Te Kōtare
Project 2017-12-22 10:26:14 +1300
Help us make Jenny's dream fly.
Te Kōtare is the dream of Jenny Shearer, who passed away before it was completed. She was an early childhood teacher, who had a passion for teaching her tamariki Te Reo Māori She composed 10 songs in Te Reo Māori, in the hope that they would become a tool for teachers to teach Maori concepts and language. After Jenny died, her family and friends have been working hard to make this dream come true. We are excited to now have professionally recorded songs and wonderfully designed teaching resources, including online animated videos. And now, we want to really set them free, and produce and distribute 500 of these for Early Childhood Education centres and primary schools throughout the Wellington region and beyond.
www.tekotare.org
The project so far has only occurred thanks to the generous support of Matiu Te Huki (cultural liasion, music support), Lee Prebble, (studio recording) Jenny's whanau - Ann and Larry Purchas, Grant, Jenny's husband, and their boys, Malachi, Jamaya and Neo. And an awesome team of design students from Massey University; Alesha Garton, Kelsey Gee, Libby White, Olivia Mellor-Killalea, Ellie Jackson, Frank Lewis, Georgia McNeil, Katie McKenzie, Alya Corner, Dion Fowler, Brittany Rusbatch, Karlos Tui, Christie Penn, Joe Aziz
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A & T
2018-03-30 09:29:38 +1300
"Thank you for your beautiful gifts Jenny. "
Haidee Westwater
2018-03-29 21:36:42 +1300
Narmali Bee
2018-03-29 20:43:29 +1300
Carrie Carey
2018-03-29 19:38:29 +1300
"What a worthwhile cause and great you’ve already achieved the target! Would be wonderful if Island Bay school could use this resource."
Chris and Helen Warring
2018-03-29 19:15:03 +1300
Laura Goldsbury
2018-03-29 17:05:30 +1300
"Would love to nominate Kelson School. Woohoo!"
Anonymous pledger
2018-03-29 16:19:33 +1300
Anonymous pledger
2018-03-29 12:11:12 +1300
"Wonderful Project, I would like resource packages to go to Scots College Primary and Marsden Primary Schools please."
Rachael Dell
2018-03-29 12:06:05 +1300
"Fingers crossed we can make this project fly and Jenny's spirit will live on through beautiful waiata...."
BeeKayEss
2018-03-29 11:44:00 +1300
"Nearly there"
Anonymous pledger
2018-03-28 23:21:25 +1300
"Great idea, let's hope you can get there!"
Anonymous pledger
2018-03-28 17:46:45 +1300
"Jenny would be proud!"
Wayne Kirkland
2018-03-28 16:59:53 +1300
"Hi Grant and whanau. This pledge is on behalf of Urban Vision. We are glad to be able to support such a great project."
Mel Cash
2018-03-28 16:36:04 +1300
"Beautiful resources for the tamariki of Aotearoa!"
Cathy Agnew
2018-03-28 15:36:13 +1300
"This is such a beautiful way to honour such a generous gift of not only the language Te Reo, but Jenny's dream. "
Patrick Shepherd
2018-03-28 11:40:47 +1300
"Pleasure to support such a great project!"
Anonymous pledger
2018-03-28 00:10:31 +1300
Amanda Dobson
2018-03-27 22:27:27 +1300
"What a wonderful legacy Jenny has left. It is a privilege to support this precious project.
Nga mihi nui ki a koutou te whanau a Jenny."
Bettina Powell
2018-03-27 20:37:17 +1300
"Awesome tribute. Privileged to be a part of it."
Helen Walker
2018-03-27 16:48:54 +1300
Anonymous pledger
2018-03-27 16:08:58 +1300
Merrilyn Withers
2018-03-27 13:40:59 +1300
Jessica
2018-03-27 12:09:10 +1300
Rachel
2018-03-27 07:30:41 +1300
Andrew
2018-03-26 22:53:17 +1300
"What a fantastic legacy."
Anonymous pledger
2018-03-26 22:52:24 +1300
Hana Utting
2018-03-26 22:04:14 +1300
"Jenny your vision and commitment are a true inspiration to me. I hold you close to my heart every moment of every day. I am proud of you x"
Jo Hodgson
2018-03-26 21:53:19 +1300
"So looking forward to hearing your songs and sharing them with our primary school Kapa haka all comers group. "
Karen
2018-03-26 21:51:51 +1300
"For Jenny, her family and our tamariki, with love the Whitehouse family (Little Earth)"
Natalie Lamblet
2018-03-26 21:24:46 +1300
