Honour and value te ao Māori
In Aotearoa New Zealand we honour tangata whenua, the people of the land, by upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and valuing te ao Māori.
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Build relationships with tangata whenua
Build relationships with tangata whenua
Give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
The Tātai Aho Rau CORE Education website has resources to support cultural capability, including the one shown here.
Value tikanga Māori in the classroom
Value tikanga Māori in the classroom
Teachers explain the need to incorporate te ao Māori, tikanga, and te reo Māori into learning contexts to include and engage all students.
Support students to enjoy and express their cultural identity
Support students to enjoy and express their cultural identity
Article three guarantees Māori oritetanga (equality). Where Pākehā symbols of status in uniform are expected (e.g., a tie), Māori students should be able wear Māori symbols of status instead (e.g., taonga).
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Design culturally responsive learning contexts
Design culturally responsive learning contexts
Creating culturally responsive learning contexts and co-constructing learning enables every student to bring their experiences into the classroom context.
- Provide opportunities for ākonga Māori who speak te reo Māori to teach the class some basic vocabulary.
- Include holidays and festivals that are important to your ākonga Māori in learning activities.
- Establish classroom communication practices that include te reo Māori.
- Support ākonga Māori to understand new vocabulary or unfamiliar instructions by providing visual cues and translating key words into te reo Māori.
- Identify how you can specifically include a Māori component into curriculum topics.
- Engage with the Māori school community and whānau to bring their knowledge and expertise into the school.
- Take the time to learn how to pronounce your students’ names correctly. Ask students to say their name, listen carefully, and repeat it until you know it. Model the correct pronunciation of students’ names to the class so that all students use the correct pronunciation.
Useful resources
Useful resources
Ka Hikitia – Ka Hāpaitia
Ka Hikitia is a Ministry of Education and cross-agency strategy for the education sector. It sets out the work to achieve system shifts in education and support Māori learners and their whānau, hapū and iwi to achieve excellent and equitable outcomes.
Unpacking biases
This inclusive education workshop is designed to stimulate thinking and discussion about how our assumptions impact the way we teach and how our ākonga learn. It helps participants to engage in critical reflection to surface and identify implicit biases.
Broadening teachers’ perspectives
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In this video, Paul Enright talks about how their school has broadened teacher perspectives as they engage with tangata whenua and value Māori history.
Te Kōtahitanga – Changing Māori educational experiences
Video about Te Kōtahitanga – improving cultural iconography in classrooms, incorporating pedagogy that is responsive to the culture of students and providing contexts for learning based on students’ prior knowledge and experiences.
Cultural capability resources
A set of visual tools to support your cultural capability journey.
Publisher: Tātai Aho Rau Core Education
Next steps
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