René Davies
Teacher / Kaiako at Te Whare Taiohi.
René was blessed to grow up in beautiful Waihi Beach, loving the bounty of outdoor pursuits it provided and producing a feeling of being at home in nature. From that background he went on how to protect it through studying Environmental Science, and then on to becoming a registered teacher.
Just as you can not learn kaitiakitanga from a book, you can not learn to surf from a book. Being a kaitiaki and a surfer connects you to the Earth. Good surfers use all their senses to learn. René is a good surfer and he, like most of us, learns best when we do something - this is his style of teaching.