Māori Education

Māori education is a priority area of work for government and the Ministry of Education.  Accordingly there is much work going on in this area affecting Māori children, students and communities. This theme page provides access to research and statistical information on Education Counts.

Want different Māori education material? From the Ministry of Education's Māori education index you will be able to find information about some of the policy and programmes most relevant to Māori learners including Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy, and other interesting policy and strategic information on the Ministry website.

Ka Hikitia

Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008-2012 is a broad reaching five-year strategy aiming to transform and change the education sector, ensuring Māori are able to enjoy education success as Māori. This strategy is about realising potential, understanding and accepting that culture counts.

‘Ka Hikitia’ means to ‘step up’, to ‘lift up’, to ‘lengthen one’s stride’.  It means stepping up the performance of the education system to ensure Māori are enjoying education success as Māori.  It is a strategy that’s about changing and transforming the education system; it is not about slow, gradual and incremental change.

Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success is a strategy that sets out specific priorities, outcomes and targets over the next five years.  Primarily it aims to influence the thinking, policy, practice and services of Ministry of Education by building on the latest research evidence and from the ideas, hopes and aspirations of Māori throughout the country.  However, because it is a strategy that spans the entire education sector, it does and will have an impact on everyone within the education sector.

Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success has identified four main focus areas the evidence shows will have the most impact. They are:

• Foundation Years (early childhood education and the first years at school)
• Young People Engaged in Learning (particularly in Years 9 and 10)
• Māori Language Education (setting and resourcing priorities)
• Organisational Success (firstly for the Ministry of Education, and then for the rest of the education sector).
  

Please also visit http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/PolicyAndStrategy/KaHikitia.aspx to find out more about Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008-2012 and to get a copy of the strategy.

Progress against Ka Hikitia targets

How will we know if its working?

Ngā Haeata Mātauranga: the Annual Report on Māori Education will report on the progress that the Ministry of Education and the sector are making in improving Māori student outcomes.  View the latest Ngā Haeata Mātauranga report on Education Counts.

Education sector indicators on Education Counts

A set of education sector indicators has been developed to help assess and monitor the 'health' of education in New Zealand. The indicators focus on the outcomes of education and training, and the important influences on those outcomes.

Indicators assist us to identify key strengths and weaknesses in the education sector and monitor the progress, or lack of progress, being made towards key educational goals.

A fundamental principle of our approach to monitoring is that where an indicator is thought to be worthy of monitoring, it should be monitored by separate ethnic groups as well as the total population.  Two-thirds of the indicators have information on Māori, including tables of information.

Follow this link to the education sector indicators index page.

Māori research publications on Education Counts

The Ministry undertakes and commissions a considerable amount of research, much of which is being utilised in the development of Māori education policies.

Access our Māori Education publications index to find the latest Māori education research.

Go to our main publications page and search a range of other indices or use our publications search engine.

Māori statistics on Education Counts

The Ministry of Education holds various collections of statistical information obtained through Ministry of Education processes, including data on student participation and achievement, and sector performance across a range of educational and financial criteria.

Access our Māori Education statistics index to find the latest Māori education statistics.

Go to our main statistics page and search a range of other indices.

New Zealand Government Sites of Interest

A link to the Māori education index page on the Ministry of Education website.  From here you will be able to access more Māori education material.

Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success is a specialised Ministry website dedicated to Ka Hikitia - Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008-2012.

 

 

Te Puni Kokiri provides high quality policy advice to Government and other agencies, including the Ministry of Education.

 
 

Statistics New Zealand is a government department and New Zealand's national statistical office. It is the country's major source of official statistics.