Maori
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Health & Safety
Covid-19: Vital that tikanga adapts again
Close social contact is woven into the fabric of the lives of many Māori – their homes, their care arrangements…
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Education
50 schools receive $7.2m Pacific maths programme
“Complex maths is embedded in Pacific cultures and expanding DMIC is about reclaiming our mathematics legacy to ensure our Pacific…
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Administration
MoE announces new school ‘Arts Partnership Programme’
The projects can range from contemporary dance to ceramic sculpture, Māori fibre weaving to digital mixed media.
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News
NZ kids’ dream careers unveil unconscious social bias
7,700 primary and intermediate students drew what they want to be when they grow up: 50% drew one of just…
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Industry Voices
Growing future Māori leaders the focus of new programme
“Students will realise an in-depth level of mātauranga Māori, a high level of te reo Māori and strong leadership skills.…
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Teachers' Desk
Teacher-led research set to improve learner outcomes with $1.7 million
Projects explore mana as a wellbeing contributor, investigate the Digital Technologies curriculum, enhance Māori engagement through pedagogy, explore the relationship…
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Education
New Zealand history: what stories should we be telling?
With New Zealand history becoming compulsory in high schools by 2022, which stories will make the grade, and from whose…
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Education
500 new te reo Māori champions in our classrooms
The Government aims to integrate te reo Māori into education by 2025, with over 500 teachers and support staff already…
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Activities
Download our free te reo Māori resource for your classroom
School News worked closely with special contributor and te reo Māori advocate, Alice Patrick, to create these free, downloadable resources.
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Education
Progress on integrating te reo Māori into education
“Our Government has set an ambitious goal to integrate te reo Māori into education in early learning and schools by…
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News
Op-Ed: Out of the mouths of babes
How can we create a more level educational playing field for children in Aotearoa New Zealand whose home language is…
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News
Tackling racism to realise the potential of Māori learners
"The education system has underserved Māori learners," says Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis.
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Administration
Growing young Māori leaders in Te Tai Tokerau
Te Kawa Matakura will be a three year extension programme available to 15-25 year olds skilled in te reo and…
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Administration
Building capability in teachers’ Te Reo welcomed
A $12.2 million pilot programme to assist teachers and support staff use te reo Māori has been rolled out.
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Education
Vocational reform threatens Māori education taonga
“Māori will be disproportionately affected by Minister Hipkin’s proposed reforms – radical reforms that will completely overhaul vocational training in…
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Administration
Boosting mental health and skyrocketing resilience
Last year, a group of five students from Whanganui High School won the most demanding level of achievement for young…
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Activities
Aspirations of Māori students boosted by Waikato initiative
Experiencing subject learning in a workplace context is having “positive and profound” effect on secondary school students throughout Waikato, with…
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Administration
Trailblazing role brings Te Reo to digital classrooms
In a first for New Zealand education, a cluster of Northland schools now has its own Rumaki and Reo Rua…
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Events
Creating a Maori and Pasifika Context for STEM Subjects
Maori and Pasifika community educators are gathering at their annual Hui Fono at the Wharewaka in Wellington, which is running…
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Administration
Five key values of strong Māori leadership
Finding Māori leaders is no easy feat. Not because we lack leaders, but because they are reluctant to stand up…
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Administration
Aspirations of Māori youth focus of Lincoln summit
Developed for Māori students between the ages of 16 and 24, the Taiohi Summit provides a forum to discuss key…
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Administration
Ministry of Education Pacific language books recognised
There are 123 flip-books available. Each has a story in either Cook Islands Māori, Tuvaluan, Tokelauan, Tongan or Samoan with…
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Administration
From te reo Māori Fortnite games to a shortage of reo Māori teachers, sector responds to #MāoriLanguageWeek
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa will be part of a Fortnite event on Wednesday at 7pm, where top players will be…
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Education
On compulsory reo Māori in schools… What do we know so far?
Alice Patrick (mother, kui, and PLD facilitator) uses de Bono’s hats to explore different perspectives associated with the thorny issue…
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Administration
Schools line up for national robotics challenge
A robotics competition for primary schools that began in the Eastern Bay of Plenty has become a national event.
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