Ka mātai taku titiro ki te tihi o ngā wai e taka mai ana, arā ko Wairere, Whakamau taku titiro ki te tonga ki ngā pae maunga o Kaimai, tōtika atu ana ki Hautere, kei raro te kōrero kei runga ko Ngāti Ahuru. 

Tīpapa ana taku haere ki ngā pare kōhatu o Horohoro, ki te tihi o Pōhaturoa. 

Whakarongo rua aku taringa ki ngā tai o taupo-nui-a-tia e paripari mai ana, 

tōtika taku haere ki te tihi o Titīraupenga, ka rere ki Wharepuhunga ki te kōhanga o ngā Rei o te iwi e, 

ka mau taku titiro ki Panehākua ki te tiki o te ihingārangi ka hoki nei au ki te tihi o te maunga e tautari mai nā, ka tū au ko Awatea e ko Koia e ara e! Taku ahi tūtata, taku mata kikohā

I am the head girl of Te kaokaoroa o Patetere for 2023 and for me the best thing about our kura is being around my whānau and whenua, our kura promotes inclusiveness and has created a culture where everyone here is one big family that continues to grow over the years. Tauira here consider each other as kaihana and the teachers, cooks and all other staff as our aunties and uncles. I firmly believe that we have the best set of staff in all of Aotearoa, the effort, time and encouragement that our kaiako give out helps push our tauira to strengthen their mental, physical and spiritual strength. Here at kaokaoroa we are fortunate to have an education system that allows our tauira to connect and thrive in te ao maori as well as te ao pakeha.

Ko te kura toku ahuru mowai. Growing up at te kaokaoroa i can confidently say that the school is like a second home for me as it is for others, this being my last year i feel incredibly privileged  to have been given the role and responsibility of being Te Kaokaoroas mareikura wahine. I look forward to working alongside our kaiako and tauira to help give back to our kura and to leave knowing that we left it in a better state than we found it. I do my best to uphold the standards of an ideal head girl for my kura and to make the most of the time I have left here.