At Paeroa Central School our values are woven within our school vision: Children gain a connection to their place and whakapapa through working together (Mana Tū) and building a sense of belonging (Mana Ūkaipō), to the Environment (Mana Whenua ), to the people (Mana Motuhake) and to the Community (Mana Tangatarua).

Kia rangatira te tū i te ao Māori, i te ao whānui hoki.

To provide quality education in a bilingual medium, so that every child will have the skills and knowledge to contribute, participate and succeed in Te Ao Hauraki (Haurakitanga), Te Ao Māori (Māoritanga) and Te Ao Whānui (Global World).

Ko te ako.

Ko te tipu ake.

Ko te whakakī mātou kete,

Ki ngā mātauranga ō neherā, ki ngā wheako ō nāianei, ki ngā pūkenga hei oranga mō ake tonu atu.

Together we learn.

Together we grow.

Together our kete overflows with the knowledge of the past, the experiences of today, and skills for the future.

• Through exploration and discovery children will be immersed in dual language, share creativity and build respectful relationships – Mana Tangatarua (The skills, knowledge and confidence to navigate success in two or more worlds)

• Paeroa Central School: Te Kura Tuatahi o Paeroa students / akonga have a strong sense of cultural identity and modelling success – Mana Motuhake (a positive Maori identity and a sense of embedded achievement)

• Improve, inspire and excel the language speakers at Paeroa Central School: Te Kura Tuatahi o Paeroa in Te Reo Maori, revitalising the mita and dialect of Hauraki – Mana Reo

• Promote and engage in successful educational pathways for our children and school community, forging collaborative relationships with our local iwi, hāpu, marae, whanau and hāpori – Mana Whenua

• Provide rich learning opportunities to develop key competencies and inquiry, encouraging our children to become life-long learners from home, school and beyond – Mana Tū (efficacy, courage, humility, tenacity and resilience)

• Through our hitori (history), purakau (traditional stories), kawa (protocols), iwi, hāpu, marae, me ngā tikanga (rules that are set) build a culture of learning to strengthen our ties to Haurakitanga – Mana Ūkaipō (belonging and connection to a place)