have been proven to assist students to succeed despite somewhat deterministic realities. Finally‚ it will examine in detail a counter-hegemonic educational initiatives in New Zealand‚ which have been created by Māori educators to address ongoing social and educational inequities for Māori students. Socio-economic status and educational outcomes Researchers have overwhelmingly proved that students from middle-class families achieve greater academic success than students from working-class families
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the players more on their race rather than their ability. When the tour of 1960 occurred‚ it caused uproar among many new Zealanders for the fact that no players of Māori descent were selected. The decision to comply with South Africa’s strict apartheid policies by not selecting Māori players caused outrage. Using slogans like ‘No Maoris
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to 3500 B.C. and were made of clay. These were discovered in what is now present day Iraq. The Potaka The Maori form of spinning top is the potaka. Potaka were in use in pre-European times as mentioned in the journal of
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green cover. On the cover it is a shape of a whale-tail with the ocean in the background. Themes of the book is unrequited love‚ equality and culture of the Maoris. The Whale Rider is on my personally list of ”Do not read”‚ truly not a book I am going to read again and now I am going to tell you why. Firstly the names i the book is typical Maori-names and I thought it was so hard to read them. Lots of names that I never in my whole life had heard about. It’s not just that it is new and different names
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The Whale Rider By Witi Ihimaera Published May 2003 Kahu (Pai) is an eight year old Maori girl with a special gift. She can communicate with whales. She could be the leader her tribe needs‚ but her great-grandfather adheres strictly to Maori tradition which requires a male heir. He barely acknowledges her. The Whale Rider" tells the story of Kahu‚ a young girl in New Zealand struggling to find her place in her family and community. She craves the love of her great-grandfather‚ but he’s entirely
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read is CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. Tatu Wharepapa receives an invitation from the governor-general to their flash party. The reason behind me choosing the idea of Cultural Difference is because Tuta is a Maori boy and the governor-general is pakehas‚ so there is a lot of difference between a Pakehas and Maori apart from being human. The style‚ living‚ eating‚ drinking‚ manners and communicating skills are all going to be new and different to Tuta than his. He felt like his going to be left out and won’t
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man‚ Porourangi‚ standing next to his wife as she gives birth to twins. Unfortunately‚ the mother and the son do not survive leaving only the girl who is named Paikea. This greatly upsets Koro‚ Porourangi’s father. As the reigning chief of the Maori people‚ he would have taught Porourangi’s first born son in the ways of their ancestors to become the next chief (Wald 2006). After experiencing such a devastating loss‚ Porourangi leaves Paikea to be raised by her grandparents. Koro‚ however‚ refuses
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understanding can lead to discrimination. In the text Ka kite bro‚ Tama was the only Māori boy in his school of pakeha students. Because all of the students were pakeha they lacked knowledge of Tama and his family’s Maori culture‚ causing indirect discrimination towards Tama. Tama’s friend Darryl has died and Tama just wants to say goodbye his way‚ The Maori way‚ the only way he knows how. Because the pakeha don’t understand the Māori language they think Tama’s way is weird and won’t let him say goodbye his
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Community-Driven Development‚ Presentation to CDG‚ Department of Internal Affairs‚ Wellington. 26. Department of Internal Affairs (2010) Te Whakamotuhaketanga Hapū‚ working beside whānau‚ hapū and iwi Māori 2010-2013‚ Department of Internal Affairs‚ Wellington 27 28. Durie‚ M (2006) Measuring Māori Wellbeing‚ New Zealand Treasury Guest Lecture Series‚ 1 August 2006‚ Wellington 29
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1. “Forget the big players in the world; it is the people in the margins of our society whose stories are most compelling.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Respond to this question with close reference to one or more text(s) you have studied. The Heke family that feature in the ground-breaking New Zealand film from 1994‚ ‘Once were warriors’ directed by Lee Tamahori are clearly a family living on the margins of society. They live in a state house next to a busy and
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