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Once in a Lifetime | Nicola Ngarewa | TEDxNewPlymouth

3,396 views · Published 20 September 2018 · 14:58 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Nicola Ngarewa is a school principal passionate about disrupting the educational norm through transformative leadership and a focus on global citizenship. Nicola shares the journey that has seen her, and her schools, earn national and international recognition. Nicola Ngarewa has taught in all sectors of education from early childhood to tertiary, and even in the New Zealand prison system. She is currently the Principal of Patea Area School and on the governance board for the NZ Education Council.

Nicola is passionate about disrupting the educational norm, through transformative leadership and a focus on global citizenship. In 2013 she received a Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award as a result of her work transforming Tamatea High School, and in 2016 she was the recipient of the Taranaki Daily News Person of the Year for her work at Patea Area School, with the school receiving the National UNESCO award for Education - Global Citizenship 2018. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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