Myles Ferris
Banning teachers from using the terms - Whaea and Matua
A Hawke's Bay school is facing criticism for banning Māori teachers from using the te reo terms - Whaea and Matua.
According to TVNZ, those teachers claim the principal said those names were… Audio
Principals Federation suggests members ignore directives to enrol violent students
The Principals Federation has advised its members to defy legally binding directives to enrol violent children who have been kicked out of other schools.
It says principals should consider refusing… Audio
Covid-19, conspiracy theories, poverty causing school attendance trouble - principals
Principals are blaming conspiracy theories about the pandemic and economic turmoil for persistently low school attendance in Northland.
Education Ministry figures show average daily attendance in the… Audio
Coronavirus: School fighting rumour mill to get students back
While schools reopened on Monday, many parents chose to keep their children at home.
Data collected from more than 1400 schools by the Ministry of Education showed an average national attendance rate… Audio
Northland school achieves 97 percent MMR vaccination rate
A Northland primary school has achieved an almost complete measles vaccination rate.
Ninety-seven percent of the mainly Māori students at of Te Kura o Otangarei have now received the MMR vaccine.
At… Audio
Māori leaders call for iwi representation on school boards
Māori education leaders are welcoming government promises to ensure more success for Māori students, but are angry there won't be mandatory mana whenua representation on school boards.
The government… Audio
Maori students report most discrimination by teachers
An Education Ministry report shows racism in schools is more likely to come from teachers than from students, and Maori and Pasifika teenagers are bearing the brunt of it. It also found that… Audio
Maori students report discrimination by teachers
One in five Maori students says a teacher has been unfair to them because of their ethnicity. It's the highest rate of discrimination for any ethnic group in a new report from the Education Ministry… Audio
'Every child fluent in te reo - how would that look for our country?'
A $12 million plan to roll out Māori language courses for teachers and school staff is being hailed as a good start but some say it needs to go further. On Monday the government launched Te Ahu o te… Audio
Resistance to idea of compulsory NZ history lessons
The History Teachers Association has launched a petition for the compulsory teaching of New Zealand's Māori and colonial history in schools. Chairperson Graeme Ball says many students leave school… Audio
Māori children learning te reo better in low decile schools
Children from low and mid-decile schools have recorded the highest average scores in a national test of te reo Māori. The National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement assessed children in Years 4… Audio
Māori education: Govt urged to fight unconscious bias
The Education Ministry has urged the government to develop a national programme targetting school teachers' unconcious bias against Māori children. A briefing obtained under the Official Information… Audio
Māori education: Ministry urges 'bold step' to fight bias
The Education Ministry has told the government it could develop a national programme targeting teachers' bias against Māori children by the end of the year. It says in a briefing paper there is… Audio
