Principal drums up interest in schools
The principal of Hato Paora says it may take a change of mindset for Maori parents to consider sending their rangatahi to Maori boarding schools as an option for their rangatahi.
Tihirau Shepherd says pupils at the Feilding-based college are mostly doing well at the National Certificate of Educational Achievement of NCEA, compared to mainstream schools where more than half of Maori boys end up with no qualifications.
But he says all six Maori boarding schools struggle to get pupils.
Mr Shepherd says the cost of private schooling puts many parents off.
“There's a fear too that if they’re involved in the philosophies and programmes that are too pro-Maori, they are doing a disservice to the tamariki, and who promotes that? It’s the dominant culture, certainly not us,” Mr Shepherd says.
He says many of the people driving the Maori renaissance went to Maori boarding schools.
CLARK DEFENDS RECREATIONAL CATCH BIRTHRIGHT
The Prime Minister says the Fisheries Ministry wants to protect the New Zealand birthright that people can catch a fish for their supper.
Iwi are up in arms over the Government's shared fisheries plan, which would cut quota in species like snapper, paua and rock lobster where there is competition between commercial and recreational interests.
Helen Clark says it's a plan drawn up in good faith to address the tension between the sectors.
"If it did lead to some reduction in quota, then compensation would have to be considered but I don’t think people should get too carried away on this. There are two sides to it,. There are many Maori who go out to look for fish for the family, just as there is a big Maori commercial stake in the fishing industry, and the same goes for Pakeha,” Ms Clark says.
KINGITANGA SEMINARS PLANNED
People wanting to learn more about the Kingitanga will get a chance at a series of seminars kicking off at Hopuhopu tomorrow night.
Coordinator Mamae Taakarei says the fortnightly seminars are part of the build up to the 150th anniversary of the Maori King Movement next year.
The first speaker is musician and broadcaster Ruia Aperahama on the relationship between the Ratana church and the Kingitanga.
Ms Taakarei says the seminars will be particularly useful for rangatahi.
“To understand the establishment of Kingitanga and the purpose of Kingitanga in its last 148 years. The presentations are informative, they’re entertaining, they’re very structured and very professional, but the wairua Maori is still evident,” Ms Taakarei says.
GLASS HALF FULL FOR PM
Prime minister Helen Clark says while too many Maori are still leaving school with no qualifications, a lot more rangatahi are sticking round until they do get something.
Analysis of Education Ministry data by Waikato University education professor Russell Bishop found that 53 per cent of Maori boys who left school in 2005 did not even have level one of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement, compared with 20 per cent of Pakeha boys.
Ms Clark says while that is a concern, more Maori are sticking round to get NCEA level two and higher.
“The numbers of Maori school leavers with that qualification have more than doubled from 2001 to 2005. Now that’s pretty good. So I just am always a little cautious about these headline figures that come on that sort of dump on people. There is progress being made,” Ms Clark says
She says more Maori parents are encouraging their children to stay on longer at school.
FITZSIMONS TO STAY AT GREEN HELM
One of the developers of the Green's Maori policies says the decision by co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons to stay on will be welcomed by the party's Maori members.
Bevan Tipene-Matua, a Christchurch based researcher, says the party has embraced the Maori version of the Treaty of Waitangi.
He says that position had the support of Ms Fitzsimons and the late Rod Donald, and her decision to lead the party through the next election will reassure the small but vocal group of Maori within the Greens.
“Toru toru no ihonga, kanohi Maori roto i te paati. There’s only a small cohort of us driving the kaupapa but committed – commitment that comes down from Jeanette. That’s what I like about the party is its commitment to kaupapa Maoir and the alignment that non-Maori have to things Maori,” Mr Tipene Matua says.
TE ARAWA BOYCOTT ON TE MATATINI TOTAL
One of the strongest areas for Maori performing arts won't be represented at next week's Te Matatini kapa haka competitions.
Tuhourangi Ngati Wahiao, the only team from Te Arawa, has pulled out.
Its departure came shortly after the death of Ngati Rangiwewehi matriach Atareta Maxwell, one of the pou of Maori perfoming arts in the Rotorua area.
Te Arawa has had up to six teams performing in previous national, but a dispute between its leadership and the current Te Matatini heirarchy means top teams like Ngati Rangiwewehi and Te Matarae i o Rehu are refusing to compete.
That means the 31 teams will battle it out in Palmerston North on the 23rd and 24th, with the haka-off between the final six being broadcast live on Maori Television of February the 25th.
Tihirau Shepherd says pupils at the Feilding-based college are mostly doing well at the National Certificate of Educational Achievement of NCEA, compared to mainstream schools where more than half of Maori boys end up with no qualifications.
But he says all six Maori boarding schools struggle to get pupils.
Mr Shepherd says the cost of private schooling puts many parents off.
“There's a fear too that if they’re involved in the philosophies and programmes that are too pro-Maori, they are doing a disservice to the tamariki, and who promotes that? It’s the dominant culture, certainly not us,” Mr Shepherd says.
He says many of the people driving the Maori renaissance went to Maori boarding schools.
CLARK DEFENDS RECREATIONAL CATCH BIRTHRIGHT
The Prime Minister says the Fisheries Ministry wants to protect the New Zealand birthright that people can catch a fish for their supper.
Iwi are up in arms over the Government's shared fisheries plan, which would cut quota in species like snapper, paua and rock lobster where there is competition between commercial and recreational interests.
Helen Clark says it's a plan drawn up in good faith to address the tension between the sectors.
"If it did lead to some reduction in quota, then compensation would have to be considered but I don’t think people should get too carried away on this. There are two sides to it,. There are many Maori who go out to look for fish for the family, just as there is a big Maori commercial stake in the fishing industry, and the same goes for Pakeha,” Ms Clark says.
KINGITANGA SEMINARS PLANNED
People wanting to learn more about the Kingitanga will get a chance at a series of seminars kicking off at Hopuhopu tomorrow night.
Coordinator Mamae Taakarei says the fortnightly seminars are part of the build up to the 150th anniversary of the Maori King Movement next year.
The first speaker is musician and broadcaster Ruia Aperahama on the relationship between the Ratana church and the Kingitanga.
Ms Taakarei says the seminars will be particularly useful for rangatahi.
“To understand the establishment of Kingitanga and the purpose of Kingitanga in its last 148 years. The presentations are informative, they’re entertaining, they’re very structured and very professional, but the wairua Maori is still evident,” Ms Taakarei says.
GLASS HALF FULL FOR PM
Prime minister Helen Clark says while too many Maori are still leaving school with no qualifications, a lot more rangatahi are sticking round until they do get something.
Analysis of Education Ministry data by Waikato University education professor Russell Bishop found that 53 per cent of Maori boys who left school in 2005 did not even have level one of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement, compared with 20 per cent of Pakeha boys.
Ms Clark says while that is a concern, more Maori are sticking round to get NCEA level two and higher.
“The numbers of Maori school leavers with that qualification have more than doubled from 2001 to 2005. Now that’s pretty good. So I just am always a little cautious about these headline figures that come on that sort of dump on people. There is progress being made,” Ms Clark says
She says more Maori parents are encouraging their children to stay on longer at school.
FITZSIMONS TO STAY AT GREEN HELM
One of the developers of the Green's Maori policies says the decision by co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons to stay on will be welcomed by the party's Maori members.
Bevan Tipene-Matua, a Christchurch based researcher, says the party has embraced the Maori version of the Treaty of Waitangi.
He says that position had the support of Ms Fitzsimons and the late Rod Donald, and her decision to lead the party through the next election will reassure the small but vocal group of Maori within the Greens.
“Toru toru no ihonga, kanohi Maori roto i te paati. There’s only a small cohort of us driving the kaupapa but committed – commitment that comes down from Jeanette. That’s what I like about the party is its commitment to kaupapa Maoir and the alignment that non-Maori have to things Maori,” Mr Tipene Matua says.
TE ARAWA BOYCOTT ON TE MATATINI TOTAL
One of the strongest areas for Maori performing arts won't be represented at next week's Te Matatini kapa haka competitions.
Tuhourangi Ngati Wahiao, the only team from Te Arawa, has pulled out.
Its departure came shortly after the death of Ngati Rangiwewehi matriach Atareta Maxwell, one of the pou of Maori perfoming arts in the Rotorua area.
Te Arawa has had up to six teams performing in previous national, but a dispute between its leadership and the current Te Matatini heirarchy means top teams like Ngati Rangiwewehi and Te Matarae i o Rehu are refusing to compete.
That means the 31 teams will battle it out in Palmerston North on the 23rd and 24th, with the haka-off between the final six being broadcast live on Maori Television of February the 25th.
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