Daffodil Day 2015.....Cont

In Remembrance too our community, whanau and friends:
Taau Taai (original trust member of Apii Potiki), Major Teata, Tomuhape Vatu, Tania Temata, Tesimale Lui Talevu, and Finehei Tongatala

Quinn Ngakiau representing the tamariki at Apii Potiki and presenting our donations to Brad Homan from the Cancer Society of New Zealand, Our Daffodil Day committee members Malica, Emery & Quinn. 

Daffodil Day 2015

Today we celebrated Daffodil Day with our tamariki by dressing up in Yellow and donating a gold coin to raise funds for cancer awareness. Acknowledgement to all parents for supporting our tamariki. :) Meitaki Maata

 

Children taking charge of our Daffodil Day collection.

All geared up in "Yellow"

Mat time.. Sharing an awareness of Daffodil Day with our tamariki

Our very own Daffodil garden painted by our tamariki. :)

Apii Potiki Drummers

Having live music in our Apii over the last few weeks, thanks to our Cook Island Community Drummers, has had an ongoing influence on our tamariki...

All this week we have been entertained by our own little drummers. Tamariki have been using wooden blocks, chairs, containers and boxes to bring us their interpretation of Cook Island music.

Our drummers enthusiasm eventually  rubbed off on their peers. This afternoon we felt really spoilt when a small group of Cook Island dancers performed and sang alongside the band..."Kia orana...HEY!"

Cook Island Te Maeva Nui Event 2015

On Monday 17th August 2015 at the Browns Road Netball Courts in Manurewa, Apii Potiki participated in the Punanga Reo Kuki Airani celebration of Te Maeva Nui.

Thank you to all the parents, staff & helpers that made this an enjoyable day of celebrations.

Community Spirit

Paraparau/Thursday 20th August 2015

Today we joined our friends from Te Taurere Kohanga Reo to donate our shared groceries to the Glen Innes Food Bank.

This experience has not only enabled our tamariki to meet new people (Kris, Dave & Peter) who care about our community, this has also encouraged our tamariki to think about others who are less fortunate.

Meitaki maata to Whaea Ann and her team from Te Taurere Kohanga Reo for picking us up from our apii so that we could take part in this event. Also, a great big thanks to all our parents who helped fill up our boxes with their contributions.

Awesome work everyone! Meitaki Maata 

Dance Practice

This week our team has been busy preparing our tamariki for the Punanga Reo o Akarana-Maeva Nui Event next Monday 17th. This is an annual event which provides great opportunities  for our Apii to participate in Cook Island culture, and to strengthen relationships with other Punanga Reo within the wider community.

Sharing the Knowledge

We feel blessed to have knowledgeable teachers, and today Mama Tere and Rangi did our Apii proud when they accepted an invitation to attend Aoga Teuila, to showcase their Cook Island doughnut making skills.

We also got to see how our Samoan friends made their own tie dying patterns, and Cook Island displays. Meitaki Maata AogaTeuila.

Varaire-Friday 7th August

Cook Island dress up day. Meitaki parents/whanau for helping our tamariki look beautiful today.

Tie dying was a great way for tamariki to explore colours, patterns and imagination 

A quick walk around the block was an opportunity to share our Cook Island attire with our community, and of course 

we ended our Cook Island Language Week with lots of dance and music!

Meitaki Maata. From the bottom of our hearts, we want to say a special thanks to everyone who participated and made our week one to remember!

Paraparau-Thursday 6th August

Today our tamariki walked down to our local library to participate in a visit from the Auckland Museum. The museum group came to our community to share artefacts from the Cook Islands.

Meanwhile, Mama Tere and Rangi were busy making more delicious Cook Island doughnuts for our tamariki.

Sharing our Cook Island culture with our friends from Glenbrae Kids

Dancing is a part of our culture that our tamariki love to share

Te Reo e te au Peu Kuki Airani - Cook Island Language Week

Kia Orana & welcome to Cook Island Language Week!

Our week long celebration kicked off on Monday with a walk down to the Glen Innes Library.

Here we came together with the Cook Island Community groups to celebrate 50 years of independence for the Cook Islands.

Ruirua/Tuesday 4th - Today we invited our friends from Aoga Teuila to come along to experience and share our Cook Island culture.

We provide a range of Cook Island experiences such as - tie dying, ei making (flower garlands), cooking demonstrations, Cook Island doughnut making, and of course dance & music. 

Our Language Our Culture Our Community

Kia Orana!!!! Celebrate with us Cook Island Language this week