To provide a balanced programme where tamariki are comfortable to operate in a Māori bi lingual setting that promotes Te Reo me ōna tikanga.
To provide a safe, caring and stimulating environment that allows our tamariki to achieve academic success.
To give our tamariki the freedom to grow as unique individuals and to be self-expressed.
Ki te whakaako ā mātou tamariki i roto i he wāhi noa. He wāhi kī atu ī ngā tāonga ō te āo ō te reo me ōna tīkanga.
Ki te awhina ā mātou tamariki ki te whakatipu ī he wāhi mātauranga, he wāhi i tino hōhonu ki ngā pūrongo ō te mātauranga.
Ki te hōatu he wā noa, he tāonga tuku iho mō ngā tamariki ki te puta ake ki te āo huri, ā, mē tū Rangatira mō ake tōnu atu.
The Bilingual Unit exists in recognition of:
the right of parents to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children (Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 26)
the rights of the child to preserve his or her identity, to an education that develops respect for his or her own cultural identity, language and values, and to practise his or her own culture (Convention on the Rights of the Child articles 8, 29, 30)
the right of indigenous peoples to practise and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs, and to have access, when possible, to an education in their own culture and provided in their own language (UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, articles 11 & 14)