Spotlight 2: MASAM

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Whakataka te hau ki te uru

Whakataka te hau ki te tonga

Kia mākinakina ki uta

Kia mātaratara ki tai

E hī ake ana te atakura

He tio, he huka, he hau hū

Tīhei mauri ora!

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Cease the winds from the west

Cease the winds from the south

Let the breeze blow over the land

Let the breeze blow over the ocean

Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air.

A touch of frost, a promise of a glorious day.

Spotlight 2: MASAM

What is Māori achieving success as Māori?

"As Māori [means] being able to have access to te ao Māori, the Māori world – access to language, culture, marae… tikanga... and resources... If after twelve or so years of formal education, a Māori youth was totally unprepared to interact within te ao Māori, then, no matter what else had been learned, education would have been incomplete."

Professor Mason Durie, (2003). Ngā Kahui Pou: Launching Māori Futures. Huia Publication

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Intro activity - prior knowledge

Personal reflection

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• What does Māori achieving success as Māori mean to you? Write your reflections on post-its.
• Share with group. Share with all.
• Discuss common threads. What questions do we have? What more do we want to know?

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Video 1 - Seeing your school through the eyes of Māori parents

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Seeing your school through the eyes of Māori parents

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Janelle Riki-Waaka, Accredited Facilitator (English-medium and Māori-medium) at CORE Education.

Discussion - Seeing your school through the eyes of Māori parents

As a group

�Video 1 follow up. Discuss the following questions:

1. How can your school better reflect the bicultural heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand?
2. How can students at your school grow and celebrate in their ‘Māori-ness’?
3. What would you see, hear, and feel in your school/classroom that shows that a child’s culture, language, history and tikanga is valued and celebrated?

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Discussion - Giving mana to Tiriti o Waitangi in our schools

As a group

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Discuss the following questions:

1. How would people know they are in a school in Aotearoa if they came to visit your school?
2. What would they see from the school gate? In your staffroom? In your classroom?

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Video 2 - Giving mana to Tiriti o Waitangi in our schools

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Giving mana to Tiriti o Waitangi in our schools

Treaty of Waitangi image courtesy of Archives New Zealand. Sourced from Flickr

Discussion - Nourishing te reo Māori in our schools

As a group

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Give a score between 1 and 10 in response to the statements below (1 = not at all, 10 = yes completely). Be prepared to give reasons for your scores:

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• Our school reflects Māori tikanga.
• We keep te reo Māori alive at our school.
• I keep te reo Māori alive in my classroom.

�What more could you be doing to nurture te reo Māori?

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Video 3 - Nourishing te reo Māori in our schools

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Nourishing te reo Māori in our schools

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Discussion - Culturally located learning spaces

As a group

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Discuss the following questions:

• Where are the places and spaces in your school where Māori kids get to celebrate being Māori and also get to learn through their culture?
• What more could you do?

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Video 4 - Culturally located learning spaces

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Culturally located learning spaces

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Discussion - Recognising Māori potential

As a group

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Discuss the following question:

• How well do you know your students, in particular your Māori students? Share the different ways that you find out about their interests, aspirations, and learning preferences.

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Tool – Student survey

These questions can be used to find out your students' views on learning and the future.

Video 5 - Recognising Māori potential

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Recognising Māori potential

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Discussion - Recognising Māori potential

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Think of a Māori student who is struggling in a particular learning area.

• What is their skill, their talent, their passion?
• How can you use a context that they love to help them learn in other learning areas?
• How can you realise and value the potential that they have?
• How can you make these students shine as Māori? How might they be able to learn about their culture, through their culture, and through their language?

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Follow up activity – MASAM self review

Tool – MASAM self review framework

You might like to download this template to� use as a basis for your school’s MASAM self� review or adapt it to suit.

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Resources on NZC Online

Treaty of Waitangi principle package ��This section offers a range of tools, examples, and resources to support the NZC Treaty of Waitangi principle.

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Boost your use of te reo Māori

This blog post highlights resources, tools, and school stories to help you boost your use of te reo Māori at your school.

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Spotlight 2: Closing karakia

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Ka whakairia te tapu

Restrictions are moved aside

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Kia wātea ai te ara

So the pathway is clear

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Kia tūruki whakataha ai

To return to everyday activities

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Kia tūruki whakataha ai

To return to everyday activities

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Hui e, tāiki e

Enriched, unified and blessed

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