Digital Natives Academy (DNA) and its education arm Native Tech are hosting a two-day wānanga focused on normalising the everyday use of te reo Māori and deepening student understanding of climate change through culturally grounded, hands-on learning. The wānanga, open to tauira enrolled in DNA’s […]
Kia ora e te whānau, Ko Ngongotahā te maunga. Ko Te Utuhina te awa. Ko Rotorua-Nui-a-Kahumatamomoe te moana. Ko Ngāti Whakaue te iwi. Ko Tunohopu te marae. Ko Kameta tōku whānau. Ko Isaiah tōku ingoa. Ko Te Arawa ahau. Tēnā kautou, tēnā kautou, tēnā kautou […]
A group of Digital Natives Academy (DNA) and Native Tech students recently travelled to Maketū, the landing place of Te Arawa waka, to deepen their understanding of how colonisation and climate change are woven together. Guided by local knowledge holders and educators, the students stood […]
Digital Natives Academy (DNA) proudly hosted a uniquely Aotearoa, uniquely Māori esports experience on Tuesday, 9 April, at the Rotorua Energy Events Centre. The event brought together 132 students, primarily from kura tuatahi and kura takawaenga (years 5–8), representing 16 kura and forming 33 teams […]
An innovative collaboration is about to help unleash the digital creativity and potential of tamariki Māori in Rotorua. On 1 December ten Kura from Ngā Kura ā Iwi will come together to take part in an esports experience in the form of a collaborative Minecraft […]