Te Whāriki highlights the need to weave the cognitive, social, physical emotional and spiritual dimensions of the child in a holistic and meaningful manner. It states, “the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of growth are all important to enable children to develop confidence in themselves and their abilities”
But what does it mean to weave spiritual dimension of the child in a holistic manner?
Join us for a conversation where we discuss a range of interesting topics from indigenous ways of knowing, whakapapa and connectivity to all things, and post-colonial reconciliation for Aotearoa in the light of the Black lives matter movement.
Hannah Chapman is Tuwharetoa, Whakatōhea and Irish and is passionate about justice and reconciliation. Hannah is a Kaikōkiri of Ngā Wai Hōhonu, a charitable trust that facilitates a variety of education opportunities and contexts for Māori to engage with the question of what it means to be authentically Māori and authentically Christian. Ngā Wai Hōhonu is also the Aotearoa partner for NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community that offers post graduate qualifications. Hannah also works for Te Ora Hou Aotearoa as the Kaiwhakauruora and as an Adjunct Teaching Fellow for the Venn Foundation. She and her three children Canaan, Josiah and Psalm live in Turangi in their whānau papakainga on ancestral lands