Press Release – Ministry of Education More than 30 secondary schools and kura across the country will be piloting the new Mori Performing Arts subject at all NCEA levels and for University Entrance this school year, marking a significant step towards ensuring parity for Mori knowledge …
More than 30 secondary schools and kura across the country will be piloting the new Māori Performing Arts subject at all NCEA levels and for University Entrance this school year, marking a significant step towards ensuring parity for Māori knowledge in our education system, said Ellen MacGregor-Reid, the Deputy Secretary, Early Learning and Student Achievement.
Source:Â Ministry of Education
More than 30 secondary schools and kura across the country will be piloting the new MÄori Performing Arts subject at all NCEA levels and for University Entrance this school year, marking a significant step towards ensuring parity for MÄori knowledge in our education system, said Ellen MacGregor-Reid, the Deputy Secretary, Early Learning and Student Achievement.
Around 900 students in both English-medium and MÄori-medium education settings will be studying Te Ao Haka, as the new MÄori Performing Arts subject is called, earning credits towards their NCEA this year.
âThis is a significant step in our efforts to ensure MÄori knowledge, culture and approaches to learning are valued, recognised and supported in accordance with the Governmentâs obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi, and to enable all young New Zealanders to choose from a full range of pathways to further study or work,â Ms MacGregor-Reid said.
Tiria Waitai, Te Ao Haka Subject Expert Group member- assisted in the development of achievement standard materials. “I’ve been a kaiako of kapa haka for quite some time now, and we’ve found our tamariki, they just thrive. Kapa haka really does save lives.” The cultural link kapa haka provided could be a salvation to students who did not fit into the box, she said. Until now, students had been able to study Māori Performing Arts through unit standards, and the NCEA Dance achievement standard. “Luckily they’ve been able to achieve NCEA through the unit standards, but now we’ve moved into the achievement standards, it finally feels like we’ve achieved equity, for our tamariki of nowadays but also for our future generations.
Editorial: Our history needs wise words and even wiser heads
22 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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The battlefields where New Zealanders fought are carved on the heads of windows around the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Photo / Michael Craig
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EDITORIAL
There are myriad quotes about history but let s start with a Māori proverb: Kia mau koe ki ngā kupu o ōu tūpuna - hold fast to the words of your ancestors. The words of all our ancestors will be essential listening for those negotiating the new Aotearoa NZ Histories Curriculum into schools in just over 12 months.
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