The Upper North Island region of Playcentre Aotearoa undertook a pōwhiri and te ao Māori learning experience earlier this year, using an ACE Aotearoa professional development (PD) grant.
Rebekah Marcetic, centre member from Howick Playcentre, says 30 whānau, volunteers and staff from the regional office and local playcentres spent a Saturday at Te Pono o Tāmaki Marae, a community marae located in the grounds of Tamaki College in Glen Innes, Auckland.