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This Education Review Office (ERO) report evaluates the current design and implementation of the Ako Panuku programme, outcomes and impacts for Māori teachers and schools, and the strengths and weaknesses of this provision.

In this sabbatical report Rex Allott, Principal Omanu School, investigates programmes and practices that enhance the relationship between families, communities, and schools - in particular those that improve the achievement of Māori children and their whānau.

Māori and Pasifika largely make up the left hand hemisphere of the bell curve despite all our efforts and ministry focus. In this sabbatical report Mike Lander, Principal South Thames School, discusses his response to the following questions.

In this sabbatical report, Vanessa Pitt, Principal, Ruahine School, Dannevirke, investigates the actions, activities and conditions of school leaders that contribute to effective Māori student achievement and/or improvements in Māori student achievement; and in Māori students achieving success, as Māori.

This paper discusses school leadership, diversity, culture and change with particular reference to Maori, as the indigenous people of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

In this sabbatical leave report from Bruce Pagan, Principal, Kaikoura Primary School; Bruce investigates the effects/benefits that the pursuit of culturally significant events can have on Māori student achievement, with particular reference to those families/students that engage regularly in hui, muttonbirding, and carving.

The purpose of this report is to document the outcomes of the implementation of Te Kotahitanga in Phase 3 and 4 secondary schools from 2007 to 2010. During these four years, the Phase 3 schools were in their fourth to seventh year of implementing the project in their schools. Phase 4 schools were in their first to fourth years of the programme.

In this sabbatical leave report from Sue Horne, Principal, Maungatapu School; Sue investigates culturally responsive leadership and teaching practices that will support Māori student achievement in a Primary School.

This working paper written by Ally Bull for NZCER, discusses the relationship between schools and their communities. It explores the purpose of different school-community initiatives and discusses the case for a wider public engagement in education for the purpose of rethinking how schools meet the needs of all learners in the 21st century.

This article published in the AUSTR ALIAN JOURNAL of INDIGENOUS EDUCATION, (volume 36, 2007), offers another framework for creating a Māori perspective on classroom practices.