Auaha Rere Conference 2025
Innovate Today, Create Tomorrow
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Venue 1 - Mercury Arena (upstairs)
• 8:15 - 8:45am - Registration
• 9:00am - Opening – Welcome/ Whakatau
• Waiata
• 9:30am - Lisa Terreni – Harnessing the power creativity in uncertain times
• Waiata
• 10:30am - Morning Tea
• 11:15am - Wendy O’Brien – The Genie Is Out of the Bottle – Managing the magic of AI
• Waiata
• 12:30am - Alex Gunn - AI in ECE (by Zoom)
• Waiata
• 1:00pm - Lunch
• 2:15pm - Tarsh Koia (Ngāti Porou) Manu Caddie (Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāti Hē, Waitaha-ā-Hei)
• Waiata
• 3:00pm – Strategic Plan Launch
• 3:30pm – Matariki Awards
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Venue 2 - Stadium Lounge
• 5:00pm - Matariki Celebration
• 5:45pm - Cook Island Dance
• 6:30pm - Seated for dinner
• 7:30pm - Social Event
• 10:00pm - Closing
Special notes:
- Catering for dietary requirements (gluten-free, dairy-free, etc) will all be labelled. For consideration for staff with allergies the conference is a nut-free event.
- Each person is expected to get their own lanyard due to health and safety requirements of the venue and not due to Inspired kindergarten staff.
