Hui Taumata Matauranga September 2004

Hui Taumata Matauranga

September 2004

The fourth Hui saw Tumu Te Heuheu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa Paramount Chief, call for education solutions that addressed current issues for rangatahi while encouraging discussion on the future for Māori education and the preparation needed for what that might bring.

Key issues raised at the fourth Hui Taumata Mātauranga included:

• supporting young people to know who they are and what they want to be;
• realising that everyone has a role to play in creating good education opportunities for young people;
• celebrating our academic successes as much as our sporting achievements;
• changing attitudes and mindsets about young people and what they can achieve;
• accepting that there are many ways to achieve educational success, and that there is no one right way; and
• listening to young people as the world they face today is different to what it was when we were young.

Further information

Further information on programmes and developments in Mäori education, the recent Hui Taumata Matauranga Report Back and Mason Durie's address can be found on the Ministry of Education website at: www.minedu.govt.nz

What sort of information is on www.minedu.govt.nz

The Mäori education section of the website contains information such as:

• The Report Back from the Minister of Education and Associate Minister of Education informing participants of progress toward developing a Government response to the September 2004 Hui Taumata Mätauranga.
• Information about the Whakaaro Mätauranga programme, including about the free 0800 number for parents and whänau to get information about education (Ph 0800 80 TE MANA / 0800 80 62 62).
• Consultation documents and information about the development of the Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Education.
• Kaiwhakaatu newsletters: Issues of the bi-monthly newsletter for iwi and Mäori groups.
• The report to the Ministers of Education and Mäori Affairs of the Crown/Köhanga Reo National Trust Joint Working Group to review the relationship between the Crown and Te Köhanga Reo National Trust.

Under other sections of the website there is other useful information such as:

• The 'Tertiary Contacts and Links' section which provides links to a wide range of tertiary organisations
• The 'Information for Tertiary Education Providers' section contains the report 'Hei tautoko i ngä wawata Mäori : Etahi tauira nä ngä kura Wänanga - Supporting Mäori Achievement: A collection of Tertiary Provider Initiatives'
• A section on 'How to contact the Ministry of Education'
• General publications, including research and statistics in a variety of sections
• Links to the WebPages of: