aKI SCHOOL TE KURA TUATAHI O OTAKI — ‘iding a high quality, E whakawhiwhi I te matauranga balanced education for all children rangatira rawa atu mo nga in our community tamariki mokopuna o tenei rohe TELEPHONE (06) 364 8704 MILL ROAD FAX (06) 364 8710 OTAKI EMAIL: admin@otaki.school.nz www.otaki.school.nz ie ae Gs i WM (harcanw Distr \ mS i Clee Se \Wrargart Kia Micha, Lans, 2G earns eer wa au \ Te ra tuatah o OK \ rolo i +e eS aval ae phe au kay ke 5 KR tin ee Ae SS ae ried tee Koz, Ae rea kane Ko, le hoe c ee tS fhe. (tere tintange, pa eg ee Ko tera te Kite ree ms ee ton ay i weere te as Te BA WN Mao pg wi rang re rial Ne aloo “ECE whet Ko bh Tyga Tange wena o “rd taka Eis nei tek Tf o Walting, ope tai7 Top ta Whoo, Tra roe «wo oa Ki a wit, e Wekerana_ana (9 tatoy, Kehore ec rhekanrana aa 1 Tih o Waitangi. He para, be Weakocfrana 48 & ine o Whanganui bas. ko fe Whekanirara 4 ew , MO pei te eS ° Ke ae +e lee swage NS reira Kua whakatdkclo & wake koma i a koe, ko tau Kia hapainga, Naku Noa Nera! WA (ter UG aanMayor D-103900 27 August 2009 Te Whiri Tuakana Te Kura 0 Otaki Mill Road OTAKI Dear Teina, Amokura Rangiheuea, Te Aniwa, Te Rangiamohia Nikora-Davis, Ngarui Waahitia-Manukau, Rautini Thompson, and Maria There are so many deficiencies of both fact and logic in your letters, that I barely know where to start Perhaps sacking your teacher for allowing such misapprehension to flourish? When your class starts addressing the real issues affecting Maoridom — particularly the appalling rate of child abuse and child murder within Maori society, then I will take the rest of your views seriously purs sincerely ] Michael Laws Mayor ms / pe Gude gos ages sreght ha SBE.