This paper explores the European attitudes and policy toward the education of Maori in New
Zealand. From the period of the settlers, educational policies towards Maori were …

It is often assumed that the Education Act of 1877 signalled the beginning of State
involvement in education in New Zealand. In fact, the State had begun a system of schooling …

This paper argues the case for introducing a Maori context for learning into mainstream
schooling in New Zealand. Up to now, the system has only responded in minimal terms to …

Background Something important is happening in New Zealand today in relations between
indigenous (Maori) and European (Pakeha) New Zealanders. Some kind of ambiguous …

For 100 years a system of Native Schools operated in New Zealand, the principal objective
of which was to support a state policy of assimilation. Decisions to disband the system were …

Abstract New Zealand (Aotearoa) was colonized from Britain and the colonizers imposed on
the indigenous Maori people a foreign view of education. From then on tradition has vied …

This paper examines the education of New Zealand's Maori people, noting historical
achievement and enrollment gaps between Maori and non-Maori students. This gap is due …

This paper examines the development of an innovative response by the indigenous Maori of
New Zealand to the dual crises of educational under-achievement on the one hand and to …

The Maori struggle to enter a direct educational relationship with Europeans has its roots in
a period earlier than many people realise: prior to the first permanent Pakeha settlement in …

The most significant crisis presently confronting New Zealand educationists relates to high
and disproportionate levels of inequality experienced by Maori both within and as a result of …