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Māori education
recommendations
The following secondary recommendations could be
further explored and developed within the National
Action Plan Against Racism. See Appendix One for
the full list.
The government consider the following actions to
explore the establishment of a stand-alone Māori
Education Authority with the purpose of:
• A Tiriti-based legislative and policy review
of education to identify the changes needed
to strengthen tino rangatiratanga and enable
tangata whenua to regain mana motuhake
over the education of tamariki and Māori
education systems.
• Strengthening kaupapa Māori education and
support traditional wānanga education for Māori.
• Transforming the English medium sector to
achieve equal outcomes for Māori learners.
• Advising, guiding, and monitoring the
Ministry of Education in the development and
implementation of a sector-wide Tiriti-based
anti-racism curriculum.
• Advising, guiding, and monitoring the Ministry
of Education, Tertiary Education sector and
public schools regarding training programmes
for educators to understand Māori perspectives
of colonisation, white supremacy, and racism,
and the impacts on Māori.
Human Rights Commission