Ko Wai Mātou? | Who Are We?

Ngā Pou o Te Ao Mārama

Ms Deb King

Pou Rangatira
Tangata Tiriti

Whaea Cherish

Pou Whānau
Ngāi Te Rangi, Waikato

Matua Haki

Pou Mātauranga
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Tepaki Ngāti Itiao

Kōkā Merita

Pou Manaaki
Ngāti Porou

Kōkā Tiana

Pou Haka
Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Te Rangi

Sienna Whitley

Pou Rangatahi
Kāi Tahu

Jessica-Lee Ngātaiotehauāuru Gilgen

Pou Aoraki
Te Rarawa, Waikato

Kāhui Pouako

Chantal Green

Ngāti Porou
Assistant HoF for Science, Science

Jess Knipping

Ngāti Porou
Assistant HoF in charge of Media Studies, English

Jess Lewis

Ngāti Kahu
Technology

Merita Levave

Ngāti Porou
Pou Manaaki, Health & Physical Education

Stephanie Keriana Hopkirk

Ngāti Kahungunu-ki-Wairarapa
Te Reo Māori, Drama, English

Tiana Edmonds

Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Te Rangi
Pou Haka, Te Reo Māori, Te Ao Haka

Matua Haki

Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Tepaki Ngāti Itiao
Pou Mātauranga, Te Reo Māori

Kaiako Reo Māori

Matua Haki

Pou Mātauranga, Te Reo Māori
Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Ngāti Maniapoto Ngāti Tepaki Ngāti Itiao

Kōkā Tiana

Pou Haka, Te Reo Māori, Te Ao Haka
Te Aitanga-ā-Hauiti, Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi, Ngāi Te Rangi

Stephanie Keriana Hopkirk

Te Reo Māori, Drama, English
Ngāti Kahungunu-ki-Wairarapa

Chris Hueston

Te Reo Māori, Health & Physical Education
Tangata Tiriti

Komiti Māori

Sienna Whitley

Pou Rangatahi
Kāi Tahu

Jessica-Lee Ngātaiotehauāuru Gilgen

Pou Aoraki
Te Rarawa, Waikato

Year 9

Sinqara Finau
Ngāti Kahungunu

Tamati Kerr
Ngāti Porou

Alexus Maniapoto-Knott
Ngāti Maniapoto

Year 10

Ani Andersen
Ngāti Raukawa

Miah Jaquiery 
Te Ati Awa ki Taranaki

Addi Puha-Harris
Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti
Ngāti Porou
Ngāti Ruanui

Year 11

Louis Arnold-Mackie
Ngāti Toa Rangatira

Maia Fransen
Kāi Tahu
Ngāpuhi
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō

Kaitlyn Smith
Ngāti Maniapoto
Kāi Tahu

Year 12

Lyric Martin
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga

Eliot McCairn
Kāi Tahu

Talisha Mulitalo Paul
Ngāi Te Rangi
Waikato

Year 13

Charlotte Kraiger
Kāi Tahu

Savarnah Pakau
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Tainui

Eva Robinson
Ngāti Kahu

Our Pou Rangatahi and Pou Aoraki lead and inspire a strong group of empowered rangatahi. They create meaningful opportunities for our mokopuna and ngākau Māori to connect with and celebrate Māoritanga at Te Kāreti o Horokiwi.
Throughout the year they lead a range of kaupapa, including professional learning, cultural initiatives, and hui whānau, helping to strengthen connection, identity, and belonging within our school community. Their role is centred on uplifting and representing the voice of Māori rangatahi across Newlands College.

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