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He uri ahau ō ngā hapū ō Ngāti Manu rāua ko Ngāti Hine
Ko Karetu me Otiria ōku marae
No Taumarere ahau engari i tipu ake ahau ki Tamariki Makaurau
Ko Sacha Cherrington tōku īngoa.  

Sacha holds a wealth of knowledge with 25 years of experience in Education, from Youth work, Primary to Early Childhood Education to draw from. Having previously worked at the Ministry of Education for 8 years, as a Snr Advisor ECE provides Sacha with regulatory specific lens on her provision to Early Learning Services. One of her main focuses of work for the Ministry was the Strengthening Early Learning Opportunities for Tai Tokerau portfolio. This portfolio included engaging alongside community and Early Learning Services to identify and respond to their specific SELO needs.  

Sacha has tailored programmes specific to Te Reo Māori me ōna tikanga, brain development, working with trauma, regulations and criteria, governance, management and administration, individual programmes for meeting specific licensing criteria and working within Te Whāriki framework.

Being of Māori decent herself, another passion in education includes working with whānau and tamariki Māori affected by trauma, including Tamariki with learning support needs.  She holds a Master of Education, having completed research into Transition from Te Kōhanga Reo to Te Kura Kaupapa Māori.

She is committed to gain the best outcomes for tamariki and whānau in Early Childhood Education, and believes  in working alongside educators and services to deliver quality programmes.

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Ko Wendy Baker tōku īngoa

Wendy has over 25 years of experience working with whānau and tamariki on the topic of sexual health.

For the last 10 years she has been delivering programmes across Tai Tokerau through Ministry of Education (SELO), Learning Support and Oranga Tamariki to Early Learning Services, whānau and tamariki, community organisations and individuals who are working with tamariki with trauma and diverse needs, domestic violence, sexual abuse, and child protection.

Sally grew up in small town New Zealand, in a family where motorcycle racing was a key focus. She inevitably went onto race herself, but encountered a life changing head injury in 2002, which gave her increased sensitivity to the world of emotions.

A year later, she went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, to provide Mental Performance Coaching to racers.

She then followed a nomadic lifestyle, continuing to work in IT as a Business Analyst, across Australia and NZ. This work provided Sally with the valuable ability to quickly conceptualise complex systems and processes.

After writing an ebook on Sport Psychology tools for motorcycle racing, she combined her analytical skills with her emotional sensitivity and intuitive capability (also thanks to the head injury), and applied it all to the often-elusive world of emotions.

Her first output was the emotions mapped video, which enables us to see emotions from a fresh, visual perspective. Over the next few years, she embarked on the painstaking task of writing an emotion guide on 21 of the most common ‘negative’ emotions, which she chose to instead transfer into a more creative and engaging online format.

Sallys Website Link:

https://emotions.guide/

Tiare has two years previous experience working as a playgroup co-ordinator for Koropiko Tamariki, she led their successful re-certification. Tiare has attended Child Matters Training  work shops including a 2 day child protection course.  

Her current role is  supporting  Sacha Cherrington as Mīharo administration and works alongside Sacha supporting implementation of Talking Matters in the Far North region. She will soon be co-ordinator of Hapu Mumma Puna operating outside of Far North REAP, Kaitaia. 

Her previous roles included health care assistant experience at Kaitaia Switzer Home and Te Hiku Houora.