About Te Pane Takiao
Information about the name 'Te Pane Takiao' and the logo
The name Te Pane Takiao was chosen to reflect the purpose of the site: to entice people to share knowledge and experiences to develop and nurture a community of e-learning practioners in Aotearoa New Zealand. The name was gifted to the site by Morehu Nikora - Te Aitanga a Hauiti / Ngāi Tāmanuhiri / Ngāti Kahungunu.
Te Aria - The Concept
Te Pane refers to the head, or face.
Taki has many interpretations but in this sense has come to mean to lead, to bring along, to entice.
Ao signifies light, is an allusion to cloud formations as conveyers of messages within our global context.
Te Pane Takiao is a host portal that invites creators, users and seekers of e-learning related information to visit. By the same token, Te Pane Takiao is a vehicle through which to assemble communities of expertise and best practice in the dynamic field of e-learning today. Ultimately, Te Pane Takiao aims to nurture, to develop, to foster, and to strengthen relationships in this discipline as encompassed in the following statements that accompany the name:
He Tātai Wānanga - Sharing Good Practice
He Tātai Pūkenga - Community of Expertise
He Tātai Tāngata - Forging Relationships
The Te Pane Takiao logo was designed by Matt Randall - Ngāi Tāmanuhiri / Ngāti Rākaipaaka.
The logo is based on the stingray, and contains representations of three realms:
- The outer circle - Te Po, the beginning of creation, the darkness of unlimited potential
- The next circle – Te Ao Marama, the world of light created from darkness, Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud
- The blue circle reflects the realm of Ranginui (sky) as a pathway for messages to travel.
The three circles together symbolise a portal that invites creators, users and seekers of e-learning related information to visit.
The outer koru on the stingray signifies the attainment of knowledge, while the inner koru signifies the retention of knowledge to be passed on through the portal of Te Pane Takiao.