Te Titohu Arahina Te Hunga Tangata Graduate Diploma in

Professional Supervision Bi-culturalism in Practice

Student Name: Penny Horsfall
Student ID: 200175688
Assessment Title:

Pupuritia

Assessment Code:

WHAPS 701

Kaiako: Hine Moeke Murray & Tania Rose Tutaki

Due Date:
Date Submitted:

29 August 2016

Word Count: 609

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WHAPS 801: Pupuritia

1. What the video was about?
We were asked to produce a video using a TV programme from Maori
Television. We discussed this and decided Korero Mai was the programme,
we rangahau what we thought pupuritia was in relation to the role of a kaitiaki
and decided on 3 tenets whanau, Mauri and hangai. We decided to keep it
simple using the role play of a whanau eating kai together and the tikanga and
kauwa that is used to centre a whanau in this simple activity. Things did
evolve as we practiced as a group. We used repetitive language to emphasise
the principles in pupuritia and additionally using kapahaka actions that
exhibits the tenet.
I.
Whanau Within the whanau setting our tipuna, kaumatua and parents
are storehouses of knowledge, knowledge that has been passed on from
generation to generation. It is knowledge that is not limited to
anything, knowledge that is transferable to all whanau. Tipuna are our
minders, mentors and kaitiaki for mokopuna to come. It is this
knowledge in which we practice and conduct our lives and it is through
II.

lived experiences that we learn similarly.

Mauri This tenet acknowledges and promotes the life essence within
each person and kaupapa it moves from the centre outwards, in search
for positive connections, relationships and knowledge, it stimulates all
things, creates order out of disorder and shows a sureness of touch

III.

that stems from inner clarity, conscious pursuit of Mauri ora.

Hangai Hangai prepares you to ensuring that you are balanced,
centred and tika to the kaupapa in hand it is a skill in its self. Being
transferable to all kaupapa it is an opportunity to be mindful and in
tune to korero, place and time.

2. What you (individually) learnt about Pupuritia

Pupuritia is something that I have grown into at the time of the role play I
went through the motions of the exercise. But having done this written
exercise can see how things are becoming clearer in what I need to do in order
to pass this Diploma.

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3. How your video relates to professional supervision.

The tenets outlined enable us to perform our role as kaitiaki. We repeated key
words as a means of continual reinforcement in sessions where there is a lot of
korero and the kaitiaki needs to reiterate certain points. It is believed like our
video that these reminders are prompts in which we conduct ourselves.
As described with each tenet you can see their value in a kaitiaki session with
roles and responsibility for kaitiaki and supervisee. Having the knowledge
from tipuna and lived experiences provide a korowai of Taonga to both.
Maintaining the mauri within the kaitiaki session is predominantly the kaitiaki
responsibility but is also the supervisees to in that we all have a responsibility
as displayed in the video. Finding the balance within yourself is key to the
success of a kaitiaki session but demonstrating this is to the translation of the
messages you are trying to convey.

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