He kai kei aku ringa – there is food in my hands.
This whakataukī has been on my mind as we move through Term 3. It speaks to resourcefulness and resilience and a reminder that even in challenging times, we already hold what we need to respond with courage and purpose.
Every day brings headlines that show just how interconnected, complex and sometimes fragile our global community has become. In the midst of these shifts, schools like ours carry a particular responsibility: to be places of formation as well as education. Our students are growing up in a world that asks them to be adaptable, ethically grounded and courageous, and they need adults who understand the world they live in – adults who model steadiness, discernment and hope.
Tena koutou katoa
Nga mihi nui ki a koutou
He kai kei aku ringa – there is food in my hands.
This whakataukī has been on my mind as we move through Term 3. It speaks to resourcefulness and resilience and a reminder that even in challenging times, we already hold what we need to respond with courage and purpose.
Every day brings headlines that show just how interconnected, complex and sometimes fragile our global community has become. In the midst of these shifts, schools like ours carry a particular responsibility: to be places of formation as well as education. Our students are growing up in a world that asks them to be adaptable, ethically grounded and courageous, and they need adults who understand the world they live in – adults who model steadiness, discernment and hope.
While the pace of change is relentless and the pressures facing young people are very real, we are not powerless. We overcome hard times by drawing on what is already within our reach: the virtues that shape character, strengthen judgement and sustain hope.
And lucky for us, we also have Pope Leo XIII. I was reminded recently of his salient reflection that we are all ‘choreographers of hope’. It is a striking image: hope is not passive, nor is it abstract. It is something we shape, teach and practise. Indeed, in a world that can feel fragmented, our daily actions and interactions – how we speak, how we listen, how we behave – become steps in a shared dance that uplifts us and those around us.
This is the work of Catholic education. It is the work of Sacred Heart Girls’ College: forming young women who understand their world, who contribute to it with courage and compassion, and who carry hope into every space they enter – me aro ki te hā o Hineahuone, take heed of the strength and dignity of women.
Mauri ora!
Kia pai te mutunga wiki – have a good weekend.