![]() ![]() ![]() Nanaia Mahuta, in her role as Hauraki-Waikato MP, presented the petition to the National Government at the time, pledging Labour's support for a proposed public holiday in recognition of the struggle. In December 2015, the students took the petition to the New Zealand parliament. Historian Paul Moon felt a day of commemoration would build understanding of the wars, although the response from David Bennett and Scott Simpson, members of the governing National Party, was more measured and not totally in support of a public holiday. The head girl at the school, Rhiannon Magee said that the past should be acknowledged and not hidden, and a teacher Mariana Papa noted that the students had the support of King Tuheitia and other Māori leaders. The students had visited battle sites, including Rangiaowhia, in 2014 and talked with kaumātua who often had stories of cruelty to women and children during the conflicts. In 2015, the public were made aware of concerns about the approach to history in New Zealand schools when students from Otorohanga College in New Zealand gathered more than 10,000 signatures on a petition in support of setting aside a day to remember the New Zealand wars. After a process of consultation, draft documents were trialled and reviewed in 2021 and the final copies launched in March 2022, with the expectation that schools will have the reforms implemented by 2023. In response to this, the government created an advisory group in 2018, and in 2019 initiated a recommendation from the group to establish an agreed process for updating the National Curriculum. This had included a petition taken to parliament in 2015 by high school students expressing concerns about how the New Zealand wars were being taught, ongoing debate in the media amongst academics and educationists and another petition urging teaching of New Zealand histories to be compulsory. Although the final documents, released in 2022, were part of reviews of the New Zealand education system by the newly elected Labour government from 2017, there had been pressure building prior to this for the focus of the reforms to be on developing a curriculum that truly reflected the history of New Zealand. Te Whare Mahana is rightly recognised today as a key contributor to community health in the region and as a leader in recovery-focused, mental health service delivery nationwide.Aotearoa New Zealand's histories (ANZH) and Te Takanga o Te Wā are documents for use in English- and Maori- medium New Zealand curriculums from 2023 to guide the explicit and compulsory teaching about the country's history. Te Whare Mahana has strong connections with other service providers and agencies within the area and works closely with Golden Bay Community Hospital and local GPs and the Mohua Social Services. Golden Bay is renowned for its strong and supportive community, spirit and beautiful environment, so is an ideal setting for this range of services. ![]() Teams are staffed by trained professionals who are committed to providing best quality services and a genuine, warm and welcoming atmosphere for clients, their families and whānau. Started in 1989, it provides a range of community-based mental health services within the Golden Bay region (a Community Mental Health Service, Employment Services, Youth Support, Crisis Service and Crisis Respite Accommodation) and an internationally recognised residential National DBT Programme for people with personality disorders. Te Whare Mahana is an independent, Non-Government Organisation (NGO) based in Tākaka, Golden Bay. ![]()
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