As educational professionals in New Zealand at the approach of the twenty-first century,
some 158 years after the Treaty of Waitangi, we face some major challenges in examining …

In this paper, the author discusses the development of ideologies about multiethnic
educational policy in Aotearoa/New Zealand in terms of four successive stages: assimilation …

This paper reports findings from a doctoral study which focused on processes implemented
within an early childhood teacher education programme at the University of Waikato in …

In 1995, following a discussion by senior Maori educationalists on a vision for Maori
education, the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) began consultation …

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 …

The major challenges facing education in New Zealand today are the continuing social,
economic and political disparities within our nation, primarily between the descendants of …

At the height of its power in the 19th century, the British Empire encompassed 11.5 million
square miles and ruled over a quarter of the world's population (Waitangi Tribunal, 2012) …

The New Zealand early childhood curriculum (Ministry of Education, 1996) is presented as a
bicultural curriculum, namely one honouring an equal relationship between Maori and non …

Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa-New Zealand, who collectively identify as iwi Maori, hold
that the Maori language lies at the heart of the culture. The tenn'iwi Maori'used here refers to …

Education is of vital importance to the future of the Māori people; however, Māori education
is in a state of flux often described as confused, and problematic. Neither mainstream …