Daphne Papuni
Daphne is the project manager for Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (TMoA) Online.
Daphne currently project manages TMoA Online - one of two projects making up the National Curriculum Online Project. With the support of Justin Roberts, they manage the TMoA online website, ensuring it provides ongoing support to Māori medium teaching and learning settings with matters pertaining to Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.
Daphne has had a number of roles in a variety of CORE contracts over the years, including: team leader of the CORE TMoA Implementation project team, online editor in the QTR&D: Quality Teaching Research and Development project and a national facilitator in the ICTPD project.
Before starting at CORE Daphne taught in bilingual and immersion Māori units, lectured in Hamilton, and also worked as an RTLB (Resource teacher: Learning and behaviour) and has taught in both bilingual and rumaki (immersion) units in Rotorua.
Daphne is a great fit for her role as it requires an 'approachable, personable, dependable' nature. She enjoys building networks and relationships that are supportive and reliable and enable her to provide support for others.
- Papuni, D. (2000) Te Haka a Tane Rore. Master's thesis - Māori. The University of Waikato, Hamilton.
- Papuni, D. (2003) Te patere a Tawhaki. Kairaranga Journal of New Zealand RTLB 4(4).
- Workshop presentations: Ngā Whanaketanga Readiness Hui, Napier, Taranaki, Gisborne, Wairoa, Whakatane, March-April 2011
- Guest presenter: Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori Webinars, April 2011
- Workshop presentation: TMoA 101, Connections Conference, May 2010
- Workshop presentation: TMoA 101, Learning@School 10 Conference, Feb 2010
- Te Marautanga o Aotearoa: E ahu ana tātou ki hea?, He Waka Eke Noa 09 Conference, July 2009
- Workshop presentation: Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, Te Akatea Māori Principals Conference, May 2009
"Ko te hunga rangatahi ngā rangatira mō apōpō – Our youth are the leaders of tomorrow"
"No passion can surpass that which I hold for whānau. It is my role within this family to provide support to all those that require it and to utilise my skills and knowledge to empower them to be all they can be and more."
