St Patrick's Silverstream

Our Values

St Patrick’s Silverstream was founded in 1931 by the Society of Mary and is a State Integrated Catholic Boys School set on 7 hectares of land in the beautiful Hutt Valley.

We pride ourselves on creating good Marist Men ready to take their place in the world. We support our students to live their values every day and seek always to be the best versions of the person God created them to be across all areas, spiritual, academic, cultural and sports.

We warmly welcome our families to our school and look forward to getting to know you as we work together to support your son in their education.

Our values are as follows:

Whakapono / Faith / Fa’atuatua

We believe in a God who loves and cares for us and as a community we are guided by gospel values to live an authentic Christian life.

Kotahitanga / Unity / Tutu Fa’atasi

We support everyone in our community to belong and we come together in the good times and the tough times.

Manaakitanga / Support / Lagolago

We are respectful, tolerant, compassionate and encouraging to all, and we walk alongside others - particularly those in need.

Hautoa / Courage / Loto tele

We have the courage to strive for success, to be honest, to be ourselves and to stand up for what is right and good.

Ngākau pāpaku / Humility/ Loto maualalo

We are kind, patient, forgiving, and treat others as we would like to be treated. We honestly accept who we are - our gifts, our strengths and our weaknesses.

Mâwaihakona Stream

Enhancing the local environment for all to share
A calm and restful environment for everyone. Returning the stream to its original, pre-European state
Bringing back the Mauri
Stepping back in time
Learning about the Māori history of our valley, learning about the ecology of the forest and wetlands

Mâwaihakona Stream Pou

Rahui

When a totara log was found and retrieved from the Mâwaihakona Stream in 2011 it was decided to use this resource as a Pou Rahui. The idea of Pou Rahui is to make an area sacred – a no take zone. This was duly carved and installed. The Pou Rahui was named Hato Patariki carved by Dane Kingi (Arawa-Kahungunu). The next Pou was carved from a 2 – 3000 year old log. This is the second Pou Rahui and marks the downstream end of our Tapu area. This is carved in the Rakauwairua style wood spirit (Tiki Wanganga) by Ihaia Puketapu.

Waharoa

The Maihi (bargeboards) and Amo (side posts) were carved by Ihaia Puketapau and represent (Maihi) Friends of the Mâwaihakona Stream and (Amo) ancestor figures. The centre post (Pou Koukou Aro) was carved by Sonny Davis from the same log as Hato Patariki, the cable mask (wheku) at the top represents Rongo Atua of agriculture and peaceful things, also Atua (God) of sports. The name Rongomatane is Rongo and Tane. Tane is the Atua of the forest. This is the main entrance to the restoration of the Mâwai Hakona Stream.

Mahara

These two Pou were carved by Sonny Davis (Tuhoe) from logs retrieved from the banks of the Manawatu River, they were dated by Waikato University at 2 – 3000 years old. These are Pou Mahara memorial posts, Nga Toa, remembering those who fought their way down to Wellington from North Taranaki (Ngāti Toa – Te Ati Awa and Ngāti Tama) He Kainoho Hou is to remember these who came up the Lower Valley – over the hills, up the river to settle in the area known as Upper Hutt. Hato Petera (bottom right) Pou Rahui

Te Kaeaea | Taringa Kuri

This Pou mahara represents Te Kaeaea | Taringa Kuri, Chief of the Ngāti Tama who lived here in the 19th Century. One side as Te Kaeaea he faces his Taranaki homeland and on the other, he faces his tribe as Taringa Kuri.