Manaiakalani Innovative Teachers 2018 A lot is happening this year with new opportunities, new challenges and new horizons, but we are all travelling in the same direction towards what is best for our learners in Manaiakalani to help them to be the best they can be. The Manaiakalani Innovative Teachers 2018 group began at the end of 2017 thinking about their Inquiry and how it would make a difference for their learners. They had a challenge over the holidays to prepare for this year, with an in depth look at their inquiry question. They had to ask each other 5 why questions about their inquiry and answer 5 why questions, which proved to be more challenging than anticipated. This was followed by a weekend retreat at Coromandel away from any distractions to pursue Design Thinking. The concentration was evident but the creative thinking palpable with discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation and evolution being explored. The ideas changed, evol