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I TE TĪMATANGA, HE AHO KOTAHI

Te Aho Nui exists to strengthen the people who weave our learning communities every day.

We work alongside kaiako, kura, and whānau to build confidence, clarity, and wellbeing. When the people who hold our rangatahi are strong, supported, and grounded, our young people flourish.

Kia pakari te kaiako.
Kia hono te whānau.
Kia māia te rangatahi.

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WHIRIA TE TANGATA, WHIRIA TE MĀTAURANGA

Weave the people, weave the knowledge.

Te Aho Nui is grounded in the belief that education is a collective weave.

Each kaiako adds a thread — their mātauranga, their aroha, their presence. When those threads are nurtured, the whole whāriki strengthens.

But kaiako are carrying more than ever:

  • Workload, stress, and emotional exhaustion at an all-time high

  • Diverse needs requiring deeper relational, cultural, and wellbeing skills

  • Engagement slipping — especially for Māori and neurodiverse ākonga

  • “Quick fixes” and narrow PD missing the deeper need: identity, resilience, and relational practice

  • A system slow to respond, leaving schools navigating crises without tools, time, or support

When kaiako are under strain, the whole weave weakens — and our rangatahi feel it first. Te Aho Nui exists because restoring, strengthening and sustaining the mauri of kaiako is one of the most powerful ways to restore the mauri of our schools, whānau, and communities.

We need new threads, new thinking, and new ways of holding the people who hold everyone else.

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TE AHO NUI OFFERS

  • Strengths-based coaching where kaiako define their goals, reconnect with their purpose, and grow in confidence, leadership, and wellbeing.

  • Practical, high-engagement lesson packages designed for real classroom challenges — especially junior careers, hauora, and areas that are hard to resource. Click here to learn more.

  • Co-designed, school-specific learning experiences grounded in identity, culture, and community — from tuakana–tēina approaches to navigating peer influence and emerging issues.

  • Support for kaiako to bring English, Maths, Science, and Social Studies to life by connecting core learning to the lived realities of rangatahi, making it relevant, accessible, and meaningful.

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