Te Puna Kōhungahunga Mana Motuhake
Puna reo early childhood education and care centre
78 Epsom Avenue, Tamaki Makaurau
Mon – Fri: 8:00am – 4:30pm
Enrollments are currently open: Enquire now
Nau mai, haere mai
Te Puna Kōhungahunga Mana Motuhake, is a Māori-medium centre that provides a learning environment for tamariki to learn and embrace tikanga and te reo Māori. We offer a dynamic learning environment based on Te Whāriki (NZ Early Education Curriculum) that is child-focussed, offering learning-through-play opportunities to enable confident and competent tamariki.
Te Puna Kōhungahunga Mana Motuhake offers culturally relevant, high-quality, puna reo early childhood education and care that honours and celebrates the rich heritage and traditions of Aotearoa. We are a centre for tangata whenua who want their tamariki to have an early childhood education that embraces te ao māori, and for pākehā whānau who want their tamariki to embrace māori culture and language as part of their upbringing.
Whāngaia te manu o te ngahere ki te miro nāna te ngahere.
Whangaia te tamaiti ki te mātauranga, nōna te ao!
Feed the bird of the forest with berry, the forest is theirs.
Feed the child with knowledge, the world is theirs!
Our Values
Manaakitanga and whanaungatanga are valued learning outcomes which link directly to our Puna philosophy and pedagogy.
- Aroha, tika me pono
- Unconditional love, justice and truth
- Manaaki me tiakina
- Host and protect
- Tuakana Teina
- Relationships and learning between age groups
Ka tamaiti – he pakari ā-tuakiri, ā-ako, e eke panuku ana.
Every child – strong in identity, learning and succeeding.
Meet our team
Karen Liley
Kaiwhakahaere
Roberta Guerra
Kaiako
Jasmine Castle
Kaiako
Te Po Ross
Kaiako
Maiki Kelly
Kaiako
Testimonials
“Our entire family have been able to embrace te reo and te ao Māori at Te Puna Kōhungahunga.”
“Being away from our papakāinga, our home, our marae…. Puna has been a central place that has allowed us, as urban Māori, to be Māori”
“Te Puna Kohungahunga has helped me to connect with my culture and build stronger ties to what it means to be Māori“
Join our whānau
Get in touch to enquire about enrolling your tamariki