Kāhui Ako

A learning community that includes four kura and eleven ECEs located in and around the central city of Christchurch. We have experienced disrupted access to our services and to the city over the past twelve years. One of our kura has recently returned to a central city location after being relocated to the suburbs following the Christchurch earthquakes. Another is about to face a campus relocation and a rebuild of their kura. 

What makes our kāhui ako unique is the number of kura and ECEs that could be described as non-traditional. Three of the four kura have designated special character status. One is a reo Māori unique pā wānanga, another offers a full range of English language classes for new immigrant and refugee ākonga, while another offers an alternative pedagogical approach. One primary kura is located in the heart of an inner city transient residential area. Transitional pathways into and out of these kura and ECEs are unconventional. Ākonga transition into our education environments from throughout the city and beyond, and out into equally diverse education settings. 

Our kura and ECEs do not have traditional geographical communities, but rather whānau communities who chose to come to our services for adult education, whānau work or study, low-cost rental accommodation or to access a pedagogical approach to teaching that differs from the mainstream. Enrolments in kura and ECEs occur throughout the year at many year levels, for various timeframes, and often for defined purposes. This results in a transient population base. 

We see the collective diversity of our communities as the strength of our kāhui ako.

Te Taura Here o Ōtautahi Kāhui Ako is an inner-city community of learning where we all belong. All members of our diverse centres of learning are valued, and our learning inspires and engages us to work together to help ākonga achieve their full potential. 

We want involved, invested, inspired, enthusiastic, empowered ākonga, tamariki and kaiako who appreciate and love their place in Ōtautahi, where everyone participates in authentic learning which contributes to the wider community and encourages sustainability for the future.

Well-being  

Culturally Responsive Practice 

 Future Focussed 

Pathways