Ka raranga ngā hau ki te muri

Ka raranga ngā hau ki te tonga

Kia mākinakina ki uta

Kia mātaratara ki tai

Ka whakapuke ai ngā ngaru o Te Ngarue

Ko ngā pōtiki a Hinehopu e heru mai ana i Te Matarae-i-o-rehu

E ihi nei rā

Tū Paiahahā!

Kai ngā mana nui, kai reo, kai ngā kārangaranga maha kai waenganui i a tātou, tēnei a mihi ka rere atū ki a koutou katoa kua whāiti mai nei ki tēnei paehono o Te Kura o Whangamarino. Koia tēnei ka tangi ake ki a rātou mā kua mene atū rā ki te pō, e ngā mate haere atū rā koutou.  E ū ai wō koutou waka ki te papa kōritorito ki Korokitewao, kia pikauria ki runga i te papa kōhatu kōrero ko Matawhaura.  Ko te paehaka tēnā a te Kōkako peke wero a Te Wahatuoro.  Ko ngā kuri a Tarāwhata e au au ana aue hā!

Nau piki mai, nau kake mai, nau haere mai rā koutou ki tēnei paehono o Te Kura o Whangamarino.

It is with great pleasure to welcome you to a glimpse of our beautiful kura Whangamarino. A kura that is set on a hill by roadside near Okere Falls. Once sung about as being the Little Brown School on the hill. We are a kura that celebrates our iwi and community and carry the responsibilty of being a kura with a designated character and that character being of the local iwi Ngāti Pikiao. The kura is built on generations of whānau of the community and the iwi and many of our tamariki are descendants of those who once attended Whangamarino as tamariki. We are proud to uphold the mana of the iwi and community and will foster the treasures passed down from generations before to the generations now and to bring life to our kura motto, “Kia pono ki te mahi kia whai hua ai” 

Tirohia mai, tirohia mai.

Our Vision is

‘To develop young people who will be confident,

connected, actively involved, lifelong learners,

who know their cultural identity’

Akoranga - Learning

To develop students’ knowledge of Ngāti Pikiaotanga Marautanga and strengthen relationships and connections with Whānau, Hapu and Iwi. Whangamarino School is committed to nurturing student’s knowledge of who they are, where they have come from, and affirm our connections to whanau, hapu and iwi.

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