Dealing with pagination in MVVM

Controller_News.php

<?php

class Controller_News {

	public function action_category()
	{
		$category = ORM::factory('news_category', array('url' => $this->request->param('category')));

		if ( ! $category->loaded())
		{
			throw new HTTP_Exception_404;
		}

		$view = new View_News_Category;
		$view->category = $category;
		$view->pagination = new View_Pagination(
			$category->count_articles(), // A new method you write in Model_News_Category
			5,
			$this->request->query('page'));
		
		$this->response->body($view);
	}
	
}

View_News_Category.php

<?php

class View_News_Category extends Kostache {

	// This is the partial that will access
	// View_News_Category::pagination() provided data
	protected $_partials = array('pagination' => 'shared/_pagination');

	protected $category;
	
	protected $pagination;
	
	protected $articles;
	
	protected function _articles()
	{
		if ($this->articles === NULL)
		{
			$this->articles = $this->category->articles
				->where('enabled', '=', 1)->articles
				->limit($this->pagination->get_limit())
				->offset($this->pagination->get_offset())
				->find_all();
		}
		
		return $this->articles;
	}
	
	public function articles()
	{
		$return = array();

		foreach ($this->_articles() as $row)
		{
			$return[] = array
			(
				'location' => '',
				'title'    => $row->name,
				'summary'  => $row->summary,
			);
		}

		return $return;
	}
	
	public function pagination()
	{
		// Just returns the object and would be referenced in
		// the template like:
		//     {{#pagination}}
		//         {{>pagination}}
		//     {{/pagination}}
		//
		return $this->pagination;
	}

}

View_Pagination.php

<?php

class View_Pagination { // Does not extend Kostache

	// This class would contain all the logic currently
	// contained within the Pagination class. The data
	// would be provided in a Mustache friendly format
	// for use in mustache or other templates.

}