Te Pūkenga says close ties with Māori
The goal headlines a proposed operating model the institute published today.The model also highlighted partnerships with employers, barrier-free access to courses, and efficient, cost-effective operations.The document said Te Pūkenga would "give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi in all that we do", provide exceptional learning experiences and equitable outcomes for Māori, and be learner-centred."We're going to become and are building the organisation to be authentically bicultural," the institute...
October 20, 2021Judges being surveyed to boost understanding
It is unclear if the survey results will be made public. (file pic) Photo: RNZ / 123RF It comes after RNZ's Is This Justice revealed nine out of 10 judges in the High Court and Court of Appeal are Pākehā, and most are men.The only information currently collected by the Ministry of Justice about all judges is their gender, ethnicity and age, though Crown Law collects some information about the legal experience of senior court judges immediately prior to being appoi...
October 18, 2021New Zealand's violent
Comment: Following the Royal Commission report on the Christchurch terrorist attacks and the New Lynn terrorist attack, there is growing pressure on the Government to roll out new countering violent extremism (CVE) and de-radicalisation initiatives and programmes.Such programmes, it is believed, can divert individuals away from committing future acts of political violence. A recent article, for example, makes a plea for universities to tackle the threat of radicalisation...
October 18, 2021For the love
Music has always been my go-to. It’s where I go to seek solace, where I go to be inspired, where I go to express myself. Music is powerful, and music heals.My dad started learning Māori when I was about 10. My grandparents had been of the generation who were punished for speaking Māori in school, so they wanted to spare their own children the indignities of that experience, thinking they’d only need to speak English to get on in life.Dad involved the whole whānau in learning te reo Māori...
October 18, 2021Tertiary Education Commission gives institutions 10 years
The Tertiary Education Commission has given universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions 10 years to end persistent disparities between the pass rates of Māori and Pacific students and those of others.It's the third time in the past decade the commission has set a deadline for achieving parity.In 2012 the commission wanted to eradicate disparities in polytechnics by 2015 and in universities by 2018. But that didn't happen. In 2018-19 the commission aimed to achieve parity within f...
October 16, 2021High Court grants customary marine title
Customary marine title over a Tauranga estuary has been granted to five iwi and hapū by the High Court.Te Tāhuna o Rangataua is a tidal estuary within 10 minutes’ drive from the Tauranga central business district, and is the easternmost arm of Tauranga Moana (Tauranga Harbour).Justice Grant Powell wrote that there was “evidence of a deep and abiding connection” over several hundred years for the groups granted the title – legal recognition of their relationship with the area.Link to ar...
October 16, 2021OT places children
An approved Oranga Tamariki caregiver who assaulted a child in her care last year and had her caregiver status revoked is still looking after children through the state agency on a regular basis.Newsroom understands an Oranga Tamariki social worker, who attends the same church as the caregiver and her husband, has placed two siblings with the couple as respite care for two nights approximately every three weeks.Because they are no longer approved caregivers the couple cannot be paid the caregive...
October 15, 2021Trifecta of hurdles to Māori economy:
The Māori economy is being held back because of low homeownership rates among Māori, says Westpac acting chief executive Simon Power.Māori businesses were growing in number, but were underrepresented within Aotearoa’s economy, and faced barriers to growth, Power said at the Apec 2021 Live virtual business summit on Wednesday.Power presented a research report for the event from economic research firm Berl and Māori-owned business advisory OpinioNative, which concluded the Māori e...
October 15, 2021Magician wows audiences
Api Wairau-Mason (Ngaāti Tūwharetoa, Te Atiawa, Mangaia) may very well be the only magician in the world who performs his mahi all in Te Reo Māori.Mason, or Tangata Tumatarau (magician) is self-taught, and learned most of what he knows primarily from YouTube, but has recently found himself collaborating with well-known local magicians to add to his kete of tinihanga (basket tricks). “Lately, I’ve found myself around a whole bunch of Aotearoa magicians and they...
October 15, 2021New Aotearoa keyboard
“It was really frustrating trying to use macrons in my language.“Most Māori whānau just won't use it, they're struggling to interact with macrons in a way to use their language.“All of my family and friends either do not use te reo Māori because it’s too much of a hassle, or they don't use the macrons which makes the words unreadable.”Difficulty switching between settings to use the reo Māori keyboard had pushed many to copy and paste vowels with a tohutō from elsewhere, or not us...
October 15, 2021Children's Cmmr Andrew Becroft
The Children's Commissioner is reiterating the need to focus on childhood mental health. Judge Andrew Becroft is making a series of speeches before he leaves the job next month, the first of which he made on Wednesday.Link to video: Children's Cmmr Andrew Becroft calls for more focus on childhood mental health (msn.com)...
October 14, 2021Tertiary providers given deadline
Universities, polytechs and wananga have been given 10 years to end the persistently lower pass rates for Māori and Pasifika students.It's the third time in the past decade the Tertiary Education Commission has set a deadline for parity. This time it wants tertiary institutions to make large-scale changes and is hinting at fines for failure.Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.Link to audio: Tertiary providers given deadline to fix persistently low pass rates for Māori, Pas...
October 12, 2021What do we understand
What do we understand about dyslexia? Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person's ability to read. It is a common condition that also causes problems with writing and spelling. According to figures published by Dyslexia Reading Well , around 30 million adults in the United States are dyslexic. A further six million in the United Kingdom suffer from the condition. And in Canada, three million people have dyslexia. Signs of dyslexia usu...
October 12, 2021Labour MP Willie Jackson
Cabinet Minister Willie Jackson has had a meeting with gang members about COVID-19 vaccination.Earlier this week, it was revealed prominent Mongrel Mob members including life member Harry Tam and Waikato chapter president Sonny Fatupaito were allowed to travel to Auckland to help ramp up vaccination efforts. "We've got cases in gangs and that makes this job really hard," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Radio Hauraki earlier this week. TVNZ's Q+A reported that Māori D...
October 10, 2021The case that stopped the tour:
The flour bombs and pitch invasions of the 1981 Springbok tour saw hundreds of protestors arrested and brought before the courts. Four years later, it was the Rugby Union’s turn to face the rule of law, when a group of lawyers challenged a decision to send the All Blacks to apartheid South Africa. Edward Gay reports.A crowd of hundreds braved the Wellington winter, to find out if a group of lawyers had managed to stop the All Blacks touring apartheid South Africa.Sir Ted Thomas QC was still dr...
October 10, 2021Parents say Māori children
Parents are accusing an embattled Lower Hutt school of marginalising Māori children and failing to always protect their cultural, emotional, and physical wellbeing.The allegations come after the Ministry of Education dissolved Wilford School's Board of Trustees last month and appointed a commissioner, Dr Te Tiwha Brendon Puketapu, in its place.In a statement the ministry said the board was managing a number of complaints it did not have the capacity to resolve under urgency.The Petone school, w...
October 10, 2021Aotearoa, Nu Tīreni, New Zealand
Growing up in the Far North, Sam Napia never thought Pākehā would embrace te reo Māori.The nation coming together to sing the Māori version of the national anthem was beyond his imagination. A stadium of Kiwis performing haka in the stands alongside the All Blacks on the international stage was unthinkable.But in 2021, Napia, now the chief executive of Te Rūnanga ā Iwi ō Ngāpuhi, sees a break in the clouds. The indigenous culture of the nation is being pushed to the forefront of our iden...
October 9, 2021Team finds 700-year-old soot
An overseas research team has linked soot preserved in Antarctic ice to fires set in Aotearoa New Zealand, by Māori settlers, 700 years ago.The researchers say the finding is a dramatic example of early humanity's environmental impact.However, there has been some criticism here in New Zealand about the research.Joseph McConnell is an environmental scientist at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada.He spoke to Kim Hill.Link to article and recording: Team finds 700-year-old soot...
October 9, 2021Four iwi file claim seeking judicial review
Four iwi have filed a joint claim at the High Court in Auckland seeking a review of the use of te reo Māori in the nation’s courts.Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia, Te Poari o Ngātiwai, Te Rūnanga a Iwi o Ngāpuhi and Te Reo Ngāti Hine claim while the Māori Language Act gives anyone the right to speak te reo in legal proceedings, the language is still given a back seat to English.They are seeking a review of the decisions made by the Minister of Justice, the Secretary of Justice and the Attorn...
October 9, 2021Clover Park resident
Craig Bridewell said breaches include residents holding parties with friends and people not wearing masks in public while meeting up with friends."I have called the police 105 number twice regarding this, but their only response was to email them," he said."This is happening every day. I have seen police officers drive past a park with 20-30 kids playing basketball and they drive on. While my next door neighbour has friends around all the time to party - it's so frustrating."It's totally out of ...
October 7, 2021Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki appears to be recovering from a year made controversial by its landmark contemporary Māori art exhibition and the sudden resignation of its curator.The gallery has now appointed Te Arepa Morehu (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi) as its inaugural head of kaupapa Māori.In June the gallery also appointed Thomas Irvine of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei as deputy director.That appointment came just months after the gallery’s curator Māori, Nigel Borell (Pirirākau, Ngāi Te R...
October 7, 2021Northland iwi gives new species of pygmy pipehorse
Kaumātua of a Northland iwi have been involved in the naming of a new pygmy pipehorse for the first time.The newly discovered pygmy pipehorse species, a fish similar to the seahorse, has been given the scientific name Cylix tupareomanaia.Its common name will be manaia pygmy pipehorse, or tu pare o manaia.Auckland Museum said the species was first seen by divers at the Poor Knights Island Marine Reserve in 2011, but it was believed to be a different rare seahorse species call...
October 7, 2021The Bullet Journal Method
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October 7, 2021Heather du Plessis-Allan
I don’t have a problem with the Auckland border exemption for the Mongrel Mob boss. We know the gangs are a major problem with the spread of Covid at the moment.It doesn’t sound like all the gang members are getting tested and being straight up with the contact tracers about where they’ve been and who they’ve been in contact with.Which means Covid keeps spreading faster than the contact tracers can catch up.So if getting Sonny up from Waikato to Auckland to give the Mungies the...
October 7, 2021Here’s what makes ‘authoritative parents’ different from the rest
We all want to raise intelligent, confident and successful kids. But where to begin? And what’s the best parenting style to go with?Parenting styles fall under four main categories. It might be that you use one or more of these different styles at different times, depending on the situation and context.Link to article: Authoritative parenting is best style for raising confident kids: Child psychologist (cnbc.com)...
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