There doesn't seem to be much online about "Kura Huna, the mystery school of the Maori," but I did find this. (I guess it is so esoteric, they don't put it online, although Franchelle would be willing to give out that knowledge for a fee):
This work investigates through lexical analysis an ancient M?ori method of esoteric knowledge concealment called “Te Kura Huna a Rua.” It appears to have been a system which functioned to condition initiates into a way of seeing and being in the world. It was the equivalent of the M?ori university or institution for higher learning and was imparted orally. Kura huna or “hidden school” as the name implies, maintained the status quo by confining essential and powerful knowledge to a select group or class of people. The prefix Rua designated a body of knowledge made explicit by the root word which followed it and was evident in the areas of knowledge acquisition. The characterisation of a body of knowledge as kura huna meant that it was valued highly, to the extent that it was circumscribed with ritual to maintain its privileged and tapu or sacred status.
http://h08.cgpublisher.com/proposals/626/index_htmlFranchelle's Official Spiritual Patron and Guardian in Perpetuity, Dr. Rose Pere, seems to be very well-known and respected in New Zealand.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rangimarie-pere/37/3aa/63http://www.auaha.co.nz/rtlb2010/speakers/dr-rose-pere.htmlDr Rangimarie Turuki Rose Pere is an International Educationalist who travels globally, and knows about education from Preschool through to the Tertiary Level. She can come in from both a traditional M?ori perspective and that of the Western world. Her monograph on the traditional modes of learning of the M?ori, "Te Wheke-The Celebration Of Infinite Wisdom", is used in the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Europe, Japan, and has been translated into Japanese and German, but she ensures that she covers as many people as she can in New Zealand, in between times. Her monograph is used as a training model of education by all Government agencies in New Zealand.
Rose has been strongly influenced by teachings that go back over 12,000 years. Her book Te Wheke - A Celebration Of Infinite Wisdom, is an introduction to these teachings
The great-grandmother, who works extensively in education, health, conservation and social welfare, bases her teaching on Te Wheke - a traditional M?ori model of learning and teaching that is still relevant today.
She has represented Aotearoa New Zealand internationally as an educationalist; written a monograph called AKO: Concepts and Learning in The M?ori Tradition; held a Visiting Teacher Fellowship at the University of Waikato, Hamilton New Zealand in 1982; taught from preschool to tertiary; and researched ancient teachings in the Americas, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Great Britain, East Asia and the South Pacific.
Rose is a holder of the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal and was honoured as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire 1996. She attained a Doctorate of Literature at Victoria University Wellington, New Zealand 1996.
She has her own consultancy which focuses on global learning. She is also a Director of the Four Winds Foundation - an international body that works with indigenous and non-indigenous people.
