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Te Rāngai Kāhui Ako ā-Iwi

High quality and sustainable Māori medium education

Kara Nepe-Apatu Chief Advisor Te Reo Māori, ELSA Ministry of Education

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Māori language in education makes our system stronger

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• There are cognitive, cultural and social benefits from

bilingualism for individuals and New Zealand as a whole.

• Well-being is positively influenced by a clear sense of identity

and exposure to language and culture.

• Māori language in education contributes to the active protection
• f the Māori language as a taonga of iwi and Māori.
• Learners of Māori medium education are more likely to achieve

irrespective of traditional ‘risk’ factors.

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What is Māori medium education?

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• Māori medium education includes all kura and settings where teaching
• ccurs in and through te reo Māori for 51-100 per cent of the time. These

settings sit within immersion levels 1 and 2.

• There are 279 Māori medium settings, with most of them located in the

Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Northland regions. Our Akonga

• Within the schooling sector, there are:
• 18,444 students in Māori medium education within the schooling

sector; and

• 161,381 students learning te reo Māori as a language.
• There are approximately 178,000 tamariki learning in and through te reo

Māori in early learning.

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What do we know?

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• Māori medium education increases the ability of the education

system to deliver for and with Māori learners, their families, whānau and iwi.

• Students who stay in Māori medium education are more likely to

achieve better.

• Retention rates are poor as students transition from kohanga

(22%), to kura/primary (12%), and wharekura/secondary (5%).

• Regional specific needs must be met to ensure that all students

in Māori medium education have access to quality outcomes.

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Māori medium dependencies

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• Māori medium education is most successful when the following

characteristics are present and strong:

• Community and iwi context;
• Whānau language and engagement;
• Learning environment;
• Governance, leadership and teachers.
• Regardless of the size of provision, Māori medium education

tends to flourish when all four of these factors are present.

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Te Rāngai Kāhui Ako ā-Iwi The Framework

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Measures

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• We used national data sets from the following agencies to support and

measure the framework:

• Ministry of Education
• Education Review Office
• Statistics New Zealand
• Census
• Te Kupenga.
• We colour-coded the indicators to signal the current state:
• Green = good
• Yellow = developing
• Red = critical.
• These measures formed the basis of the current picture of Māori medium

education by region.

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Example of Demand

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Example of Demand

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Example of Supply

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Example of Supply

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Maps – Te Tai Tokerau

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Maps - Tairāwhiti

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What is the regional story telling us…

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• Focussing on supply, capacity and retention is a priority
• Implement more deliberately focussed promotional information

about Māori medium education with iwi and communities

• Support whānau and schools to have access to language

learning initiatives

• Schools alone can’t build the pipeline we need. We must do this

with iwi.

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Next steps

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Short term/Immediate

• Co-design regional action plans with iwi in 4 pilot regions – drafts

due in August 2017

• Introductory hui with iwi remaining regions September-November

2017

• Develop national implementation plan to capture Ministry

contributions to the regional plans Medium-Long term

• Co-design regional action plans in remaining six regions
• Refine and finalise national implementation plan

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Where can I access Te Rāngai Kāhui Ako ā-Iwi?

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• Link to Te Rāngai Kāhui Ako ā-Iwi on the Ministry of Education

website: https://education.govt.nz/ministry-of-education/specific- initiatives/te-rangai-kahui-ako-a-iwi/