Tui Hutchinson

Te Tupuranga | Years 1 - 4 | Bilingual

Ko Tokatoka te māunga
Ko Arapaoa te awa
Ko Mahuhu-ki-te-rangi te waka
Ko Waihaua te marae
Ko Ngati Whatua te iwi
Ko Te Uri o Hau te hapu
Ko Jeremy Hutchinson tāku hoa rangatira
Ko Lyrik rātou, ko Phillip, ko Lennox,
raua ko Paris aku tamariki
Ko Tui Hutchinson tōku ingoa
Nō Kaiako ō Tupuranga ahau
No reira
Tēnā Koutou, Tēnā Koutou,
Tēnā Koutou Katoa

My name is Tui Hutchinson nee Jones. I am of Maori and Welsh descent. Born and bred in Papakura, Auckland moved to Dargaville at 12 years old and was raised by my Welsh father aka Taffy. I met my husband/neighbour at 16, married in 2009, four tamariki with no mokos of my own but plenty of mokos from my nieces and nephews we love to adore.

I completed my teaching degree with Te Whare Wānanga ō Awanuiarangi in 2015 celebrating a decade in education this year. First relieving in Pouto, then Aranga and then spending 7 years as the Year 2 kaiako at Selwyn Park in Dargaville.

In Term 4, 2023 I started at Te Kopuru School in the bilingual unit as the kaiako of Poutama the Year 4-8 class. This year 2026 I am the kaiako of the newly opened bilingual unit Tupuranga the Year 0-4 class. My teaching pedagogy is kaupapa maori theory I believe Kaupapa Māori theory in education is a transformative, Māori-led approach that normalises Māori language, culture, and knowledge (mātauranga Māori) as valid and central within the classroom.

In my own time I love being with my whanau and friends, around sport, culture, and the great outdoors of Aotearoa.