and culture

Living Heritage is an online bilingual initiative that enables New Zealand schools to develop and publish an online resource, based on a heritage treasure in their community.

Tangatawhenua.com the website for Maori news and indigenous views has articles, photos, and results from Te Matatini 2013 Kapa Haka National Championship.

School leaders are asked to do some of their learning in a bicultural context driven by tikanga Māori – that is through Māori ways of doing and thinking. The structure and progression of the wānanga show a clear example of this in practice.

Visit the Ako Panuku website to see the national online network of teachers/educators in secondary schools and engage in professional discussions about your experience as a teacher.

The National Library of New Zealand - Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa has selected these online resources to support the teaching and learning of the Treaty of Waitangi. 

This article by Jennifer Martin, in Te Kaharoa, 5, 2012 (p. 109-118), attempts to define and illustrate measures of educational success from a Māori perspective. 

Angela Rihia-Tamaki discusses integrating key competencies in the bilingual unit. 

This paper, presented at Third Annual New Zealand Science Education Symposium, Massey University, Wellington; November 2002, outlines three models for aligning Western science with other knowledge systems and promotes the view that dialogue about the issues raised is a necessary first step to achieving any change in relevant classroom practice.

In this report Elizabeth Harrison, Principal, Ramanui School, Hawera reviewed what is “happening” in other schools out of her immediate area where there are significant numbers of Māori on the roll.

John Hone Hikitia Te Rangi Waititi, a member of the 28th (Māori) Battalion passed away on Monday 25 June 2012, at the age of 91.