Stryder HQ

20/04/2026

YOOOOO TE VILLAGE

Aunty Tai’s switching it up building a smarter, more powerful collective 💪🏽

We can’t control everything out there… but we CAN learn, build, and level up together FOR THE FREES 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾

Before you call me for a 2-hour drive just to say “wrong screws cuzzie” 😭 Let me share what ive learned over the years and you can learn to do it your daang self!!

TO HELP ME HELP YOU, I NEED YOU TO DROP THEM QUESTIONS BELOW.

And ill show you how to sort it or we can learn together 🛠

Roof leaking?
Deck sketchy?
Not sure what tool to use?
Or how to order materials ect?

Say less fam WE GOT YOU!!

Because an educated collective is a powerful collective 💯

Is good to be back whaaanau
Better learning everybody 🫡

31/12/2025

Hit the gap 2025
Chuuuuuuuur 2026

Our whanau at Stryder HQ want to send the heartiest most skuxest Happy new years to our meke as village!! The opportunities were endless because of you all and we aim to have a limitless year for 2026 so line them jobs up and get at your unx before unty kicks him out for the new years
👀😂.

We appreciate you all theres no doubt about it
We love you all because how could we not
And we look forward to seeing you all in te new year!! Be safe, have a sober driver or get a solid kick up te asss from yours truly.

Like uncle honz always says; GOTTA LOAN TILL NEK YEAR chuuuuuuuuuur the heartiest village of all 🤠🫳🏾

14/12/2025

As we slowly unwind for the year we'd like to give a special thanks to our amazing whanau in
S Hwy-15 Collective for inviting us to MC at their Christmas gig in AWARUA last friday. It was FUN and filled with many hyena cackles and belly laughs from us all. As the new gen coming up all we want is inclusiveness, whakawhānaungatanga & straight up good energy making sure the aim and goal is always for the people. Dont get me wrong we aint polished yet but we out here trying and I reckon that deserves a hearty pat on te back!!!
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So go follow like share and support the kaupups plus all pics and videos will be shared there and you get to see our cool as MR & MRS CLAUS pics with all the beautiful whanau.
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Plus nabbed a cheeky W on them Maoli tickets that day and im sorry whanau unty Tai already gifted to a well deserving whanau so dont grease up they long gone 🤣🤣
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Thank you my little elf security that helped me that day you 2 are definitely being dragged along to the next gig 🤣
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We appreciate you all chuuuuuuur the village have a meke day see yous very soon 😉🫳🏾

18/11/2025

Even though shes been slow on the mahis we still out here connecting, networking and seeing where our mahi fits in here amongst the people of Ngapuhi but know even in the silence of socials we still love our village and we are always stepping out of our comfort zone to make sure we position ourselves better for you all - and us too no point making a cake and not eating it sheeeesh make it make sense haha

Slowly but surely but if not sooner then unty tai gonna have to roll these local organisations again
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07/10/2025

We are honoured to stand with Te Hokina Te Hokinga Tuna - Reviving Ancestral Kai and Wai Ora Restoration. at the Aquaculture Conference 2025 here in Whakatu Nelson — a space where knowledge, innovation, and kaitiakitanga come together for the future of our moana and our people.

Our vision goes beyond housing. It is about restoring the heartbeat of our papakāinga, breathing life back into our awa and moana, and building true resilience across every layer of our communities.

We arrived with open hearts and a hunger to learn — crossing paths with new faces and, in this beautifully small world, reconnecting with whānau along the way. Each step reminds us that when we enter spaces like these, we do not stand alone. We stand for all — past, present, and future.

Because tomorrow is built by the hands and hearts willing to rise together today.

Whakatú you are absolutely beautiful

11/09/2025

FRIIIDAAAAAY PREP WORK DONE RIGHT 💪🏾
With a Meke delivery from our favorite local lads
ITM KAIKOHE!!
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The weathers abit sh*tere today but that dont mean we gotta have a sh*tere wairua 🫡🫰🏾
onwards and upwards whaaaanau!!
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WE AWNNNNNNN! 🫳🏾

07/09/2025

Kaikohe!! the momentum is building! Starting at Northland College opening doors to charter schooling and new pathways for our rangatahi.

This is the blueprint for our next leaders, innovators, and dreamers — not just in academics, but in Te Whare Tapa Whā, Te Taiao, infrastructure, Sports academy and the growth of our community.

The future is here, and it belongs to our rangatahi.

Expression of Interest - Northland College conversion to Charter School

Tēnā koutou e te whānau,

The Northland College Board of Trustees has joined with Te Rūnanga A Iwi o Ngāpuhi (TRAION) to make a formal expression of interest in converting to a Charter School.

Once our expression of interest is confirmed by The Charter School Agency we will begin formal consultation with you, our whānau and wider community. Only after consultation is completed will a final decision be made as to whether or not an application to convert be made.

As a Board our conversation and investigation into Charter School conversion started over 12 months ago. As our consideration and conversation progressed, we were able to meet with representatives of The Charter School Agency, and earlier this year we shared our thinking with TRAION. TRAION's role is as a sponsor for this conversion. The Charter School Agency's website has useful information for converting schools and their communities.

Ultimately, we are investigating what we believe could be an opportunity to address key challenges in terms of attendance, achievement and retention of students. It is our view that Charter School conversion offers greater flexibility in terms of curriculum delivered and experts who we are able to employ. Furthermore, it is an opportunity for the College to partner with key iwi agencies to support our learning community.

You can hear more about this in a story run by Radio New Zealand this morning (8 September).

Kia ora anō e te whānau,
Kelly Yakas Duane Allen
Presiding Member Tumuaki