Te Reo Māori i Tāmakimakaurau
Te reo is a taonga, but one in wide circulation, like the knowledge of how to make a fishing net discovered by Kahukura – a valuable resource for the entire populace. In this respect, revitalisation efforts cannot be bound by ethnic, regional or iwi-based exclusivenes. Thus, although the use, status, and transmission of te reo within the Māori community is of special relevance, facilitating the knowledge and use of the language within the community at large is also a vital concern; indeed, the two processes are interlinked.
Just let the revolution come
The call to make te reo Māori compulsory is getting louder and louder. This year, with Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori falling smack bang in the middle of the election, it’s almost impossible to ignore.
Culturally Responsive Sustaining Education Framework
For more than a century, education providers throughout the United States have strived and struggled to meet the diverse needs of American children and families. A complex system of biases and structural inequities is at play, deeply rooted in our country’s history, culture, and institutions. This system of inequity — which routinely confers advantage and disadvantage based on linguistic background, gender, skin color, and other characteristics — must be clearly understood, directly challenged, and fundamentally transformed.
Treaty of Waitangi and Community Development
The Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document for relationships between Maori and the Crown in Aotearoa/New Zealand. In more recent years, discussion and debate about the Treaty and its relevance to modern society has been both vigorous and contentious.
So what, then, is the relevance of the Treaty to us as community development workers and communities? How do we sort through the myriad of issues and give real meaning and effect to the Treaty in our everyday work and lives?
This paper will explore some of the issues surrounding the Treaty, taking an Article-based approach to working with the Treaty in an effective and meaningful way for those of us working in community development.
Working with Te Tiriti o Waitangi
One of the most important aspects of working with te tiriti is making sure that anything we do is genuine and not just for show. To ensure this, employers and staff need a good understanding of what te tiriti is and means, so that they can work out how it applies to them. To gain this understanding, they may need to do some background reading before they start.
This guide outlines some of the information organisations will need and sets out some tools, including an example of a tiriti policy and a checklist to help organisations develop their own. Also included are suggestions for where to find out more about te tiriti.
Treaty of Waitangi a test of our national character, says ex-diplomat
OPINION PIECE by Peter Adams: The Treaty of Waitangi, signed on 6 February 178 years ago, is probably the most denigrated and undermined founding document of any modern nation.
Te Rautaki Reo Māori - Government Māori Language Strategy 2014
The health of the Māori language declined over the last century. From the 1970s, Māori groups and communities have developed initiatives in an effort to revitalise the Māori language. The Government in turn created policies and programmes, and made funding available to support aspirations for the Māori language. In 2003, a revised Government Māori Language Strategy was released. The Strategy described the respective roles of Government and Māori in revitalising the Māori language, focussing particularly on re-establishing intergenerational language transmission.
Unconscious Bias and Education
A comparative study of Māori and African American students
Authors Anton Blank, Dr Carla Houkamau and Dr Hautahi Kingi
MAC changing outcomes for Māori students
Taranaki schools are lining up to be a part of a collective championing Maori student achievement.
More than 60 principals from throughout New Zealand gathered at Owae Marae last week for the Te Ara Hou Maori Achievement Collaboratives national hui.
Education for Māori: Context for our proposed audit work until 2017
Research shows that peoples of indigenous cultures are more likely to experience the enduring effect of educational under-achievement as a barrier to progress in life. The concern of this project is specifically to address this issue as it relates to Māori.