Māori and education

NZCER's Māori and education work

Māori and education research projects

Tautokona te reo: The wellbeing of te reo Māori in kura and schools

Project leader(s): Maraea Hunia

Recent Māori and education research publications

Tautokona te reo: The wellbeing of te reo Māori in kura and schools

Author(s): Maraea Hunia, Basil Keane, Nicola Bright, Helen Potter, Kiwa Hammond, and Ropata Ainsley

Māori and education Policy Te Wāhanga

Research report - 2018

Ka whānau mai te reo: Kia rite!

Author(s): Nicola Bright, Alex Hotere-Barnes and Jessica Hutchings

This report from the Ka Whānau Mai Te Reo project puts the spotlight on te reo Māori at times of transition. It looks at the pathways available to whānau to support their reo aspirations at three key points: starting school, moving from primary to secondary school, and moving beyond secondary school.

Māori and education Te Wāhanga

Research report - 2015

What can Pākehā learn from engaging in kaupapa Māori educational research?

Author(s): Alex Barnes

This recent working paper focuses on how Pākehā have become involved in Māori-determined and controlled educational research, and what issues inhibit and facilitate their work. You can find out more by watching the video clip, in which researcher Alex Hotere-Barnes talks to Sarah Boyd about the project.

Māori and education Te Wāhanga

Working paper - 2013

Ka whānau mai te reo: Honouring whānau, upholding reo Māori

Author(s): Nicola Bright, Alex Barnes and Jessica Hutchings

This is the first report from a 3-year (2012–2015) kaupapa Māori research project that investigates how best to support the continuity of reo Māori development of whānau as they transition between kōhanga reo, kura kaupapa primary, wharekura, secondary and beyond. It aims to provide useful information about the reo Māori education options that are most likely to help whānau achieve their reo Māori aspirations. The full report: Ka whānau mai te reo.

Māori and education Te Wāhanga

Research report - 2013

Kei Tua o Te Pae Hui proceedings

Author(s): Compiled by Ani Mikaere and Jessica Hutchings

The proceedings are now available from the second Kei Tua o Te Pae hui, Changing Worlds, Changing Tikanga—Educating History and the Future, held at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in Ōtaki in conjunction with NZCER in September last year. The proceedings include presentations and a series of reflections from participants. They were launched at the He Manawa Whenua Indigenous Research conference.

Māori and education Te Wāhanga

Conference proceedings - 2013

Recent Māori and education books from NZCER Press

$35.00

Diversity in community: Indigenous scholars writing

This book celebrates and reflects on what it takes to build a dynamic community of Māori scholars. It is the story of the community that was purposefully nurtured through the Māori and Indigenous Graduate Enhancement programme (MAI) and the International Indigenous Writing retreats organised by Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga, Aotearoa New Zealand’s...

Māori and education

$29.95

Toitū Te Whare

This is the third book in a series of essay collections written in te reo Māori and edited by Agnes McFarland and Taiarahia Black. "Ko te kaupapa o te whare tīpuna me te marae, he pupuri i ngā kōrero tuku iho a te iwi mai anō i ngā tīpuna. He wāhi hai wānanga tahi i ngā kaupapa."

Māori and education

$44.95

Working with Māori children with special education needs

Winner, Best Resource in Higher Education, 2015 CLNZ Education Award

Finalist, Kōrero Pono / Non Fiction, Ngā Kupu Ora Aotearoa Māori Book Awards 2016

Who are Māori children with special education needs? Why would working with them be any different to working with other children with special...

Māori and education

$29.95

Ka hoki tāua ki te whare huri ai ē!

This collection of essays explores histories, people and places of significance, and takes the reader into the oral arts, including haka, karakia, and waiata. It is a valuable, instructive and entertaining read for students, speakers and readers of te reo Māori, and an important addition to secondary and tertiary libraries.

Ko tā te...

Māori and education

soft cover
$44.95

Te Kotahitanga: Towards effective education reform for indigenous and other minoritised students

This is the inside story of indigenous education success. Te Kotahitanga is a theory based programme that has made a positive difference to the educational experience and achievement of Māori students in mainstream schools in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Māori and education research projects

Tautokona te reo: The wellbeing of te reo Māori in kura and schools