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Based in Te Waipounamu, Pūruatia Trust aims to provide and encourage equitable te reo and te ao Māori akoranga and kaupapa for whānau Māori and their allies.

17/12/2025

Me whakanui, ka tika! Tahu News joined our final hōtaka for the year to learn a bit about what we get up to at Give Us Your Kids. Whakamīharo ana 💚

14/12/2025

Nau rēhita mai, e hoa mā - registrations for Hānuere are open now!!!

Thanks to the tautoko of the Rātā Foundation and Reo Māori Mai, we are stoked to be able to confirm Hōtaka Tahi - our first hōtaka for 2026.

Please see the pānui for details, and register your tamariki using the QR code or this link: https://forms.gle/XcMB8W8Gr7wqiLSn8

If you have friends or whānau who might be keen, tag them below or send the pānui and link their way too 💚🌱🙂

03/12/2025

Registrations for our December hōtaka are closed, thanks to all the whānau who have registered your tamariki to come and hang out with us!

We're getting this one on the radar, with a bit of a disclaimer - we rely heavily on funding to run our hōtaka. Funding helps to keep registration costs at an affordable level for whānau. We can only run this January hōtaka if/when we hear about some funding apps. Fingers crossed, e te whānau!

Once we hear about funding, we will confirm the hōtaka and share a link to register 💚

25/11/2025

“My tamaiti loved it all, and she shared so much more about her day than she usually does at kura. So that speaks highly to her engagement with you all and her experience. Rawe!”

“My tamaiti was really stoked with some everyday phrases she learnt and came home to teach me which was awesome to see!”

There are only a couple of spots for our December hōtaka left - registrations close this Friday 28 Nov! https://forms.gle/Vx4oQ64BEJ4YF8RTA

18/11/2025

If your tamaiti loved our last programme (or missed out!), now’s your chance to join the fun again.

Expect:
-Creative workshops
-Active play
-Te reo Māori and kaupapa Māori woven throughout
-A fun space for tamariki to grow and connect

Registrations close next week, and there’s only a few spots left — don’t miss out!
https://forms.gle/Vx4oQ64BEJ4YF8RTA

11/11/2025

Our next hōtaka is coming up - are you keen for some tautoko with your tamariki between when kura closes for the year and Kirihimete? Rēhita mai 🙂

https://forms.gle/Vx4oQ64BEJ4YF8RTA

04/11/2025

Poipoia te kākano kia puāwai - Nurture the seed and it will blossom.

Give Us Your Kids is here to allow tamariki to explore their creativity, learn new skills, and build lifelong friendships.

Last hōtaka we had:
-Epic art days
-Outdoor challenges
-Te reo Māori games & waiata
-Kai shared with laughter

Get ready — our December hōtaka is filling up fast! https://forms.gle/Vx4oQ64BEJ4YF8RTA

29/10/2025

Our last Hōtaka Tamariki was packed with laughter, learning, and loads of fun! From creative art projects and outdoor adventures to ngohe, kai and whanaungatanga — our tamariki brought the mauri every single day.
We can’t wait to do it all again this December! Registrations are open now for tamariki aged 5 - 13.
https://forms.gle/Vx4oQ64BEJ4YF8RTA

23/10/2025

Nau mai te raumati! Bring on summer!

With the end of Term 4 approaching FAST, we are excited to share that registrations for our next Hōtaka Tamariki are open. Registrations will close late in November, but places are limited so make sure you get in quick.

Please share this pānui with any whānau in Ōtautahi who might be looking for a bit of tautoko between the end of kura/school and Kirihimete/Christmas.

E rere tonu ana ngā mihi NUI ki Te Kura o Bromley - we're so grateful to Bromley School for their continued support for Give Us Your Kids.

Register here: https://forms.gle/RrLosAttPcVgpprN8

10/10/2025

During the Sept/Oct school holidays, we got to hang out with an awesome group of tamariki through our Give Us Your Kids kaupapa Māori school holiday programme. The kaupapa matua of the hōtaka was "nō hea te kai?" 🍎 🌽🫛🥩 - tamariki engaged in activities and learning to help with their understanding of the origins of our kai, and mahi we can be involved in to help grow, hunt and prepare kai.

🤩 Our tamariki were supported be a tight crew of kaitiaki tamariki - this amazing group of humans have been training and planning to ensure our tamariki are having fun, keeping safe, celebrating Māoritanga, and loving their holidays.

Ngā mihi nui ki a Bromley School - we are so grateful for the tautoko and manaaki from Bromley School which allows us to bring this kaupapa to our community in Ōtautahi.

Erin and the crew of kaitiaki tamariki are working hard in the background to plan a final hōtaka for 2025 - which will run from when school ends until closer to Kirihimete. Keep an eye out for our pānui to confirm dates and share registration info 🗒

19/05/2025

Kia ora! We're sharing a little bit about who we are, what we do, and what we hope to achieve 🌊

Based in Te Waipounamu, we aim to provide and encourage equitable te reo and te ao Māori akoranga and kaupapa for whānau Māori and their allies. This is reflected in our name, which speaks to the coming together of two bodies of water, flowing to join as a united channel.

Our origins began with an unmet need - it started from kōrero with the Reo Māori Mai team, dreaming up a kaupapa Māori holiday programme. After some research, it became clear that no such thing existed for our hapori/community in Ōtautahi. So, we decided to create it. Pūruatia Trust was soon formed as a Charitable Trust to bring this kaupapa to life.

The scope of Pūruatia Trust casts a wide net - as well as our out-of-school care kaupapa, we look to undertake different kinds of mahi that align with our vision: for whānau Māori and their allies to be engaged in akoranga Māori/Māori experiences of learning that support them to feel stronger and fulfilled in their identity as Māori.

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Christchurch

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https://puruatiatrust.co.nz/, https://linktr.ee/puruatiatrust

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