2009 - Another Great Year for NZMC Musicians Mentoring in Schools!

Have we been back to your old school this year?

Take a look at where mentors (in no particular order!)

Ladi 6, Moana Maniopoto, Suzanne, Grayson Gilmour, Jason Kerrison, Anna Coddington, Shona Laing, Flip Grater, Mike Fabulous, Tyna Keelan, Jimmy Christmas, Jeremy Mayall, Hera, Tonga Vaea-Martsers, James Illingworth, Mal McCallum, Mike Prain and Andrew Wilson, Fleur Jack, Lani Purkis, Anita Anker, Peter Jefferies, Kat Theo, Horomona Horo, Charlotte Yates, Victoria Girling Butcher, Wayne Mason, Paul McLennan-Kissell, Godfrey de Grut, Oakley Grenell, Tama Waipara, Rio Hemopo, have been this year:
Akaroa Area School; Aorere College, Papatoetoe; Bayfield High School; Botany Downs Secondary College; Campion College, Gisborne; Carterton School; De La Salle College, Papatoetoe; Epsom Girl's Grammar; Feilding Intermediate; Flaxmere Primary School; Gisborne Boy's High School; Gisborne Girl's High School; Grantlea Downs (Timaru); Green Bay High School; Grey Main School (Greymouth); Hadlow School, Masterton; Hastings Intermediate; Hato Paora College; Havelock North High School; Hillmorton High School, Christchurch; Holy Cross, Wellington; Hukarere Maori Girls College, Hawkes Bay; John McGlashan, Dunedin; Kaikohe Christian School; Kaitaia College; Kaitaia Intermediate; Kedgley Intermediate, Papatoetoe; Kings High School, Dunedin; Kowhai Intermediate, Auckland; Lincoln High School; Logan Park High School; Long Bay College; Mairehau High School, Christchurch; Makoura College, Masterton; Mana College; Manawatu College; Maniototo Area School, Otago; Maniototo Area School, Otago; Manurewa Intermediate; Marist Herne Bay; Mercury Bay College; Morrinsville Intermediate; Mount Roskill Grammar School; Mt Maunganui College; Murrays Bays School, Auckland; Napier Girls High School; Nelson Girls High School; Nelson Intermediate; Onslow College, Wellington; Otago Boys High School; Otago Girls High School; Queens High School, Dunedin; Paroa School, Greymouth; Piri Piri School cluster group; Rangiora Newlife; Reparoa College; Rongotai College, Wellington; Rosehill College, Papakura; Rotorua Lakes High School; Spotswood College, New Plymouth; St Dominic's College, Auckland; St Hilda's Dunedin; St Mary's, Wellington; St Pius X School, Glen Innes; St Therese, Mt Albert; Stratford High School; Taieri College; Tamaki College; Tamarunui High School; Tangiteroria School, Northland; Te Ara Whanui, Lower Hutt; Te Kura O Kaikohe; Te Kura o Matauranga, Manukau; Te Kura o Otangarei, Northland; Te Kura Taumata, Pangaru; Thordon School, Wellington; Timaru Boys High School; Waiheke High School; Waikanae School; Waimataitai School, Timaru; Waitaki Girls', Oamaru; Waitara College; Wellington High School; Westland High School; Whangarei Boys High School; Whangaroa College, Northland; William Colenso College, Napier.

The Ministry of Education funds this programme and all targets have been surpassed and outcomes achieved. 1200 Students have been engaged in one on one mentoring with these professional musicians and many thousands have benefited with the resulting performances and engagement with a musician in their schools. Outcomes for those of you who are still with us... include: Addressing the principles and desired outcomes of the Ministry's Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success initiative; Addressing the principles and desired outcomes of the Pacifika Action Plan that is Presence - Engagement - Achievement ... (3 big ticks for the programme there!) Achievement in recording and the production of original material. Participation in an event performing original material, Understanding of music industry roles, key organisations and career paths, Achievement and Unit Standards in schools where these goals are set. And there are not just the learning outcomes...
"One particular student struggles to get to school regularly. After these sessions he joined a band and is a regular attendee" (Teacher, Hastings)
We look forward to the 2010 year, Maisey Rika, winner of the best solo female artist award in the recent national Waiata Maori Music Awards, joins the mentoring team in early February at two Kura in the Wellington area in the first week of term. Chris, the Head of Department at the Kura where she will initially work, described her as his students "Idol". These students are already looking forward to returning to school in 2010!

It's going to be another great year!