Maori-based school sets sights on high achievers (NZ Herald)
1emailprint(By James Ihaka) A tikanga Maori-based secondary school with a focus on technology and innovation where students will exercise before class each day opens in Hamilton next week. Tai Wananga Ruakura principal Toby Westrupp said the school at the Ruakura Research Centre was not elitist but aimed to produce the next generation of high achievers. [...]
A new course is being launched which seeks to focus on strengthening the use of Te Reo Maori for those working within the Maori screen and film industry. 955205: WANANGA REO PAPAHO - TE REO MAORI FOR SCREEN PRODUCTION This course has been specially designed by Te Ara Poutama, in consultation with Ng? Aho Whakaari, to [...]
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Taking advantage of improved technology, PKW Incorporation launched in late December their first online edition of Whenua Magazine which can be found on their website www.pkw.co.nz under News and Events. “We have as part of our communication strategy wanted to look at ways in which we could improve how we let our shareholders and the [...]
Continue reading …You are invited to the first Tauhara Moana focus farm Trustee evening for 2012 – Wednesday 15 February 5:30pm at the Rotorua BNZ partner’s building in the Pukeroa Oruawhata Central Mall. This event is open to everyone but designed for Trustees of Ahuwhenua Maori land so please invite your fellow trustees, associate trustees and senior [...]
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The Sir Hugh Kawharu Foundation will hold a symposium on Maori business on 9 February 2012 (Auckland) with a focus on leadership and the development of new leadership. He wawata mo nga wheturangi The simultaneous growth in the size of the Maori economy combined with the ongoing need to address social issues puts pressure on [...]
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The 6th Biennial Conference hosted by Nga Pae o te Maramatanga (27-30 June 2012, Auckland) will highlight indigeneity and the multidisciplinary approach used for indigenous development. Presentations and papers will address all aspects of the following themes central to the realisation of indigenous development: Optimising Indigenous Economic Wellbeing Healthy and Thriving Indigenous Families Enhancing Indigenous [...]
Continue reading …Martin Luther King’s Quotes on Humanism an Inspiration and Source of Support for Rights of Indigenous Peoples
January 17, 2012 No Comment
On August 28, 1963 when more than 250,000 gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. for a massive civil rights march, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was introduced as “the moral leader of our nation.” The civil rights leader, scholar and Baptist minister took the stand and began his famous “I have a dream speech” with the [...]
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Outrage was the response to the news that Tucson schools has banned books, including “Rethinking Columbus,” with an essay by award-winning Pueblo author Leslie Marmon Silko, who lives in Tucson, and works by Buffy Sainte Marie, Winona LaDuke, Leonard Peltier and Rigoberta Menchu. The decision to ban Chicano and Native American books follows the 4 to 1 vote on Tuesday [...]
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Morena whanau. Over the past couple weeks, we have been visiting whanau here in California. During the quiet times, we have conducted a little online research and came across 2 choicely interesting Maori historical references. Anei te whakamarama: New Zealand gives LBJ colorful welcome The first is an article from ‘The Free Lance Star’, the [...]
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(Radio NZ) The Tertiary Education Commission has cut $1.9 million of funding from one of the three wananga due to the institution’s poor performance. Te Wananga O Raukawa’s budget has been reduced because just 43% of undergraduates finish their studies at the Otaki-based institution. Couse completion is about double that at the country’s other two [...]
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