This paper draws on the idea of neo-tribal capitalism to argue that in New Zealand
educational disadvantage is typically understood through the lens of ethnicity and that policy …

In 1988, following the release of Administering for Excellence (the Picot Report) and the
publication of the Labour Government's response, Tomorrow's Schools, New Zealand's …

Bicultural educational policy is part of a much broader ensemble of bicultural policies that
were first developed by the Fourth Labour Government elected in 1984. These policies were …

This thesis examines Indigenous school education in Australia, through analysing themes of
difference, race and whiteness in contemporary education policy. The study asks why …

Aotearoa/New Zealand is a small geographically isolated group of islands in the South
Pacific with a population just in excess of 3.4 million people. Seventy-four per cent of New …

For defenders of a public education system in Aotearoa/New Zealand during the difficult
period of neo-liberal reform the overall impetus has been to privatise the core public sector …

This article argues that the growing social and economic inequalities of New Zealand
society have their echoes in growing educational gaps. This does not mean that one directly …

In post‐colonial societies the educational performance of minority students often lags behind
the majority, and the failure of educational systems to deliver equal access and educational …

There are around 410,000 Indigenous1 people in Australia, comprising about 2.1 per cent of
the total population of 20 million. As the most disadvantaged minority group in the country …

This year the education research community in New Zealand is celebrating fifty years of the
publication of the New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. In this article, it is argued …