8 Novemeber 2017

The Ministry of Education is inviting all whānau, hapu, iwi - tamariki, mātua and kaumātua - to help build the future of Māori education in Aotearoa.

The government wants our education system to focus on success for all students, including all Māori. As part of this, we would like you to share your views about education with us and each other.

You can be involved in early learning or kōhanga reo. You can be a student or a teacher in a school or in a kura. At a wānanga or another tertiary institution. You can be a parent or a grandparent. Or an employer. It doesn’t matter. What matters is we want to hear from you.

We want to know what’s important to Māori in education; what we value about what we have; what we want to change and how we would change it to ensure even greater success for all Māori in education, life and employment.

How to take part

We are holding two mini wānanga on the future of Māori education in Tamaki Makarau - Southern region:

• Tuesday 17 September, Papakura Alternative Education Centre – 10am – 12pm
• Tuesday 17 September, Mokopuna ki Roscommon - 5:30pm to 7:30pm;

These mini wānanga are to capture our whānau voice, nau mai, haere mai.
Kai will be available. 

We are holding three regional wānanga which are open events

• Saturday 22 September, Alexandra Park 11am – 2pm
• Monday 24 September, Vodafone Events Centre 6:00pm – 8:30pm
• Tuesday 25 September, North Shore Stadium 6:00pm – 8:30pm

Term 1  30 January - 13 April

Term 2  30 April - 6 July

Term 3  23 July - 28 September

Term 4  15 October - 14 December

Teacher Only Day  - 7 March

This is for specific teacher professional development which will have an impact on the teachers' and students' future learning.