Innovation Awards in the Media

Russell Burt (Manaiakalani Convenor & Principal of Pt England School) recently spoke to RadioLive's Vaughn Davis about Manaiakalani and the recent win of a pair of New Zealand Innovation Awards.

Click the image below to go to RadioLive and hear the full interview:

Here are some other articles that talk about this years NZ Innovation Awards winners, including Manaiakalani:

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Manaiakalani picks up two New Zealand Innovation Awards

The Manaiakalani Education Programme was announced as the winner in two categories of the New Zealand Innovation Awards 2016 on Thursday October 20th at SKY City Convention Centre. 

The categories that Manaiakalani won in are:

1. INNOVATION IN EDUCATION, TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT - Sponsored by Chartered

2. EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL INNOVATION - Sponsored by Yellow

Overall there were 21 winners, 19 highly commended awards across 11 industry categories and 10 business disciplines.

Click here to read the full press release

Here is a short video interview with Russell Burt (Manaiakalani Schools Convenor & Principal of Pt England School):

The New Zealand Innovation Awards eZine below also has a page about Manaiakalani (page 19):

iNACOL Award

Russell Burt, principal of Pt England School and Convenor for the Manaiakalani cluster is honoured to have recently received the Innovative Blended and Online Learning Practice Award from iNACOL on behalf of Manaiakalani.

Click the image below to read more about the iNACOL awards:

Click the image below to read more about this achievement on the Hapara blog:

Radio New Zealand focus on Maori Education

Manaiakalani has been featured in an article for the Radio New Zealand News website. The piece features quotes from Manaiakalani Cluster school principals: Russell Burt, Rhonda Kelly and Gael Vickers.

To read the article, click the image below:

NEXT Foundation announces support for Manaiakalani Outreach

Recently, NEXT Foundation announced that they would be investing in Manaiakalani Outreach. They produced a video which talks about Manaiakalani's work in Tamaki and elsewhere. The video features Manaiakalani Education Trust Chair Pat Snedden and Pt England School Principal Russell Burt.

Watch the video here:


Manaiakalani from Next Foundation on Vimeo.

Click the image below to read the full article on the NEXT Foundation website:

Bringing your own device - Seven Sharp

Russell Burt, the principal from Pt England School in the Manaiakalani cluster, has been featured in a segment on TVNZ's Seven Sharp about school Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. Click below to watch the video on TVNZ's website:

Russell Burt's Presentation at NetHui 2013

Russell Burt, the Principal of Pt England School in the Manaiakalani cluster, was given the opportunity to speak at NetHui 2013 in Wellington. A link to notes from his speech, as well as a video of the presentation itself can be found below:

Video: http://www.r2.co.nz/20130709/russell-b.htm

ReTooling school [a Manaiakalani story] - Schoolnews.co.nz

Russell Burt, the principal of Pt England School in the Manaiakalani cluster, has contributed an article to the SchoolNews educational magazine, detailing the story of the Manaiakalani Education Trust, along with his vision for the future of education.