In 2024, the Ministry of Education commissioned Te Wahanga, NZCER's Kaupapa Maori research unit, to conduct a literature review on the concept of "equity" in kura mana Maori motuhake - a term that includes kura kaupapa Maori te aho matua, and kura a-iwi. This review aims to inform the Ministry's evaluation of the Equity Index (EQI)…

There is a significant lack of te reo Maori resources, especially digital materials, for learning pangarau/mathematics. Few studies have investigated how well digital resources for pangarau align with kaupapa Maori principles. In this article, we examine a digital resource, Matific, from a kaupapa Maori perspective. We find the te reo version of…

Sharing ancestral stories as purakau is an ancient tradition in Maori culture, used throughout generations to transfer knowledge, teach traditional values, and promote communication. While often incorrectly relegated to the genre of "myths and legends", purakau, as a traditional form of Maori narrative, is central to the sharing of…

In this article Kay-Lee Jones describes the attributes of the Te Pa o Rakaihautu school. Te Pa o Rakaihautu is unique, it is different and designed to be so. It is a 21st century pa wananga (learning village) for the whole whanau (family). Through the hallways of Te Pa o Rakaihautu one feels the mauri (essence) of the different entities that make…

The idea of employing culturally and linguistically appropriate resources to address disparate literacy levels and to maintain the languages and cultures of communities in the Pacific has been presented by academics from different disciplines. In 2012, a National Language Policy was endorsed in Vanuatu, accommodating the endangered vernacular…

This article is a synthesis of the historical account of the ongoing suppression of Maori indigeneity (language and cultural knowledge) in mathematics education for over 100 years. During that time, Maori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, have been ravaged by the effects of globalisation as an outcome of colonisation, resulting in…

This critical systematic review of Australian research literature provides insights into the aspirations of Indigenous communities to collaborate with schools in establishing local Indigenous language and cultural programmes. This systematic review investigates the body of Australian research into the cultural, social and educational impacts on…

Localising knowledge and dispositions helps to predict the likely success of top-down language policies. In so far as language acquisition is a pillar of language revitalisation policy, then community perspectives on learning a minority language deserve attention. This article presents the knowledge, dispositions, and ideas of around 1,300…

This article "challenges" the global coloniality of the doctrine of domination that re-presents itself in Aotearoa/New Zealand as an uneven 'partnership' between Maori (the Indigenes) and the colonizer (the British). That domination is maintained through the western positivistic one-size-fits-all 'global north' policies and practices in…

Literacy holds very little positive meaning or experience for Maori and indigenous peoples. It has, instead, played a significant role in the breakdown of rich and cherished ancestral ways of life. This has resulted in a general, intergenerational resistance to literacy participation among adult Maori. Research findings reveal the nexus between…

This paper examines the development of two iterations of mathematics curricula over a 15-year period for classrooms teaching in te reo Maori, the endangered Indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand. Similarities and differences between the two iterations are identified. Although parameters set by the New Zealand Ministry of Education about what…