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Education Te Reo

E38 13 November 2020: Te Reo Māori Education Training Programme Review

This week we also reviewed an evaluation of a Te Reo and Tikanga Māori training programme trial, run by the Ministry of Education. The external evaluation was generally positive, in that the training was found to improve teacher competencies in this area, and gave teachers more confidence to incorporate Te
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Rōpu Māori

Salient Māori News Items to E38 13 November 2020

Appointments and Awards On Tuesday, Shane Reti was promoted to the role of Deputy Leader of the National Party. Dr Reti is also the National Party spokesperson for Health, and spokesperson for Children. Last week the 2020 Research Honours Aotearoa Awards were held at Government House. Successful award recipients included:
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Social

E38 13 November 2020: Te Kupenga Māori Social Survey 2018

Te Kupenga Data Statistics New Zealand has released further data from Te Kupenga, the Māori Social Survey.  (The is a post-census survey of 8,500 tangata Māori).  While there is no clear report (just a series of webpages), and much of the data has already been released earlier, the survey is
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Annual Reports Iwi Matters

E38 13 November 2020: Iwi Annual Reports Te Rūnanga ā Iwi Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated

This week we have commenced reviews of iwi annual reports. (By way of background, many iwi have an end of financial year balance date of 30 June, with their annual general meetings (‘AGMs’) are held in November/ December.) The reports we have reviewed this week are for two large iwi