References and other useful resources
References
Aitken, G. and Sinnema, C. (2008). Effective Pedagogy in Social Sciences/Tikanga a-Iwi: Best Evidence Synthesis Iteration [BES]. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
Berryman, M. and Bateman, S. (2008). Effective Bicultural Leadership: A Way to Restore Harmony at School and Avoid Suspension. Set 1. Wellington: NZCER Press.
Dodd, L. (1996). The Nickle Nackle Tree. Wellington: Mallinson-Rendel.
Education Review Office (2011). Directions for Learning: The New Zealand Curriculum Principles and Teaching as Inquiry, May 2011. Wellington: Education Review Office.
Ministry of Education (2020). Ka Hikitia. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Education (2009). Te Aho Arataki Marau mo te Ako i Te Reo Māori – Kura Auraki/Curriculum Guidelines for Teaching and Learning Te Reo Māori in English-medium Schools: Years 1–13. Wellington: Learning Media. Available, along with helpful resources and information.
O’Malley, V., Stirling, B., and Penetitio, W. (2010). The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pakeha from Tasman to Today. Auckland: Auckland University Press.
National Education Guidelines and the National Administration Guidelines
Websites
He Kākano
He Kakano supports school leaders to become relational and pedagogical leaders with the capability that will enable schools and teachers to build educational success for and with Māori learners.
New Zealand History Online – Treaty of Waitangi
A range of resources on this site is accompanied by classroom activities for students in years 6–13, developed by an experienced teacher and historian.
Te Kauhua
Te Kauhua supports school-based action research projects to help schools and whanau to work together in ways that improve outcomes for Māori learners. The site shares learning from the project, including case studies produced by participating schools.
Te Kotahitanga
This site provides an opportunity to learn more about a project that has been so successful in supporting schools to improve their provision for Māori students.
The Governor-General – Te Kawana Tianara o Aotearoa
The Governor-General’s website includes a useful overview of New Zealand’s constitution, not as a single document but including “crucial pieces of legislation, several legal documents, common law derived from court decisions as well as established constitutional practices known as conventions. Increasingly, New Zealand’s constitution reflects the Treaty of Waitangi as a founding document of government in New Zealand.”
Rangiatea: Case studies and exemplars
The Rangiatea project consists of case studies and exemplars from five secondary schools, each of them on a journey towards realising Māori student potential. The case studies look at the strategies used by the school leadership teams and report on the key factors that contributed to lifting Māori student achievement. The exemplars step through how a particular programme has been used successfully in each school.
UNESCO’s Treaty of Waitangi web resource
This site describes a range of perspectives on the Treaty and provides links to many helpful online resources.
Waitangi Tribunal – Te Ropu Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi
This part of the Waitangi Tribunal site has information and resource kits for schools.
Publications
Berryman, M. and Bateman, S. (2008). Effective Bicultural Leadership: A Way to Restore Harmony at School and Avoid Suspension. Set 1. Wellington: NZCER Press.
This article challenges school leaders to think beyond traditional ways of responding to critical incidents within a school. It is about dealing with serious misbehaviour in such a way that the issues are confronted and positive pathways involving partnership, protection, and participation for all parties are found.
Grace, Wiremu (2006). The Tree Hut Treaty/Tiriti o te Whare Rakau. Wellington: Treaty of Waitangi Information Unit of the State Services Commission.
This bilingual picture book is illustrated by Bruce Potter. Four children want to resolve disagreements over a shared tree hut. They decide to negotiate a treaty. The book, which includes a facsimile of the Treaty of Waitangi, supports learning in social sciences for primary school students.
O’Malley, V., Stirling, B., and Penetitio, W. (2010). The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pākehā from Tasman to Today. Auckland: Auckland University Press.
This important new reference book by three leading historians uses primary sources to tell the story of the Treaty from a range of perspectives.
Ministry of Education (2011). Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
This new Ministry resource explains the competencies that will enable teachers to support Māori learners to achieve educationally as Māori. It guides the teachers themselves, together with employers and providers of initial and ongoing teacher education and development, in meeting the goals of Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success. These goals are:
- to acknowledge the Treaty of Waitangi as a document that protects Māori learners’ rights to achieve citizenship through gaining a range of skills and knowledge and te reo Māori as a taonga
- to help to maximise the potential of Māori learners
- for educators to share knowledge and expertise with Māori students, whānau, hapū, and iwi to produce better outcomes for all.
The arts as a way of engaging with the curriculum’s Treaty of Waitangi principle
Drama resources
- Ministry of Education (2004). Telling Our Stories: Classroom Drama in Years 7–10. Wellington: Learning Media.
- Ministry of Education (2006). Playing Our Stories: Classroom Drama in Years 1–6. Wellington: Learning Media.
These resources support teachers to use drama as a powerful way of enabling students to explore and shape their ideas about the “big questions” of human experience, including those of identity, community, and cultural interaction. They include two units of work with specific relevance to the Treaty of Waitangi principle: Parihaka (in Telling Our Stories) and Taonga (in Playing Our Stories).
By actively entering into fictional worlds, students are able to try out real solutions to real issues, investigate questions about what it is to be human, and look at their experiences through different eyes.
Visual arts resources
Ministry of Education (2004). He Wakahuia Toi Māori: Māori Visual Culture in Visual Arts Education Years 7–10. Wellington: Learning Media.
Ministry of Education (2007). He Papahuia Toi Māori: Māori Visual Culture in Visual Arts Education Years 1–6. Wellington: Learning Media.
These resources are intended to build teachers’ confidence and ability to include Māori visual culture in their teaching programmes. Many of the unit outlines are concerned with issues of identity and connection.
Dance resources
Ministry of Education (2003). Ihi FrENZy: The Making of a Dance. Wellington: Learning Media.
Students can explore the coming together of two art forms, kapa haka and ballet.
Music – Sound arts resources
Ministry of Education. Into Music 1 (2001). Into Music 2 (2002). Into Music 3 (2003). Into Music 4 (2005). Wellington: Learning Media.
Ministry of Education (2006). Kiwi Kidsongs 15: He Waiata mō ngā Kaupapa Ake. Wellington: Learning Media.
These resources all contain songs in Māori and support to explore traditional Māori waiata and instruments.
Social sciences as a way of engaging with the Curriculum Treaty of Waitangi principle
The Building Conceptual Understandings in the Social Sciences (BCUSS) series is designed to help teachers of levels 1–5 support their students’ conceptual learning in social studies. (The texts are available as PDF downloads.)
Ministry of Education (2008). Belonging and Participating in Society. Building Conceptual Understandings in the Social Sciences series. Wellington: Learning Media.
Ministry of Education (2009). Being Part of Global Communities. Building Conceptual Understandings in the Social Sciences series. Wellington: Learning Media.