scholarly journals Bicultural Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Establishing a Tauiwi Side to the Partnership

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Primary Relationship

In this paper, the author discusses the development of ideologies about multiethnic educational policy in Aotearoa/New Zealand in terms of four successive stages: assimilation, integration, multiculturalism and biculturalism. He argues that we need to develop a form of biculturalism that fully acknowledges Maori as tangata whenua and which is centred upon a Maori/Tauiwi partnership rather than the present Maori/Pakeha primary relationship. He also suggests we need to articulate clearly what we mean by biculturalism and to understand both the ideologies and philosophies that have been developed during the four stages in order to develop useful policy and practice. The author adopts James Banks’ concept of the multiethnic paradigm as an analytical tool to assist this process.

Health(y) education: A critical analysis of the role of public health regulation in and on tertiary education in Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
pp. 147821032199501
Author(s):  
Susan Shaw ◽  
Keith Tudor
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Educational Design ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Public Health Regulation

This article offers a critical analysis of the role of public health regulation on tertiary education in Aotearoa New Zealand and, specifically, the requirements and processes of Responsible Authorities under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act for the accreditation and monitoring of educational institutions and their curricula (degrees, courses of studies, or programmes). It identifies and discusses a number of issues concerned with the requirements of such accreditation and monitoring, including, administrative requirements and costs, structural requirements, and the implications for educational design. Concerns with the processes of these procedures, namely the lack of educational expertise on the part of the Responsible Authorities, and certain manifested power dynamics are also highlighted. Finally, the article draws conclusions for changing policy and practice.

Shifts in policy and practice in early childhood curriculum priorities in Aotearoa-New Zealand: Entanglements of possibility and risk

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 739-756
Author(s):  
Maggie Haggerty ◽  
Judith Loveridge ◽  
Sophie Alcock
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Curriculum ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Curriculum Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
National Education ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
National Education Policy ◽  
Recent Policy

Recent policy developments in the early childhood (EC) care and education sector in Aotearoa-New Zealand have seen a shift in focus from children and play to learners and learning. While few would argue against learning as priority this article raises pressing questions about the ‘intended’ and ‘(un)intended’ consequences of this turn. We analyse national education policy reforms that have served to promote the construction of child-as-learner-subject, alongside moves internationally toward the learnerfication of EC services (Biesta, 2010). As a particular focus, we examine the legacy EC curriculum policy has drawn on from indigenous Māori discourses, as a complex entanglement of both possibility and risk. We focus also on how, in this policy context, an intermix of ‘old’ and ‘new’ curriculum priorities was playing out in one EC setting and how teachers sought to navigate the complex entanglement this effected in practice. On the basis of our analyses, we argue that the problem is not with learning as priority, but with the (school-referenced) narrowing of curriculum, the prioritising of homogenised predetermined outcomes and the ways in which children (parents and teachers) are being positioned in these particular constructions of learners and learning.

scholarly journals Notes Towards a New Agenda for Policy-Making in Aotearoa/New Zealand

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Lauder
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
The State ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Current Direction ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Post Industrial

As the smoke cleared away from the battlefield during the truce of Christmas 1992, a degree of clarity began to emerge about the state of education in New Zealand. After four years of struggle it became apparent that however the outstanding issues were resolved in 1993 there would be legacy of problems, largely but not wholly, associated with those reforms that sought to turn education into a market and knowledge into a commodity. Not all reforms were tarnished by the market brush. Some, like the development of the national curriculum, appeared to be serendipitous, while others like government support for more Kura Kaupapa Schools betokened a degree of tolerance and understanding not, hitherto, associated with recent educational policymaking. Yet others, were clearly glossed by market policies but betokened the deeper trends of post-industrial society - the rise in tertiary enrolments for example. 1993 is, of course, a key year, for an election at least allows the possibility of taking stock of the current direction of educational policy. Equally importantly, it is women's suffrage year and many of the educational problems that now comfront us are ones women, in one way or another will ultimately have to cope with.

scholarly journals Moving the Frontiers of Convention 1975-2003: An Overview of the Early Childhood Education Landscape

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen May
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Keynote Address ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Overview Analysis

There has been an early childhood convention every four years since 1975. In a keynote address to the Eighth Early Childhood Convention held at Palmerston North in September 2003, the author presented an overview analysis of these conventions in the pedagogical and political landscape of early childhood in Aotearoa-New Zealand. The resulting convention papers can be seen as signposts, outlining the pedagogical and political issues of the time. The convention forums have been a useful platform for: celebrating New Zealand early childhood education challenging entrenched opinion critiquing existing policy and practice signalling strategic directions forecasting new frontiers. This paper is an abbreviated and updated version of the keynote address. It summarises the debate and discourse on early childhood matters in Aotearoa-New Zealand from 1975 until 2003 through the medium of the conventions themselves.

scholarly journals Shining a light on food insecurity in Aotearoa New Zealand: Modification of a food security scale for use with individuals who have extreme food security needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 14-30
Author(s):  
Helen Robinson ◽  
Kelsey L. Deane ◽  
Allen Bartley ◽  
Mohamed Alansari ◽  
Caitlin Neuwelt-Kearns
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Food Assistance ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Ethnic Subgroups ◽  
Demographic Subgroups

INTRODUCTION: Food insecurity in Aotearoa New Zealand is a growing concern but quantitative evidence focused on those in most need of support is scarce in the Aotearoa New Zealand context. This limits policy and practice decisions.METHODS: We modified Parnell and Gray’s (2014) Aotearoa New Zealand based food security scale to better capture the severity of food insecurity for individuals living in poverty and used a questionnaire to collect data from a sample of individuals seeking food assistance from foodbanks in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). We used confirmatory factor analysis to assess the psychometric validity of the modified scale. We also tested group differences in food insecurity by gender and ethnicity using analysis of variance and investigated correlations between age, household size and food insecurity.FINDINGS: We found a six-item version of Parnell and Gray’s (2014) scale to be psychometrically robust for use with the study population. The sample participants reported concerning and chronic levels of food insecurity. We did not find any group differences.CONCLUSIONS: At the severe end of the food insecurity continuum, gender and ethnic subgroups appear to suffer at similar levels; however, this does not suggest that different approaches are not required to best meet the needs of different demographic subgroups. Further research is needed to ascertain how similar levels of food insecurity may produce differential effects on wellbeing outcomes for different groups. We recommend more widespread and regular use of the modified scale to assess the experience and impact of food insecurity for individuals living in poverty because it provides a more fine-grained understanding of the severity of food insecurity challenges experienced by individuals seeking food assistance. Fit for purpose measures enable accurate assessments that can better inform policymaking and practice decisions to reduce inequality and promote economic justice.

scholarly journals Notes Towards a New Agenda for Policy-Making in Aotearoa/New Zealand

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Lauder
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Radical Surgery ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Future Needs ◽  
The Future ◽  
Economic Needs

1991 was not an auspicious year for the development and implementation of education policy. The assumptions that have guided educational policy making in Aotearoa/New Zealand since 1988 remained. Namely, that education has performed badly, so badly it is in need of radical overhaul and that the risks associated with such a revolutionary strategy are worth it, even at the expense of alienating parents and educationists. Such radical surgery is intended, among other things, to address the urgent issues of reducing the fiscal debt and of setting in place a system of education which will provide for the future economic needs of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Precisely what the future needs of the economy will be with respect to educated labour is a matter of debate...

What counts as an indigenous enterprise? Evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Paul Mika ◽  
Nicolas Fahey ◽  
Joanne Bensemann
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Theory Of The Firm ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Entrepreneurship Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Definition Of

PurposeThis paper aims to contribute to indigenous entrepreneurship theory by identifying what constitutes an indigenous enterprise, focussing on Aotearoa New Zealand as a case.Design/methodology/approachThis paper combines policy (quantitative survey) and academic research (qualitative interviews) to answer the same question, what is an indigenous enterprise in Aotearoa New Zealand?FindingsThe authors found a degree of consistency as to what counts as an indigenous enterprise in the literature (e.g., identity, ownership, values), yet a consensus on a definition of Maori business remains elusive. They also found that an understanding of the indigenous economy and indigenous entrepreneurial policy are impeded because of definitional uncertainties. The authors propose a definition of Maori business which accounts for indigenous ownership, identity, values and well-being.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitation is that the literature and research use different definitions of indigenous enterprise, constraining comparative analysis. The next step is to evaluate our definition as a basis for quantifying the population of indigenous enterprises in Aotearoa New Zealand.Practical implicationsThe research assists indigenous entrepreneurs to identify, measure and account for their contribution to indigenous self-determination and sustainable development.Social implicationsThis research has the potential to reconceptualise indigenous enterprise as a distinct and legitimate alternative institutional theory of the firm.Originality/valueThe research challenges assumptions and knowledge of entrepreneurship policy and practice generally and the understanding of what is the nature and extent of an indigenous firm.

scholarly journals Restoring the Feminine of Indigenous Environmental Thought

Genealogy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Margaret Forster
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Environmental Politics ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Spiritual Authority ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Environmental Thought ◽  
National Environmental

A feminist genealogy approach to governmentality is used to explore how indigenous knowledge and aspirations related to the environment become embedded into Aotearoa New Zealand environmental policy and practice. Particular consideration is given to the indigenous feminine as an impetus for change as expressed through atua wāhine/Māori female spiritual authority and powers. Political projects and activism by Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, provide the basis to explore contests between environmental truths that originate from Māori traditions and those that have come to dominate national environmental politics that originate from British “Western” traditions. It is argued that truth contests have been extremely effective at disrupting the power and authority of environmental policy and practice dominated by Western thought. Furthermore, efforts to maintain the momentum of these transformation and consolidate the authority and power of Māori communities is linked to rendering the indigenous feminine visible, retelling our herstories and developing new relationships and practices that give expression to atua.

A Māori approach to management: Contrasting traditional and modern Māori management practices in Aotearoa New Zealand

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 648-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Paul Mika ◽  
John Gerard O'Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Critical Management ◽  
Post Colonialism ◽  
Critical Management Studies

AbstractThis is a conceptual article located in the discourses of indigeneity, post-colonialism and critical management studies in which we seek to renew interest in Māori management as a distinctive form of management within Aotearoa New Zealand. We discuss defining Māori management and Māori organisations and their relevance for today's organsiations in New Zealand and internationally. We examine differences and similarities between Western and Māori management in terms of the four functions of management adapted from principles first proposed by Fayol in 1949. We propose a theoretical model of Māori management and discuss the implications of Māori management for management research, policy and practice.

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