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www.waikato.ac.nz/maori
November 2010
sponsored by the pro vice-chancellor māori office
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Māori Update
This year we are facing some very exciting and some rather
challenging changes in relation to university education.
As this issue signals, we celebrate the 50th anniversary for the Faculty of
Education, we look forward to a new era of Te Rōpū Manukura with the
appointment of Timoti te Heuheu as the new Chair and we honour the
service, leadership and contribution of Professor Aroha Yates-Smith who has left the University and of
Dr Roka Paora QSM, our new Honorary Doctorate. Succession moves us from the past to the future and
brings with it elements of risk and of opportunity. This issue of Te Miro highlights that shift from one
era to another era.
On the more challenging side, many of you will have read that student places in tertiary institutions
have been capped and institutions will be applying enrolment priorities to new and returning students.
Furthermore the Student Loans scheme has changed to restrict access to loans for students who
have not achieved success in their studies. This has direct implications for Māori students in terms
of securing places in a university programme. Applying ON TIME, enrolling EARLY and committing to
ACHIEVEMENT become more and more critical for ensuring academic success. It is important that
students make smart, strategic decisions about their academic programme and get good advice about
the papers they select and the programmes they undertake. The institution must also step up in terms
of providing every opportunity for our students to be successful through quality teaching, exciting and
research informed staff, excellent student support and pastoral care. Many of our alumni have fond
memories of their Waikato experience, not just their academic experience but their whole experience
and, in my view, that attention to the whole experience remains an important aspect of study at the
University of Waikato. Our students learn from a wide range of experiences, from their teachers, from each
other and from exposure to situations that challenge their thinking and values and that require them to
apply their skills at critical thinking and problem solving. Formal academic learning is one part of learning,
applying it to life is a whole different challenge.
Ngā Kai o Roto
Inside
» P2
Honorary Doctorate for
Roka Paora QSM
» P3
Faculty of Education
Alumni Profiles
» P4-5
Photo Lift Out
» P6
National Manu Ao
Leadership Course
» P7
Te Toi o Matariki
Te Rōpū Manukura
» P8
Te Kotahi Research Centre
for Excellence
Te Waiora o Waikato
Wātaka
Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori
Professor of Education & Māori Development
Check out page 7…
For a full page spread on
Kīngitanga Day.
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Honorary Doctorate
for Dr Roka Paora QSM
On a sunny Monday morning, 23 August, an official
delegation of the University travelled to Ōpōtiki and
joined with the people of Mataatua to bestow the most
prestigious university award of Honorary Doctorate
on Roka Pahewa Paora QSM (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui).
The venue was filled to capacity with Roka’s family and friends
as well as students whom she had taught and inspired over the
years. It was an uplifting day of celebration in acknowledgement of
her many contributions to the teaching of Māori language, culture,
arts and history. The following is the abridged citation, taken from
the official programme of the day.
Roka Paora is nationally recognised as an expert and authority in
Māori language, culture and history. She trained as a teacher in the
1960s, and was a member of a pioneering group of Māori writers
and innovative educators who developed creative resources and
ways to teach the Māori language in the context of iwi and hapū
experiences, history and whakapapa.
She has many publications to her name, was co-editor of the
revised seventh edition of the Williams’ Dictionary in the 1970s
and for the Ngata Dictionary in the 1990s and was an adviser
to the Ministry of Justice and the National Kōhanga Reo Trust.
Mrs Paora spent some years living in Hamilton and working at
Waikato University where she was able to work directly with
staff to help them expand their knowledge of Māori language
and literacy. Her research and writing now informs their research
and teaching.
In 1984, she was awarded a Queen’s Service Medal and in 2002
she received the Tā Kingi Ihaka Award in recognition of her lifetime
contribution to the development and retention of Māori arts and
culture. For her tireless work and contributions to her community,
region and nation, the University of Waikato has great pleasure
in bestowing an Honorary Doctorate on Roka Pahewa Paora QSM.
Celebrating 50 Years of
Teacher Education
Since the eighties Kōhanga Reo, Kura Kaupapa, Wharekura
and mainstream bilingual units have been empowering Māori
to pursue education. Supporting the teachers involved in these
initiatives has been the Waikato Faculty of Education, which
this year celebrates 50 years of delivering teacher education.
The Faculty of Education (formerly Hamilton Teachers’ College and
the School of Education) has always had a strong commitment to
delivering innovative programmes in Māori Education. One of the earliest
programmes offered was the one year Diploma of Teaching in Māori
Language Teaching. This programme was offered from 1974 to 1976 to
cater for competent speakers of Māori and was designed to add to the
pool of teachers in secondary schools.
In 1986 the Faculty introduced the Rōpū Reo Rua, which was a oneyear programme in bilingual education for qualified teachers. Two years
later the Rūmaki and Ki Taiao Māori, Diploma of Teaching programmes
were established. These programmes gave student teachers in the
primary and early childhood divisions the opportunity to complete
kaupapa Māori papers in a whānau-based environment. Today similar
programmes, called Kākano Rua and Ki Taiao are offered through the
Bachelor of Teaching.
In the 1990s to cater for the growing number of Kōhanga Reo children
moving into mainstream schools, the Faculty introduced a division of the
Diploma of Teaching to help kaiārahi and kaiāwhina (teacher aides), who
were fluent te reo speakers, gain a qualification.
In the last decade the Faculty has initiated other programmes such as
a Graduate Diploma of Teaching for people with a degree and a four-year
conjoint degree in primary teaching. These programmes enable students
to complete Māori-based qualifications in other faculties in addition
to a teaching qualification. Higher education is also a Faculty priority.
For example the Postgraduate Diploma in Māori Medium Teaching
(Te Rōpū Tohu Paerua) is for practising teachers and is a pathway into
a Masters degree in Education.
The Faculty’s commitment to Māori education continues to grow.
The Faculty works with principals and managers across the sector to
improve education for Māori. Innovative professional development and
research initiatives such as Te Kotahitanga and He Kākano are examples.
The Faculty’s Associate Director of Māori Education Pare Kana says that
although there is always more work to be done, the Faculty has sought
to contribute positively. “We’ve been proactive and responsive to the
Māori Medium context to include programmes to meet the needs of
the sector from early childhood to secondary school.”
Currently 30% of the University’s
Māori student population is based in
the Faculty. Some of these students
are following in the footsteps of their
parents and grandparents, committed
to making a difference in the lives of
our rangatahi.
Master of Ceremonies Te Kāhautu Maxwell oversees the ceremony
with Waikato University dignitaries in attendance.
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Faculty of Education Alumni Profiles
John Naera
Iwi: Ngāti Whakaue
Position: Principal
Rotorua Primary School
[email protected]
Rotorua Primary School principal
John Naera made life-long friends,
found a wife and gained a passion for
education from his Hamilton Teachers'
College experience.
John (Ngāti Whakaue) graduated with a Diploma of Primary Teaching
in 1982. He grins that despite his initial desire to be a pilot it was the
high ratio of girls to guys, which attracted him to teachers’ college.
The choice paid off – college was where he met his wife, who is now
a principal at Ngongotaha School.
A passion for education has kept John in the profession and committed
to making a difference. John started his teaching career at Selwyn
and Ngongotaha Primary Schools. He gained his first principalship at
Horohoro Primary School. He admits this was a versatile job involving
everything from maintaining the school pool, to cleaning the chimney
with a shot-put inside a rugby sock.
In his current position, John has developed an interest in bilingual
education. At 125 years old, Rotorua Primary School is the oldest
school in central Rotorua and has a role of 98% Māori. The families consist
of fluent speakers to those who don’t know te reo.
When John first started at Rotorua Primary the school was bilingual.
He noticed that many of his students were not performing well when
they graduated to high school, as they couldn’t continue learning
in te reo. Seeking a solution, John won a principal’s fellowship to
examine bilingual education in Wales and Europe. The Welsh philosophy
promotes that children become competent in their first language by
the age of seven, after that a second language can be introduced.
This total immersion policy, introduced in the early years appealed to
John, who has since implemented a similar approach at Rotorua Primary.
Students are taught in Māori until Year 4, then English is introduced, and
by Year 7 and 8 approximately 50% of the lessons are taught in English.
John says the system appears to be working as his students are performing
better at high school.
John says the success of the Welsh system has increased fluency,
employment and attracts government funding. He hopes for a similar
government commitment to Māori to improve the current inequality
in resources. He adds that language is a vital part of Māori culture. “When
you lose your language, you lose part of your culture. We need schools to
keep promoting the use of te reo Māori.”
Mama Mary
Simpson
Iwi: Ngāpuhi
Position: Deputy Principal
Rotorua Primary School
[email protected]
Mary Simpson is the deputy principal
at Rotorua Primary School and thrives
at being able to teach in te reo Māori.
She also understands student challenges well, as she had a firsthand experience, when she was an adult student. Mary was one of the
first graduates of a 1990 Hamilton Teachers’ College instigated pilot
programme. The purpose of this Diploma of Teaching programme was
to qualify kaiāwhina and kaiārahi as teachers and to cater for kōhanga
children moving into mainstream schools. The kaiāwhina and kaiārahi
were all native speakers of Te Reo, were mature and already working in
primary schools.
Mary remembers this first experience as an adult student and the
complexity of working in two worldviews – Māori and English. Despite
such challenges, she enjoyed mixing with the other students, who were
of a similar age and background. Inspiring lecturers such as Miles Barker,
Barbara Whyte, Ruth Tai, Pare Kana and Fred Biddulph also encouraged
her. “They made us think about the things we discussed and they had a
wealth of experience,” she says.
Her first graduation was particularly memorable. She says there was such
a feeling of emotion, to have succeeded. “The fact that I left school at
15 and went back to study at 35 to become a teacher, was the highlight
of it all.” This pursuit for further education was ignited a decade later
when Mary completed her Bachelor of Teaching degree. It also had an
affect on her children. Her daughter Tina is now a lecturer at the Faculty
of Education and currently completing a PhD.
After qualifying as a teacher, Mary taught at Te Kura o te Rotoiti and later
Te Kura o Whakarewarewa. In 1999 she joined Rotorua Primary as a longterm reliever. After two months she became a senior teacher in the junior
school. In 2004 she was appointed as the school’s deputy principal.
Mary loves her job and working with others who are as equally passionate
about teaching and learning. After two decades of teaching, she still
gets excited every time she enters the classroom, “It’s the greatest
thing, seeing a student achieve or when they call you mum or nanny and
give you a hug and say ‘I love you whaea.”
The first Hamilton Teachers' College intake in 1960.
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He Kohinga Mahara – Reflections
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National Manu Ao Leadership Course
The aim of the MANU AO Academy Leadership Course is to support emerging Māori leaders to develop their capabilities
and to create a firm foundation on which to build and realise their leadership potential.
The course is aimed at emerging academic
leaders in the early to mid stages of their
academic careers and draws together up to 30
Māori academics and professionals from across
the country. This year three Waikato staff
members were selected to participate in the
course; Dr Paul Whitinui (Faculty of Education),
Sophie Nock (Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao), and
Bridgette Masters-Awatere (Faculty of Arts &
Social Sciences).
The Leadership Course encourages valuesbased, culturally-informed and scholarly
leadership within Māori academic communities.
Each participant on the course was required
to attend wānanga and to complete
set assignments.
Bridgette Masters-Awatere, a senior lecturer
in Psychology, felt the wānanga provided
an opportunity for Māori academics to
create links with other Māori academics
across institutions and disciplines, and
to listen, interact and learn from other
Māori leaders (from different settings).
It also challenged participants to engage in
reflective thinking about notions of being
Māori academic leaders.
“Through the process we were invited to
consider our notions of Māori academic
leadership. Such as who do we consider to be
Māori academic leaders – and why? As Māori
who work in academia, and have leadership
roles, what do we contribute?”
The course will likely be a feature of next
year’s National Manu Ao programme, and
we will again be encouraging applications
from interested Māori academic staff of
the University.
Manu Ao Leaders
Workshop
We were extremely honoured to host
Sir Harawira Gardiner recently for the
Waikato Chapter of the National Manu
Ao Leaders Series.
Sir Harawira spoke about traditional
and contemporary models of Māori
leadership, providing practical and often
candid recounts of his own experiences.
Linda Te Aho (Associate Dean, Faculty
of Law) provided a Māori women’s
perspective on contemporary Māori
leadership drawing from examples of
Māori women leaders who have had a
strong influence on our society.
The workshop was well attended and
received by Māori academic staff of the
University and wider community and is
likely to become a regular feature of the
Waikato Manu Ao Chapter programme.
Sir Harawira Gardiner.
2010 Māori Academic Staff Development and Capacity Building Contestable Fund
This contestable fund is supported by Manu Ao – an inter-university Māori academy for academic and professional advancement. Manu Ao is concerned
with advancing Māori scholarship, strengthening links between Māori academics and Māori professionals and accelerating Māori leadership.
The purpose of this contestable fund is threefold:
» To foster and encourage collaboration of Māori academic staff across Schools and Faculty;
» To support the development of Māori academic staff in teaching and research;
» To support the development of the University’s Māori academic staff profile by encouraging:
• research publications;
• staff enrolments and completions in doctoral qualifications;
• improvements in individual PBRF rankings.
We have had 12 successful applications this year and will be profiling some of the outcomes of these projects in future issues of Te Miro.
Name
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Project
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Terri Crawford
Contemporary Māori Dance DVD Project
2
Materoa Dodd
Post-Settlement: Ngāti Wharepaia Hapū Research Case Study
3
Robert Joseph et al
“He iti te kupu, he nui te kōrero” Special Bi-cultural, Bi-jural and Bi-lingual Taumauri Waikato Law Review Edition 2010-2011
4
Wiki Papa
Pōneke Research Excursion
5
Koro Ngapo
He aha te kai a te rangatira? He kōrero, tā te ware, he nauhea, he muhukai!
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Raukura Roa
He Wānanga Karanga and Pao
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Raukura Roa & Maria Huata
Te Kapahaka o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Waiata Book/CD
8
Jackie Tuaupiki
Hawaiiki – PhD Data Collection
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Jarrod Haar
Work and Family Interface and Wellbeing: An exploration of whānau
10
Tahu Kukutai
From peoples to populations: Demographic Constructions of Indigeneity in North America, Australia and New Zealand
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Tom Roa
He tuhinga kupu kōrero
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Linda Te Aho et al
Establishing a Governance Centre as a Research and Training Hub for Māori and indigenous Governance:
Visit to personnel involved in Harvard Good Governance Project
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Te Toi o Matariki –
Pathways to Excellence
in Research
Designed to give Māori graduate students an opportunity
to present their research in a supportive and constructive
environment, the Te Toi o Matariki Te Whare Wānanga o
Waikato Māori Graduate Student Conference 2010 achieved
its goals and was well attended.
A total of fifteen presenters impressed and inspired the audience with
a diverse array of research topics spanning across multiple disciplines.
The overall winner and winner of the People’s Choice Award for Day 2,
hailing from Ngāti Maniapoto Bobby Brooks, totally awed and captured the
crowd with his humble straightforward presentation and groundbreaking
research in the area of pro-drugs to help battle cancer.
The conference hosted guest speakers Associate Professor of Law Nin
Tomas and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa CEO Bentham Ohia. Each gave very
different yet equally inspiring accounts of their own personal journeys on
the pathway to excellence and success.
Accomplished researchers and ‘movers and shakers’ in their own right
Maui Hudson and Tahu Kukutai had the hard task of being the judges.
Left: Conference Presenters.
Right: Bobby Brooks and Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori Professor Linda Smith.
Following are the final results:
» Highly Commended School Presentation – FLAW
» Best School Presentation – SMPD
» People’s Choice Day 1 – Willow-Jean Prime FLAW (Kōkiri Ngātahi)
» People’s Choice Day 2 – Bobby Brooks FSEN
(Kemp’s acid as a possible model anticancer pro-drug)
» Highly Commended Individual Presentations
• Hinemaua Rikirangi-Thomas – WMS (The significance of Māori
culture in globalisation)
• John Cocks – FCMS (Part-of-speech tagging for the Māori language)
• Rutene Gabel – SMPD (Māori-English Tutor and Vade Mecum)
• Willow-Jean Prime FLAW (Kōkiri Ngātahi)
» Overall Best Presentation – Bobby Brooks FSEN
(Kemp’s acid as a possible model anticancer pro-drug)
New Leadership for Te Rōpū Manukura
Te hua o te moenga ariki o Tūwharetoa, Timoti te Heuheu, nau mai ki te arataki i Te Rōpū Manukura. I a koe ka kawea mai i runga i
te tuarā nui o awatea, kai mua, kai muri i a koe te mata o te pō nāna nei i hautope te tokotoru o te ao Māori. Tuatahi, ko Rangi Paku,
te waha kī o Te Wairoa Waikaremoana ki te whare kōrero o Te Rōpū Manukura. Pō i muri mai ko Hēmi Nicolls o te moana o Hauraki
ka mau i te kupenga a Whiro. Hai hoa haere mō rāua, ka turakina ko te taniwha hikuroa o Whanganui awa me Taupō moana, ko tō
matahuānga tonu, ko Tā Ātawhai Taiaroa. Papahoro ana te wao, ānea ana te whenua, ngengete ana ngā wai i tēnei parekura. Kāti,
waiho i te kupu o tāukiuki, ko te manu huna a Tāne ki a rātau, ko te pito ora ki te pito ora, Timoti, haere mai, haere mai.
On 27 August, Mr Timoti te Heuheu was welcomed into his role as
Te Rōpū Manukura's new chairman by the iwi representatives of Te Rōpū
Manukura, the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori and
staff of the University.
Established by the late Sir Robert Mahuta in the early 1990s, the iwi forum
consists of membership from many of the major iwi organisations across
the central North Island, and at the governance level, Te Rōpū Manukura
partners the University Council as kaitiaki of the Treaty of Waitangi for
the University.
Timoti comes to Te Rōpū Manukura with a strong record of leadership
and service. He has contributed much to the management of the tribal
affairs of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and has been a representative on a diverse
range of both tribal and pan tribal boards in the areas of health, business
enterprise and education. He has been a member of The Tūwharetoa
Māori Trust Board for over 25 years and has also been a long standing
member of the Lake Taupō Forest Trust and the Rotoaira Forest Trust.
He is currently serving on boards for Tūaropaki, Environment Waikato,
Waikato District Health, Genesis Energy and Mighty River Power. Timoti
is the younger brother of Te Ariki, Sir Tumu te Heuheu, Paramount Chief
of Ngāti Tūwharetoa.
At the August meeting of Te Rōpū Manukura, discussions included
the University's new MOU with Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and
the issue of Māori student participation in the University in the new
context of restricted enrolments and re-enrolments. Professor Linda
Smith presented a progress report regarding the establishment of
the Māori Research Institute and Professor Brad Morst presented an
overview of the goals and aspirations of the University's Te Piringa Faculty of Law.
Over the years the iwi forum has had the privilege of leadership by
Mr Brian Jones, Professor Ranginui Walker, Dr Apiriana Mahuika and other
iwi leaders, and in the current tertiary context where there are many
challenges and opportunities, Timoti's leadership is warmly welcomed
by Te Rōpū Manukura and the University.
Waikato University Te Kohinga Mārama Marae Graduation October 2010 –
Graduates. Front (L-R): Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford, Kiingi Tuheitia,
Chancellor Rt Hon Jim Bolger and Te Rōpū Manukura Chair Timoti te Heuheu.
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University Approves the
Establishment of ‘Te Kotahi
Research Institute for Innovation’
Māori research at the University of Waikato has been given a boost with the
establishment of the ‘Te Kotahi Research Institute for Innovation’.
The Institute is named after Sir Robert Te Kotahi
Mahuta, founding Director of the Centre of
Māori Studies research at the University of
Waikato in 1972, after discussions with his
family. The development of the Institute has been
supported by Te Rōpū Manukura and will build
on the reputation and achievements of existing
Māori researchers with a view to enhancing
the contribution of university research to iwi
development. The aim of the institute is summed
up by a new whakatauki created by Professor
Pou Temara, ‘Koi te mata punenga, maiangi te
mata pūihoiho’ which translates to, ‘Reach for
knowledge, Strive for excellence’.
The ‘Te Kotahi Research Institute for
Innovation’ will be a front door for iwi
wanting to access research capability that
supports their development aspirations. The
institute will have a number of roles including;
providing interdisciplinary and applied research,
facilitating collaborative research projects,
building research capacity with iwi, project
management support for iwi research, and
enhancing knowledge translation and uptake.
These activities will focus around a number
of themes identified by iwi and other key
stakeholders during the development phase.
The themes are:
a. Economic development and
inter-generational sustainability;
b. Environmental and iwi well-being;
c. Solving complex social challenges;
d. Mātauranga, Tikanga and Reo; and
e. Leadership, kaitiakitanga and rangatiratanga.
The establishment of the Institute is an
exciting development for iwi, students and
the university. We expect the institute to
attract postgraduate students, national and
international researchers, and become a hub
for high-quality indigenous research that
crosses disciplinary boundaries and focuses
on improving the lives of whānau, hapū and
iwi. Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith is the
Acting Director and is ably supported by Maui
Hudson, Sharon Toi, Anthony Barrett and
Tammy Lelievre-Clayton.
Te Waiora o Waikato
For a long time Māori students from across different disciplines within Waikato
University have been devoid of a kaupapa, tikanga Māori student focused group
to cater for everyone.
To fill that void, Te Waiora o Waikato was
established earlier this year through the hard
work, passion and persistence of a small group
of current Māori students. The main objective
being to unite Māori students throughout the
University, offer academic support, initiate
social events, broaden networks across Aotearoa
with other tertiary institutions and create a
stronger voice for Māori students.
go for a position or show your support by signing
up to be a member.
You can check them out on Facebook.
Te Waiora
o Waikato
Executive
Members.
Events and activities that the rōpū has been
involved in so far this year, include organising
activities for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, helping out
with the Hākinakina Sports Competition and
going to Wellington for the annual Te Huinga
Tauira gathering.
Te Waiora o Waikato's first election saw
Tredegar Hall and Kaleb Tuuta being voted in as
its first ever co-presidents. Elections will occur
annually with five other key kaimahi positions
up for the taking too, so if you want to get
involved and be a part of some exciting changes,
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Wātaka
Up & Coming Events
WHIRINGA-Ā-RANGI /
NOVEMBER
To enrol now for 2011, go to
waikato.ac.nz/sasd/enrolment
or phone 0800 WAIKATO
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koutou katoa i tēnei wā o te tau,
kia ngahau, kia harikoa, kia aroha
tētehi ki tētehi kia hoki ora mai
ā te 2011!
Contact
Te Waiora o Waikato on the steps of
Parliament, Wellington.
For all inquiries and contributions please
contact the editor:
Maria Huata
Phone:
+64 7 838 4363
Email:
[email protected]