Koa Matete
Meet Koa
Koa is the Year 5 Navigator at Tikipunga Primary School. She has a passion for working with young people and loves what I Have a Dream offers tamariki and rangatahi. She has a long background in sports, playing in representative teams both in New Zealand and Australia, as well as a background in Toi Māori (Maori Arts) and Whakairo (Carving). She currently holds her Certificate in Māori and Indigenous Arts and her Diploma in Toiora Whānau (Indigenous based Social Work) and is studying towards her Toiora Whānau Degree. Koa aims to use the skills and knowledge she has to create exciting and new opportunities for her dreamers.
Koa believes that every student has the potential to do and be whatever they desire and hopes that she can be an encouraging role model for her dreamers.
