Mā te tautoko ka arahia nei i ngā tikanga me ngā kawa o Te Ao Māori
Supporting Tumuaki to Lead with Cultural Confidence
MAC Kaupapa
2026
A new pathway
The MAC Kaupapa is invested in providing Professional Learning and Support Including:
Iwi Liaison and Mana Whenua Connections
Te Whare Tapu o Te Ngākau Māori implementation
Te Reo me ōna Tikanga Māori
MAC Kaupapa 2026 Provided by
Culturally Sustaining Practice and Development
Tiriti-Centric Models of Learning and Design
Strategic Planning and Review
Governance Support and Professional Development
Principal Mentoring and Emerging Leaders’ Development
Curriculum Design and Implementation (Assessment and Reporting)
Whānau and Stakeholder Engagement
MAC KAUPAPA AROUND AOTEAROA
MAC TUMUAKI
551
16 KAIHOE MĀTAURANGA AROUND THE MOTU
ĀKONGA
156,785
ĀKONGA MĀORI
37,363
Te Arahou MAC
Hui ā Tau
2025
19 - 22 Oketopa
Te Rohe o Waikato-Tainui
This wānanga is a powerful journey of reflection, learning, and growth. Kia kaha – it’s an experience not to be missed!”
–Waitangi Wānanga Participant Survey Response 2024
Te Whare Tapu o te Ngākau Māori - Rauemi
We’re excited to share with you that three powerful new resources designed to support and enrich your journey through Te Whare Tapu o te Ngākau Māori are now available.
Te Whare Tapu o Te Ngākau Māori
Te Whare Tapu o Te Ngākau Māori is a framework developed to support the growth of a new education system that acknowledges all people as Akonga or learners. It is premised on the Marae as the bastion of Te Ao Māori, Te Reo Māori me ona tikanga and the many journeys it requires through a process to develop an understanding of Te Ao Māori and therefore a bicultural worldview. Do you want to be a part of an education that values the way in which Māori view the world and her people?
Māori Achievement Collaborative is committed to the goal of Māori educational success as Māori!
Kaupapa
Māori Achievement Collaborative (MAC) is committed to the goal of Māori educational success as Māori, as defined by Ka Hikitia – Accelerating Success 2013-2017 (Ministry of Education, 2013). MAC’s vision of ‘A Change in the Hearts and Minds of Principals’ reflects an intention to foster collaboration and personal and professional growth leading to changes in individual school leadership practices aimed at Māori success. MACs have worked to create a critical mass of collective leadership so that positive change is sustainable and enduring and impacts on all members of a school community, staff, students, parents and whānau.
Ko wai mātou?
WHO ARE WE?
The Māori Achievement Collaborative (MAC) is a non-profit organisation, a professional learning and development pathway by principals for principals focused on changing education outcomes for Māori students. In all: “Leaders helping leaders to become better leaders!” It is visionary and transformational and aims to build the capability of schools to inquire into, recognise and delete barriers impeding improved educational and cultural outcomes for Māori in partnership with students, whānau, hapū and iwi.
He aha tō mātou mahi?
WHAT DO WE DO?
The underlying premise of this learning and development kaupapa is that ‘Schools won’t change unless the principal does.’ To this end the focus of the programme is on ‘Changing the hearts and minds of principals’ through a process of deep learning, mentoring, coaching, critical conscientisation and collaboration. In this way the belief is that change will become sustainable and enduring and will impact on all members of a school community, staff, students, parents, whānau.
“What I have been challenged by is bigger than just our school. I have been given a new lens from which to view things. I look forward to walking alongside many principals and others… to help polish and refine this lens to improve Māori achievement in Aotearoa.”
- MAC Participating Principal
Find us on Spotify
We now have our two MAC Waiata recorded and available for you to listen on Spotify, Apple Music and more. Written by Te Ringakaha Tia Ward ( Ngāti Toki, Nga Puhi) and sung my our Te Arahou o Aotearoa - MAC kaimahi.