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MĀori CaucusHe Whakatauki"Ko te reo te tuakiri Language is my identity.
The critical issue for the Māori CaucusThe critical issue for the Māori Caucus is to develop the Association’s Māori membership. This responsibility is made lighter by the appointment of:
And by the re-appointment of:
The Māori Caucus of NZARE supports the interests of members. Through Māori NEWSStandards 'will not drive Maori education' Revitalising Te Reo Māori – a language activist reflects... AlterNative Special Issue: Critiquing Pasifika Education New publication Why and how Africa should invest in African languages and multilingual education. Published in collaboration with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL): an evidence- and practice-based policy advocacy brief entitled Why and how Africa should invest in African languages and multilingual education. Website: http://www.unesco.org/uil/ Focus on providing better health
» Download whole newspaper article (PDF, 209KB) New Leadership Pacific website Wellington-based Charitable Trust, the Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF), has developed a new Leadership Pacific website in partnership with the Leadership Pacific programme based at Victoria University in Wellington. The website will provide a medium for discussion on leadership issues across the Pacific region, and will connect leadership clusters to achieve the strategic vision of growing a new generation of Pacific leaders. » Go to http://www.LeadershipPacific.org Open letter about national standards Following on from a Aka Tokerau (Northland Maori Principals’ Association) meeting – this letter is to express our extreme concern regarding the introduction of National Standards for schools. » Download letter (PDF, 119KB) CURRENT MĀORI Research ProjectsMelinda Webber Current Research Activities
Angus Hikairo Macfarlane Current Research Activities
~ ~ ~ Dr. Nancy Higgins, Dr. Hazel Phillips, Dr. Graham Wilson & Karen Stobbs Growing kāpo up Māori: Accessing paediatric ophthalmology services This nationwide research project is about how kāpo (blind or vision impaired) Mãori children and young adults, with their whānau, are accessing ophthalmology services and about kāpo Māori children and young adults, themselves. We will do this by talking to whānau and by establishing a paediatric vision database. We want to know how many kāpo Māori children and young adults are in New Zealand, about their eye problems and health, and, find out if anything is a barrier for them or their whānau when seeking an eye specialist or a diagnosis. Māori and Pākehā researchers will be working together with a research advisory committee from Ngāti Kāpo O Aotearoa in this project. » Download full summary (PDF, 218KB) ~ ~ ~ Dr Colleen McMurchy, Faculty of Education, the University of Auckland Current research (that I have published in) involves:
The first study is involves me and the other three (3) projects are with a team of researchers. ~ ~ ~ Dr Joanna Kidman, Fullbright Scholar, He Pārekeke, Victoria University of Wellington My research interests are:
Dr Steven. S. Sexton, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (TWoA), Auckland I am researching in a new area around Males in Primary Education. In some previous work (focusing on predominately western student teachers in a western setting), I saw that most student teachers do not really see the gender of their teachers as important. It is the characteristic of those teachers that stood out. Since joining TWoA and talking to males on the programme, it does seem that for them (Māori males) that Gender does matter and matters a great deal. I began my exploratory research this year with the Year 1 male student teachers (all young men under 21) into prior teachers of significance and why they were significant. They provided some interesting tidbits that I hope to cultivate and develop next year as we continue to build the working relationship here that will allow me some more access to their thinking and why male teachers from their past were so significant to their view of themselves as students then and teachers to become. This will be added to as I develop a relationship with the males joining our programme next year in Year 1. Professor Wally Penetito, He Pārekereke, Victoria University of Wellington ~ ~ ~ Heeni Jenkins, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Auckland My current research is around:
~ ~ ~ Ko te reo Te kakahu whakataratara o Tuhoe Ko te rakau tu-taratahi e whakapuaki ana i nga korero mo nga ahuatanga katoa o te poroporoaki ki ta Tuhoe titiro. Ara, ko nga tohutohu ko nga whakatupatohanga me nga tikanga, hai kawe i te poroporoaki i nga wa o te mate kia tareka ai e nga whakatipuranga te whai haere i nga taonga tuku iho a nga matua tipuna mai i te ao kohatu ki te ao rino i runga i te marae-atea tae noa ki roto i te tipuna whare me te maha noa atu o te whakaaro rangatira i te po whakamutunga tae noa atu ki te nehunga. Poroporoaki is about oral poetry - its nature, its social context and significance from a tribal perspective (Tuhoe). This paper is primarily intended as a contribution to the ceremonial use of poroporoaki on the marae. The central importance of the oral performance of poroporoaki is keeping alive a poetic art form of language which emphasises the natural connection that exists between the human voice and the speech patterns employed. The transmission of this type of knowledge base is very important in Maori society. ~ ~ ~ Dr Mere Këpa, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the University of Auckland I am a member of the Research team working on the Living life in Advanced Age Cohort (LiLAC) Longitudinal study funded by the Health Research Council and Ngā Pae o te Märamatanga, New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) hosted by the University of Auckland. » Download full description (PDF, 102KB) ~ ~ ~ Dr Patricia Wallace, University of Canterbury Primary research interests:
Work currently submitted for publication in 2010 includes:
» Download full description (PDF, 70KB) Research activityResearch activity reported in the news: Woman can afford only one shower a week Help through ages Rest homes must be more than holding cells for elderly More funding guarantees longevity for elderly study Other Elsworth, E. (2009) Discovering ako: Promoting reciprocal learning about research through student/tutor mentoring relationships. New Zealand College of Early Childhood Education This paper reports on the baseline findings of a mentoring project designed to promote a research culture within a New Zealand teacher education programme for early childhood students. Questionnaires provided qualitative and quantitative data to establish a measure of students’ research literacy skills, and the use of research, by tutors and students in their teaching practices. A measure of the students’ ability to understand, analyse, apply and evaluate research was also established. The Maori concept of ako, which recognizes the value of a reciprocal teaching/learning relationship, underpins this mentoring project. » Download Discovering Ako report (PDF, 214KB) A mentoring project was made possible through a grant given by Ako Aotearoa, a Ministry of Education initiative for promoting innovative approaches in tertiary education. Acknowledgement is also given to the mentor for this project, Dr Alex Gunn, University of Canterbury. ~ ~ ~ Jenkins, H. (2009). He aha te mea nui o te ao, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata? What is the most important thing in the world, it is people, it is people. Is Wananga approach simply a revival of traditional pedagogical techniques? National Maori Student Conference, 8-11 October 2009, Puketeraki Marae, Karitane, Dunedin. Jenkins, H. (2009). Revitalising, Retelling, Reconscientizating and Relearning is this the Wananga Way? NZARE Conference, Rotorua, 31 Nov – 4 Dec 2009. NEW PUBLICATIONSDoerr, Neriko. (2009). Meaningful Inconsistencies. Bicultural Nationhood, the Free Market and Schooling in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Berghahn Books: USA Review Neriko Musha Doerr provides an interesting discussion of bilingualism, the Treaty of Waitangi, te reo Māori me ōna tikanga, and neo liberal reforms in education in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Drawing on her doctoral thesis, the author shows a respect for diverse subjectivities as she critiques the value of the liberal reforms in education. A disappointing feature of the book is the poor editing in places. Nevertheless, the spelling errors, omitted articles, and incorrect references do not distract the reader from the cultural and political critique contained within the ten chapters of the volume. Neriko’s text is an interesting read for educators, educationalists, spin doctors, and policy makers; indigenous Māori and Kuki Airini Māori, Niue, and Tokelau; Tongan, Samoan, Fijian, Tuvalu, New Guinea, Papua, Solomon Island, Vanuatu, amongst other Pasifika intellectuals and researchers. Dr Mere Kēpa, Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, School of Population Health, Tamaki Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland ~~~ Ajit K. Mohanty, Minati Panda, Robert Phillipson, & Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (Eds.) (2009). Multilingual Education for Social Justice: Globalising the Local. Website: http://uri.fi/EO/ Tove Skutnabb-Kangas,Robert Phillipson, Ajit K. Mohanty & Minati Panda (Eds.) (2009). Social Justice through Multilingual Education. Website: http://tiny.cc/6eRkp. Skutnabb-Kangas, T. and Dunbar, R. (In press). Indigenous Children’s Education as Linguistic Genocide and a Crime Against Humanity? A Global View. (Guovdageaidnu/ Kautokeino: Gáldu, Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, www.galdu.org). See http://www.tove-skutnabb-kangas.org/en/most_recent_books.html Forthcoming New Zealand Conferences» New Zealand conferences 2010 Overseas conferencesThe Charles Darwin University and the Catholic University of Australia will host 'The 6th International Conference on Indigenous Education: Pacific Rim' Dec. 18-20, 2010 in Cairns, Australia. The First Nations University of Canada: Centre for Academic Exchange will co-host this event. The Call for Abstracts is forthcoming in January, 2010. 
» Other overseas conferences 2010 AWARDSNZARE Group AwardThe NZARE Group Award alternates between quantitative, Måori and Pasifika group research. The award comprises a written citation and a cash prize of $1000. More about the NZARE Group Award... Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti AwardTe Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award for research in Māori Education recognises researchers who have made a significant contribution to Māori education by conducting high quality research over an extended period of time. The Award comprises a written citation, a taonga and cash prize of $1500. More about the Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award... Past events and information» Māori Caucus Archive pages: 2008 | 2009 MĀori CAUCUS ContactsYour representatives on the NZARE council are:
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