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Welcome ~ Nau mai, haere mai
RTLB Cluster 21 is a team of 22 RTLB FTTE (plus RTLB Cluster Manager and RTLB Administrator) who service 67 schools and kura in the East Coast-Gisborne-Wairoa region.
Our RTLB team members work from 3 offices hosted by cluster schools in Gisborne (Gisborne Girls’ High School), Ruatoria (Ngata Memorial College) and Wairoa (Wairoa College).
Our Kaiwhakahaere/Leadership team is composed of four RTLB Practice Leaders and the Cluster Manager Sarah Grant. The RTLB Management team is Sarah Grant and Jan Kumar, the Employing School Principal at Gisborne Girls’ High School, who carry out the role of overall responsibility for the governance and management of RTLB Cluster 21.
He Māpuna te tamaiti
This tohu was gifted to Janet Bodle in 1993 by Sir Derek Lardelli. She then gifted it to RTLB Cluster 21 in 2000.
He Mapuna te Tamaiti
He mapuna te tamaiti
He wairua tona
He mauri tona
Ko ta tatau mahi
He whakapakari i te tamaiti
A Wairua, a Hinengaro, a Tinana hoki
This child is precious
It has spirit
It has life force
It is our task
To support the child develop
spiritually, intellectually and physically
The Pikorua Tohu
Ko te Whāea
te Pou Tokomanawa o te Whānau,
e awhina ana i tana tamaiti
e tākai ana i tōna aroha ki tōna Whānau
The Mother is the nucleus of the Whānau, embracing her child and wrapping her aroha around her Whānau.
He Mapuna te Tamaiti
He mapuna te tamaiti
He wairua tona
He mauri tona
Ko ta tatau mahi
He whakapakari i te tamaiti
A Wairua, a Hinengaro, a Tinana hoki
This child is precious
It has spirit
It has life force
It is our task
To support the child develop
spiritually, intellectually and physically
The Pikorua Tohu
Ko te Whāea
te Pou Tokomanawa o te Whānau,
e awhina ana i tana tamaiti
e tākai ana i tōna aroha ki tōna Whānau
The Mother is the nucleus of the Whānau, embracing her child and wrapping her aroha around her Whānau.
