Keynote Speakers

Tarsh Koia

Mā te Hononga, ka Hua te Ao

‘Ka kākahutia te mokopuna ki te korowai o ōna mātua tīpuna, he korowai aroha kia rere arorangi ai ia ki te toi o ngā rangi’.

Manu Caddie

Through Connection, the World Flourishes 

Mokopuna are enveloped in their ancestral cloak, a cloak of love and empathy, that enables them to realise the heights of their creative potential.

Lisa Terrini

Harnessing the Power of Creativity in Uncertain Times

Creativity is not a bottomless pit and teachers, who are required to be creative almost every minute of their day, need strategies to be able to replenish and refresh their creative energy.

Wendy O’brien

The Genie Is Out of the Bottle

Wendy is a passionate and dedicated educator with a long and diverse career in early childhood education. Her experience spans teaching, leadership, and service development across a wide range of settings, all grounded in a deep commitment to tamariki and whānau.

Alex Gunn

AI in ECE - What questions should kaiako be asking about the uses of GenAI in assessment and planning work? 

Within this brief session Alex will be highlighting some important ethical and professional questions about emerging practices of assessment and planning with GenAI in ECE.  What should Kaiako be thinking about and why as they contemplate the affordances of such technologies in their work?