Education
Burden of history: Iwi, hapū struggle with demand for school support
As part of a series this week, RNZ is looking at efforts to ensure schools and teachers are using reo and tikanga every day. This, coupled with compulsory NZ history, has made iwi and hapū…
The schools walking the Treaty talk
As part of a series on efforts to better recognise Māori language and culture in schools, RNZ profiles the work of four schools.
Māori educators say schools on cusp of massive change
Māori educators believe schools are on the cusp of an unprecedented change that will see them finally walk the talk of upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
They say courses for teachers on racism and te… Audio
Māori teachers optimistic about scale of change
Māori educators believe they are seeing an unprecedented push to ensure schools walk the talk of honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Iwi worried at resourcing for growing demand of te reo in schools
Iwi and hapū are worried they are under resourced to meet growing demands from schools.
With New Zealand history about to become compulsory in schools, as well as efforts to entrench te reo, tikanga… Audio
'Hurt and dismay' over academics' letter dismissing mātauranga Māori
The University of Auckland and Royal Society are distancing themselves from a contentious letter by some top academics, dismissing mātauranga Māori.
Teachers say learning te reo is making them better at their jobs
As part of a series this week, RNZ is looking at efforts to ensure schools and teachers are using reo and tikanga every day. Today, teachers tell RNZ that learning te reo is making them into better…
Teachers say learning te reo, tikanga Māori making them better
Teachers say learning te reo and tikanga Māori is making them better teachers.
A hundred-million-dollar programme, launched this month, aims to teach the language to forty-thousand early childhood… Audio
Tackling systemic racism in schools 'confronting'
Principals and teachers say training teachers to tackle racism and value Māori culture is essential for improving the school system.
Principals, teachers, back cultural training to cut racism in education
Principals and teachers say training teachers to stamp out racism is essential for improving the school system.
They say some teachers find the lessons confronting. Cultural capability is one of… Audio
How to Write a Pepeha with Shannon Haunui-Thompson
For today's how to write Jesse's looking at the ins and outs of a pepeha, an introduction used in a Māori context, with RNZ's Māori Strategy Manager Shannon Haunui-Thompson. Audio
Choreographer Merenia Gray pays tribute to her extraordinary mother
Auckland choregrapher and dancer Merenia Gray's latest work pays tribute to her extraordinary late mother, Tiahuia. Tiahuia Gray was adopted at birth into the Kingitanga, as a whāngai to Princess Te… Audio, Gallery
'I'm calling it: Our education system is racist'
A range of initiatives are being brought in to address inequities in the education system. As part of a series this week, RNZ is looking at efforts to make schools and teachers more bicultural, and…
Parents say school closure leaves children educationally homeless
Parents devastated by the impending closure of a school that catered for students with diverse needs say there's nowhere left for their children to go because they simply don't fit in the mainstream.
…Racism still a problem in New Zealand schools - students
Students and principals are backing moves to tackle racism in schools.
They say unconscious bias is behind deep and long-standing inequities in the education system that leave Māori and Pacific… Audio
Māori-led training firm helps start online businesses
Māori and Pasifika whānau wanting to grow their disposable household income have been given the chance to turn their own business ideas into reality.
Westport flooding: Schools ready for students to return
Some normality is returning to Westport as schools reopen but life is still far from normal for many locals, a week on from its devastating floods.
Westport schools begin to reopen after flooding
Some semblance of normality is returning to Westport today as schools ready to reopen.
The area's only secondary school, Buller High School, was among the properties affected by floodwater.
Staff… Audio
Buller High School ready to open after major flooding
Some normality is returning to Westport as schools reopen in the town, just over a week on from its devastating floods.
Around 100 homes have been red stickered - meaning they are uninhabitable, and… Audio
Westport schools begin to reopen
Some routine is also returning to Westport with its three main schools welcoming back students tomorrow.
Around 100 homes have been red stickered, another 400 yellow stickered and the clean up is… Audio
