My Korowai Cloak Miss Lisa White My Pepeha

My Korowai (Cloak) Miss Lisa White

My Pepeha Tena Koutou, Tena Koutou Katoa Ko Hokonui puke toku maunga (my mountain) Ko Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa toku moana (my ocean) Ko Mataura toku awa (my river) Ko matamua a ono tamariki (I am the eldest child of six children) Ko Takatimu toku waka (my canoe) Ko Ngai Tahu me Ngati Mamoe toku iwi (my tribe) Ko Te Herenga Waka o Orewa me O te ikarama toku marae (my marae) Ko Anita White Toku Whaea (my mother) Ko Robert (Bob) White Rangatira O Te Ika Rama me Upoko Hokonui Runaka Toku Matua (my father) • Ko Lisa White toku ingoa (my name) • Ko Whangaparaoa Toku Kainga me take Ashburton i mua atu Gore (where I live and where I originate from) • • •

Skeletons in the Closet • My pepeha was difficult to write: – My family is unsure if my tupuna wahine’s mama was actually, in fact, her Maori wet nurse. My pepeha is written assuming this fact is correct. Trying to get names and facts from my family has been difficult as there is disagreement. – Raised as pakeha, my father was the only pakeha in a Maori rugby club (ARFC in Gore), he discovered the above, had a passion for Te Reo and Maori Culture, learned Te Reo Maori and became Rangatira on O te ikarama Marae (Waipahi/Mc. Nab). – My mother did not want my father to take my siblings and I to the marae, so we grew up ignorant of Te Reo and Tikanga. – My interest and curiosity grew from my father’s interest and curiosity. I have lead the Whanau Support group at my school and am slowly learning more about my whakapapa and a little Te Reo. I have lead Matariki celebrations and organised carving of pou for Te Maramara a Tane, the school marae.

Tipuna (My grandparents) • Gladys White (nee Jamieson) born in NZ, unsure if her mother was the Maori wet nurse • Robert White – arrived in NZ on the Dominion Monarch • Patrick Brian Smith (pic not available) – born in NZ; his father jumped ship and swam ashore in Picton • Barbara Smith (nee Fern) – came to NZ for a visit at 5 years and then came back to live at 16 – she can’t remember the name of the ship (My parents) • Robert (Bob) Jamieson White – born in Ashburton • Anita Claire White – born in Ashburton

My tatao (siblings) Robert Aaron White Steven White Amie O’Neill Bryan White Laura White Myself: Lisa White

My daughter and step-daughter Elise Gabrielle

The Hokonui Hills (I was raised in Gore)

Ashburton River (born in Ashburton) The Pacific Ocean The Mataura River (raised in Gore)

My waka and tribes • Ngai Tahu– Paikea came across on the back of a whale. The tribe arrived in NZ on Takatimu waka. • Ngati Mamoe – extinct? • The ship that my grandparents each came on mentioned earlier …

My marae • Te Herenga Waka o Orewa (I have formed strong links with this marae). • O Te Ika Rama (Waipahi/Mc. Nab) (My father had strong links with this marae).

Others that have influenced me as a leader … • • • • • My current and past team: James Thomas Jason Pocock Robyn Brownlee Graeme Williams Jo White Dawn Sullivan Kathy Boyd Jan Bridgman Prue Scorgie Brian O’Connell Kate Shevland James Thomas Bruce Ritchie Ken Pascoe John Hellner Brendan Schollum Brent Logan Kereama Nathan Bronwyn Cross Micheal King Jim Peters Julia Tod And… the children that I have taught …

Where I studied … and my qualifications • • • St Mary’s Primary and St Peter’s College, Gore Southland Community College, Invercargill Christchurch Polytech Christchurch College of Education Massey University, Albany • Qualifications: MEd. Admin (Hons), NDBE, Dip Tchg Thesis (2004): “In What Ways Could ICT Teaching and Learning Take Place at Orewa College? ”

Teaching History Whangaparaoa College Sept 2004 -Current Massey High School Deputy Principal and Leader of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula Kāhui Ako Previously Director of International Students, Head of Learning – ICT Feb-Sept 2004 Head of Information Management and Year 12 Level Co-ordinator (LTR) 1991 -1995 and 1996 -2004 Head of Business Faculty Previously Year 12 Dean, Head of Computer Studies, Member of Timetabling and Curriculum Review Teams, Teacher of Various Commerce and Computing Subjects 1996 Relief Teacher Orewa College Ashburton College

Professional Reading/Authors that have influenced my leadership … • • The Head at Oldlea – kai at every meeting Bolstad Gilbert Stoll and Fink Fullan Hargreaves Hattie Robinson

I trust that all of this experience and heritage will assist me in paving a pathway towards an effective 21 st Century school with the other Professional Leaders of Learning of Mt Maunganui College for the benefit of the students for whom we serve. He tangata, he tangata!