Election 2017 - Party Policies - Maori Issues - Te Reo Maori
27th May 17, 9:18am
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Te Reo Maori
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- Establish a taskforce to implement te reo Māori as a core curriculum subject in all public primary and secondary schools from Year 1 to Year 10 by 2030.
- Work with the education and te reo Māori sectors to create te reo Māori curriculum guidelines.
- Develop a targeted strategy with incentives and scholarships to drive teacher recruitment.
- Increase specialist te reo Māori teachers and kaiārahi i te reo; and establish formal clusters of te reo Māori teachers, with facilitation and technical support from Language Advisors.
- Negotiate to honour the Te Kōhanga Reo settlement claim (WAI 2336), and provide additional resource for kaupapa Māori education.
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- Fund dedicated professional development programmes that have proven success in raising educational achievement for Maori students such as Te Kotahitanga.
- Ensure that all early childhood and primary school teachers are provided with an opportunity to undertake lessons in Te Reo Maori. Provide dedicated scholarships to increase the number of Te Reo Maori teachers and ensure that Te Reo Maori is available as an option in all secondary schools.
- Pilot the establishment of traditional Wananga Maori to provide an opportunity for Maori to succeed as Maori through traditional learning that is steeped in karakia, whakapapa, whaikorero, history and esoteric knowledge that was once usual practice.
- Investigate the establishment of a unique Wananga Tohu Matauranga qualification at secondary school level to better reflect increasing opportunities for Maori to succeed as Maori.
- Labour will commit to a target that by 2025 every child during ECE, primary school, and intermediate school has Te Reo Māori integrated into their learning.
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- Bilingualise towns and cities, starting with bi-lingual signage in Rotorua, Ōtaki and Wairoa.
- Establish a dedicated Centre of Excellence for research, development and teacher training for reo Māori.
- Establish a fund to enable one person in every non-reo speaking whānau to study Te Reo Māori full time for two years at an approved reo wānanga or institute.
- Establish a $5 million annual fund to support Māori Performing Arts to flourish and include provision for Matatini kapa haka performers to travel as a part of tourism and economic development delegations to promote Māori language and culture.
- Increase the number of Teach NZ scholarships for Māori medium teachers who are teaching STEM subjects, te reo Māori and Māori history and culture.
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- Ensure that the role of the Māori Language Commission is focused on actively protecting Māori language and culture, not under the guise of a Treaty obligation, but rather because they are the indigenous language and culture of New Zealand.
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- Move towards compulsory te reo Māori.
- Ensure government acknowledges the unique place te reo Māori has in NZ culture and our responsibility to protect and encourage it.
- Set a goal to ensure that all New Zealanders have at least a basic understanding of te reo Māori through schools and community learning.
- Work with schools, teachers, parents and iwi to develop a framework for implementation of te reo Māori in all schools.
- Implement progressive roll out to allow schools to adapt and upskill where necessary.
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