Kāhui Ako | Communities of Learning
Achievement challenges are shared goals that are identified and developed by a Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako based on the needs of its learners.
This guidance supports Communities of Learning | Kāhui Ako to identify and develop achievement challenges or refresh their existing achievement challenges. Click through the Filters below or enter search terms, to find a specific Kāhui Ako or read more information About Kāhui Ako Achievement Challenges and guidelines.
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Ōtātara Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Whānau ki te Ako: Albany / Greenhithe
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Otago, Southland
Whitestone Kāhui Ako
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Whirinaki Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Whiria te Tangata Community of Learning
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Tai Tokerau
Whangaroa Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Whangaparaoa Peninsula Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Whakatipu Akoranga Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Whakatane Community of Learning
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Westland Community of Learning
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Auckland
West Papatoetoe Community of Learning
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Wellington
Wellington Catholic Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Waiuku Community of Learning
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Waikato
Waitomo Arotahi Kāhui Ako
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Otago, Southland
Waitaki Ara Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Waipaparoa Kāhui Ako
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Waimea Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Waimate Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Waimairi-iri Kāhui Ako
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Waikato
Waikato Catholic Kāhui Ako
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Waikato
Waihi Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Waiheke Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Uru Mānuka Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Tōtaranui Kāhui Ako
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Waikato
Tō Tātou Haerenga
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Tai Tokerau
Twin Coast Community of Learning
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Top of the South Island Kāhui Ako
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Waikato
Tokoroa Kāhui Ako
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Otago, Southland
Tokomairiro Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Tipu Maia Community of Learning
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Auckland
Te Whānau Mātauranga o Kerehana Community of Learning
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Te Wheke Akoranga Marlborough Sounds Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Te Wharepuni ō Pāpāmoa
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Te Waka o Māramatanga Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Te Taura Here o Ōtautahi Kāhui Ako
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Tai Tokerau
Te Tai Raki Whangarei Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Te Roopu Pourewa Community of Learning
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Wellington
Te Puna Matauranga Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Te Puke ō Taramainuku Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Te Puke Community of Learning
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Waikato
Te Pae Here Kāhui Ako te Raki Rāwhiti o Kirikiriroa
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Te Oro Karaka Tahi Kāhui Ako
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Te Oro Karaka Rua Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Te Maru o Ngongotaha (Rotorua) Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Te Mana Raupō Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
Te Kāhui Waiako
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Wellington
Te Kāhui Tokotoko o Ōtaki
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Tai Tokerau
Te Kāhui Tai Kura o te Hiku
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Te Kāhui Ako ō te Manahuna
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Auckland
Te Kāhui Ako o Waitematā
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Auckland
Te Kāhui Ako o Waitakere
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Auckland
Te Kāhui Ako o Tiriwā
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Wellington
Te Kāhui Ako o te Whanganui-a-Tara
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Waikato
Te Kāhui Ako o te Oko Horoi
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Waikato
Te Kāhui Ako o te Kauaeranga (Thames Community of Learning)
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Wellington
Te Kāhui Ako o Tarikākā | Northern Suburbs Kāhui Ako
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Te Kāhui Ako o Taranaki Mohoao
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Te Kāhui Ako o Omaio ki Tahunanui
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Otago, Southland
Te Kāhui Ako o Ngā Awanui
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Te Kāhui Ako o Mokai Patea
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Te Kāhui Ako o Kawakawa
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Auckland
Te Kāhui Ako o Kaipara
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Auckland
Te Korowai Kakahu o Manurewa Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Te Kaahui Ako o te Puuaha o Waikato
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Waikato
Te Kaahui Ako o Tainui
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Auckland
Te Kaahui Ako o Manurewa
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Waikato
Te Kaahui Ako o Mangakootukutuku
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Auckland
Te Iti Kahurangi Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Te Hū o Kākāpōtahi Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Te Atatu Community of Learning
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Waikato
Te Aroha Kāhui Ako
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Tai Tokerau
Te Arahura Community of Learning
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Auckland
Te Ara Whetū Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Te ara Mana-ā-Kura Kāhui Ako | Farm Cove Community of Learning
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Auckland
Te Ara Bucklands Beach Kāhui Ako
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Te Angi Angi Community of Learning
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Wellington
Tawa Community of Learning
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Tauranga Peninsula Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Tauranga Moana Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Taupō Community of Schools
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Waikato
Taumarunui Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
Tararua Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Tamai Community of Learning
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Takitini Toru Kāhui Ako
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Takitini Tahi Kāhui Ako
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Takitini Rua Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
Taitoko Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
Taita/Stokes Valley Community of Learning
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Taha Whānau (Gisborne) Kāhui Ako
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Taha Tinana (Gisborne) Kāhui Ako
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Taha Hinengaro (Gisborne) Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Steiner Waldorf Community of Learning
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Wellington
South Wairarapa Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
South Timaru Community of Learning
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
South Taranaki - Patea Community of Learning
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
South Taranaki - Hawera Community of Learning
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
South Rangitikei Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
South East Christian Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
South Canterbury Catholic Community of Learning
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Auckland
South Auckland Catholic Community of Learning
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Ruapehu Kāhui Ako
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Ruahine Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Rotorua Central Community of Learning
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Rotorua Catholic Faith Based Community of Learning
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Auckland
Rosehill Pathways Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Reporoa Community of Learning
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Pūtauaki ki Rangitaiki Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Pūtaringamotu Kāhui Ako
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Waikato
Putaruru Community of Learning
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Auckland
Pupuke (Westlake) Community of Learning
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Auckland
Puketāpapa Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Puketeraki Community of Learning
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Auckland
Pukekohe Community of Learning
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Porou Ariki Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
Porirua East Community of Learning
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Otago, Southland
Pomahaka Kāhui Ako
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Piritahi Kāhui Ako
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Tai Tokerau
Peowhairangi Community of Learning
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Auckland
Papatoetoe Kāhui Ako
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Palmerston North East Kāhui Ako
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Palmerston North Catholic Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Pakuranga West Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Ōtūmoetai Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Ōtākaro Community of Learning
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Auckland
Ōtāhuhu Community of Learning
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Otago, Southland
Otepoti ki te Raki – Community of Learning North Dunedin
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Auckland
Ōtara ō te Rererangi Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Orewa Community of Learning
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Ōpōtiki Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Opuke Community of Learning
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Auckland
Oneroa Community of Learning
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Waikato
Ohinemuri Community of Learning
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Tai Tokerau
Northern Wairoa Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Northcote Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
North Timaru Community of Learning
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Auckland
North Shore Catholic Schools Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
North Porirua Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako
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Waikato
Ngā Whānau o Karaiti Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Ngā Peka o Tauwharekākaho (Rolleston) Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Ngā Mātāpuna o te Waihora Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Ngā Mātāpuna o Ngā Pakihi Community of Learning
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Tai Tokerau
Ngā Kura mo te ako o Whangarei Kāhui Ako (Group 4)
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Tai Tokerau
Ngā Kura mo te ako o Whangarei Kāhui Ako (Group 2)
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Tai Tokerau
Ngā Kura mo te ako o Whangarei Kāhui Ako (Group 1)
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Ngā Hau e Whā Kāhui Ako
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Waikato
Nga Awa ki te Moana Kāhui Ako
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Nelson City Community of Learning
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Wellington
Naenae Community of Learning
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Māwhera Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Mt Maunganui Community of Learning
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Auckland
Mt Albert Kāhui Ako
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Motueka Community of Learning
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Wellington
Motu Kairangi Kāhui Ako
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Waikato
Morrinsville Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Mid Bays Community of Schools
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Auckland
Maungakiekie Community of Learning
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Mataruahou Napier City Kāhui Ako
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Matariki Community of Learning
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Waikato
Matamata Community of Learning
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Mata Nui o Kahungunu
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Wellington
Masterton (Whakaoriori) Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Mangere Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Manaiakalani Community of Learning
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Auckland
Mahurangi Community of Learning
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Auckland
Lynfield Kāhui Ako
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Lower North Island Christian Kāhui Ako
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Otago, Southland
Lower Mataura Valley Community of Learning
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Auckland
Kōtuitui Community of Learning
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Wellington
Kāpiti South Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
Kāpiti North Kāhui Ako
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Otago, Southland
Kāhui Ako o Wakatipu
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Otago, Southland
Kāhui Ako Ki Te Tai Tonga | Southern Area Schools Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Kāhui Ako ki Papakura
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Kāhui Ako ki Mohua
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Auckland
Ki Atua hei te Kororia Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
Kerekere Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Katote (Christchurch) Community of Learning
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Auckland
Kaipātiki Kāhui Ako
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Kaikoura Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Ka Awa Whiria
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Otago, Southland
Invercargill Community of Learning
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Waikato
Huntly District Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Howick Coast Kāhui Ako
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Tai Tokerau
Hokianga Community of Learning
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Waikato
Hillcrest Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Henderson Community of Learning
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Waikato
He Waka Eke Noa (NW Hamilton) Community of Learning
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Havelock North Kāhui Ako
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Waikato
Hauraki Kāhui Ako
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Hastings East Kāhui Ako
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Hakatere Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Glendowie Kāhui Ako
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Otago, Southland
FINS CoL
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Otago, Southland
Eastern Southland Kāhui Ako
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Bay of Plenty, Waiariki
Eastern Rotorua Kāhui Ako
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Otago, Southland
Dunstan Community of Learning
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Otago, Southland
Dunedin Catholic Schools Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Devonport-Takapuna Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
Dannevirke Community of Learning
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Waikato
Coromandel Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Christian Education Network Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Christchurch Catholic (Te Mara Akoranga Katorika) Kāhui Ako
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Central New Plymouth Kāhui Ako
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Wellington
Capital City Kāhui Ako
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Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast
Buller Community of Learning | Kāhui Ako
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Tai Tokerau
Bream Bay Kāhui Ako
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Otago, Southland
Big River Community of Learning
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Canterbury, Chatham Islands
Aupaki Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Auckland Central Community of Schools
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Auckland
Auckland Central Catholic Kāhui Ako
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Auckland
Alfriston Kāhui Ako
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Hawkes Bay, Tairāwhiti
Ahuriri Community of Learning
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Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū
Kāhui Ako o te Kōhanga Moa – Inglewood Community of Learning
About Kāhui Ako
Kāhui Ako should set between 3-5 achievement challenges. These should be related to, or derived from, the National Curricula and can include preconditions necessary for achievement such as wellbeing/hauora and student engagement.
Achievement challenges should be focused on the things that the Kāhui Ako consider will make the most significant difference to all the children and young people and help them to achieve the outcomes in the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa .
Identifying achievement challenges
Communities of Learning identify achievement challenges that are a priority for their community. Achievement challenges should be common to all or most of the schools within a community, but may be apparent in different ways in different schools, along the learning pathway.
The following questions may be helpful starters.
- What is our vision of success for our students?
- What are the common challenges across our Community of Learning?
- What do we know about possible reasons for these challenges and how do we know?
- What support will be needed and what resources are available to help?
Understanding links and reasons for the challenges will help define your achievement challenges and set out your goals and objectives towards addressing them.
Endorsement of achievement challenges
Once the achievement challenges have been identified and a high level plan for addressing them has been developed, the boards of each of the schools need to agree to them and sign a memo of understanding. Staff members, parents, family and whānau should all be involved in the achievement challenge process.
Achievement challenges need to show:
- The evidence for why each challenge has been chosen: That is, the inquiry process that led to identifying the learning need, and how this relates to the outcomes sought in the NZ Curriculum/Te Marautanga.
- The story about what will happen to make progress against each challenge. That is, your high level plan of the actions you will undertake to make progress against each challenge.
- How it will be known that progress is being made against each challenge. That is, the data you have collected, or intend to collect, to establish the current state; the assessment tools you will use to measure progress.
The below documents provide guidance for Kāhui Ako that are identifying achievement challenges.
- Guide for Schools and Kura [PDF, 777 KB]
- He Aratohu mā ngā Kura [PDF, 512 KB]
- Tips and Starters: Working Together [PDF, 279 KB]
- What Makes a Good Achievement Challenge [PDF, 755 KB]
Completed achievement challenges then need to be submitted to your Director of Education for endorsement. Endorsement enables a Community of Learning to access the full range of resources available to them to support the important job of tackling the challenges.
Refreshing achievement challenges
Achievement challenges and their action plan are a living document and should evolve and grow with the Community of Learning.
We expect Kāhui Ako to formally refresh their achievement challenges and high level plan when their original plan ‘expires,' or if the Community of Learning decides to make significant changes to their achievement challenges and high level plan (for example changing a focus area). A formal review or refresh is an opportunity to reflect on progress so far, evaluate the evidence in light of the work a Kāhui Ako has been doing and refine the approach as required.
If one or more achievement challenges are changed we recommend that a summary of the actions you took to address each challenge, the progress you made, and the rationale for why you have decided to change focus will be included. Ideally this would again include a consultation process so that the voices of key people can be considered as part of the process.
We have developed guidance to help you when you begin reviewing and refreshing your achievement challenges. You may also consider using the development maps to help assess the progress you have made as a Kāhui Ako.
When achievement challenges are refreshed, a copy needs to be sent to your local Ministry Advisor for review and approval by the Director of Education. Once approved, we will replace the original achievement challenge with the refreshed version.
All Kāhui Ako are able remove National Standards and Ngā Whanaketanga Rumaki Māori from their achievement challenges if they want to do so in a formal refresh.
Further information
- Download the the Basket of Evidence - Appendix 1 Tips and Starters guide [PDF, 279 KB] to help identify relevant achievement challenges as well as supporting evidence.
- See page 8 Community of Learning Guide for Schools and Kura [PDF, 777 KB].