Ka Hikitia (the Māori Education Strategy) sets out how we will work with education services to achieve system shifts in education and support Māori learners and their whānau, hapū and iwi to achieve excellent and equitable outcomes; and provides an…

Author(s): Ministry of Education.

Date Published: Various

The evaluation reviewed the management and administration of the initiative, provider experiences of operations (including pinch-points and solutions), and a review of the Ngā Taumata o Te Ahu o te Reo Māori curriculum. It also examined the scale and nature…

Author(s): Ministry of Education

Date Published: September 2024

Te Ahu o Te Reo Māori is a programme funded by Te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga (Te Tāhuhu) to develop teacher competency in te reo Māori (specifically pronunciation and use of te reo Māori), tikanga Māori and improved understanding of…

Author(s): Prepared for the Ministry of Education by Te Paetawhiti Ltd & Associates (Roxanne Smith, Colin Hemana Bennett, Dr Shane Edwards, Kirimatao Paipa & Miromiro Kelly)

Date Published: October 2020

The Retention pilot programme for Māori medium beginning teachers Initiative, was established under Budget 2013. Six providers were contracted to design and implement new induction and mentoring initiatives that support the retention of beginning teachers in Māori medium schools through…

Author(s): Prepared by Nan Wehipeihana, Kirimatao Paipa and Roxanne Smith for Research Evaluation Consultancy Limited - a member of the Kinnect Group

Date Published: July 2019

This report explores success in literacy and language learning for Māori adults. It captures the perspectives and voices of learners, tutors and providers in foundation learning programmes. It describes how Māori tutors reinforce and strengthen their Māori learners’ identities through…

Author(s): Colleen McMurchy-Pilkington, University of Auckland

Date Published: August 2009

The Quality Teaching Research and Development Programme (QTR&D) was a bold and ambitious pilot development and research project. It was designed as an exploratory programme to understand more about quality teaching for Māori and Pasifika students, within designated contexts (literacy,…

Author(s): Lorna M. Earl, Ph.D. Director, Aporia Consulting Ltd. with Helen Timperley, Ph.D. and Georgina M. Stewart, Ed.D.

Date Published: May 2009

This report was commissioned in early 2005 by the Ministry of Education. Its intention is to give an understanding of what the concept of whanau means within Aotearoa, and specifically what such meaning may have with regard to the educational…

Author(s): Chris Cunningham, Brenda Stevenson, Natasha Tassel, Research Centre for Māori Health and Development, School of Māori Studies, Massey University. Report Commissioned for the Ministry of Education.

Date Published: May 2005

Kaupapa Ara Whakawhiti Mātauranga (KAWM) encompassed a number of school improvement initiatives and aimed to: improve student achievement; improve school performance; strengthen school and community relationships; upgrade school ICT infrastructure; and improve teachers' professional capability through ICT.…

Author(s): Pauline Waiti, New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

Date Published: 2005

This analysis of trends in Māori in early childhood education and schools was commissioned for Hui Taumata 2005.…

Author(s): Siobhan Murray and Amy Galvin, Education Information and Analysis, Ministry of Education. Commissioned for the Hui Taumata Steering Committee.

Date Published: January 2005

This analysis of trends in Māori in tertiary education was commissioned for Hui Taumata 2005.…

Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education

Date Published: January 2005

NZCER was contracted by the partners in Whaia te iti Kahurangi (Te Runanga o Ngati Porou and the Ministry of Education) to undertake a formative evaluation of the initiative. Whaia te iti Kahurangi (WTIK) is aimed at improving student achievement…

Author(s): Cathy Wylie and Vyletta Arago-Kemp

Date Published: 2004

This publication is a summary of the Evaluation of Te Putahitanga Matauranga. Te Putahitanga Matauranga (TPM) is an education improvement and development project aimed at raising Māori students' achievement in Te Taitokerau (the Far North). TPM encompasses 78 schools in…

Author(s): Margie Hohepa, Kuni Jenkins with Jo Mane, Dale Sherman-Godinet and Sharon Toi, The International Research Institute for Māori and Indigenous Education, University of Auckland.

Date Published: February 2004

The Māori Women's Welfare League undertakes a parent support & development programme: Whanau Toko i te Ora. This is an evaluation of the progress of whanau moving though the programme. It involves an overall account, based on the database held…

Author(s): Ian Livingstone, Chartwell Consulants for the Māori Women's Welfare League.

Date Published: January 2002

This is a summary by Anne Else of a report prepared for the Ministry of Education in May 1997 entitled Māori Participation & Performance in Education: A Literature Review and Research Programme. The original report was authored by Simon Chapple,…

Author(s): Anne Else, Report for the Ministry of Education.

Date Published: May 1997