificent way. Last friday,in the enchanting surrounding of the Marae Pererau , the kids and some parents experienced the research of the polynesian ancestors trough some explanations and archaelogy digs. They were having fun in handling the shovel and the brush in order to…
{jcomments on}PDF : 2011 New Zealand journey and societal questionning
Puna Reo visited New Zealand, and lived there a strong cultural experience. This travel took place at the invitation of Papa Ariki Morehu, rangatira of Te Arawa tribe, in Rotorua region, of over 50,000 Maori. Dozens of kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools and universities contributed for us to live extraordinary moments, and we met some of their administrative and cultural leaders.
The Puna Reo was shown a vibrant Maori culture, respectful of its past, rooted in modernity, with societal projects, social and economic achievements, and above all a projection into the future of Maori’s youth leaving the education system with the tools to face the modern world and the desire to be actors and drivers of their New Zealand Society.
This report presents this experience, resulting identity issues, and witnesses a successful Maori education, as well as their offering to us of their pedagogical tools and know-how. Will we know how to accept those gifts ?
{jcomments on}With all the events seen during the last days in the media concerning the CAPES Reo Maohi ,the Puna Reo is wondering ,and would like to ask all people who are fighting for the protection of their language and the culture to think deeply about the best ways to do it. First of all,the…
The Puna Reo association suggest an educational approach through the culture and particularly with the marae.The concerned structure is the marae Ofai Tama.The marae have to be considered as a learning object desecrated and demystified ,so that the kids conceptualize the structure like a crucial element of their ancestral patrimony. This educational project will be…
The trip to Aotearoa was full of emotions for the Puna Reo .The association experienced great times.
Puna Reo really wants to thanks greatly Paxson Offield and his family, who after a little hike with Dom, handed a $5 000 check to support the our little Moorea association. Those funds will be used to get a tank and a booster pump, no more water shortage, every kid will have his shower !…
Thank you to YAG and Slojo for their help and their effort to help us and to offer us some kitchen materials .Thank you as well to the linguists Maria Polinsky from the University of Harvard and Eric Potsdam from the University of Floride for offering us some computers ! (See the pictures )