Kupu whakataki / Whakamārama mō te kaupapa This kaupapa Māori derived longitudinal study will investigate best practices for the inclusion of relevant mātauranga Māori into an integrated programme for ākonga Māori in an English-medium secondary school. This project involves the trialling and documenting of different approaches to curriculum integration and the inclusion of kaupapa Māori and mātauranga Māori into curricula for a cohort of Year 10 and Year 11 ākonga Māori. Narratives of experience will be collated from ākonga, whānau, pouako and iwi/hapū members, with the intention of analysing the opportunities, highlights, and challenges of incorporating localised mātauranga Māori into an integrated curriculum. Ngā whāinga This project aims to identify the

Ō mātou hoa kōtui Three rumaki reo (te reo Māori immersion units) within the Waitemata Kāhui Ako – Te Uru Karaka (Newton Central Primary), Te Waititiko (Pasadena Intermediate) and Nga Puna o Waiorea (Western Springs College) Kupu whakataki / Whakamārama mō te kaupapa Toi Ora, Reo Ora, Whatuora is a practice led arts-based project to story the reo aspirations of three connected rumaki reo whānau in the Waitematā Kāhui Ako through the Māori pedagogy and practice of whatu. This research contributes to scholarship and practice on Toi Māori / Māori arts-based pedagogies as key language and cultural revitalisation practices within rumaki reo education. Importantly, this research sets out to strengthen Māori

This is a Te Aitanga a Mahaki Iwi led project, with Te Aitanga a Mahaki whanau and hapu, for Te Aitanga a Mahaki uri whakaheke. This Research is co-funded by the Cure Kids and A Better Start Successful Learning Project Grant and The Teaching and Learning Research Initiative. In this research project we aim to find out what our whānau and Kaiako Māori of Te Aitanga a Mahaki know about speech language therapy and speech language and communication needs of tamariki Māori, and work together to build iwi-specific information and Kaupapa Maori resources that will support speech language and communication needs at home and in the classroom. Project Aims: Cultural Guidelines

Ō mātou hoa kōtui The research partner of Te Kāhui Pā Harakeke, Child Wellbeing Research Institute at the University of Canterbury is Te Kura o Tuahiwi. This kura community brings to the research partnership a long history of collaboration with UC, a staunch sense of mana motuhake, and a passion for evidence based effective Māori teaching and learning. Each kaiako, through the leadership of their tumuaki, is committed to making sure every ākonga has a foundation for future successes. Aroha ki te tangata, te Tuahiwi ki te whai ao! Kupu whakataki / Whakamārama mō te kaupapa The research team in partnership with Te Kura o Tuahiwi has undertaken this project to

This kaupapa Māori project investigates the ways that two Māori-medium pathways (bilingual and immersion) work together in a newly built Flexible Learning Space (FLS) to progress Te Reo Māori and the aspirations of whānau. This study explores the notion of the Māori Modern Learning Environment (MMLE), and explores how this ‘space’ is understood and utilised by Maori teachers, students and whanau of the two Māori-medium pathways, and within the wider English-medium primary school context. This pūrākau (case-study style project) takes a strengths-based approach, and is based on the experiences, pedagogies and the potential of Te Akā Pūkaea, Newton Central School. Aims This research will be guided by the following key question:

Ō mātou hoa kōtui Tuihana Pook, Te Kura Mana Māori o Whangaparaoa, Campbell Dewes, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kawakawa Mai Tawhiti, Wi Pōhatu, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Arahou, Hinematua Gillett, Te Wharekura o Te Ra Aroha, Waimarie Cassidy, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Pukemiro Kupu whakataki / Whakamārama mō te kaupapa Kāore i te tino mōhiotia te whakatinanatanga reo a ngā ākonga kei kura reo Māori e ako ana. E rima ngā kura ka mahi ngātahi mātou ki te tūhura i te reo ahurea Māori  (Māori social language) me te reo mātauranga (academic language) o ngā ākonga. Ka aromatawaitia ō rātou reo, ka tātari ngātahitia hoki. Ka wānanga

In 2017 Te Whāriki a te Kōhanga Reo was published in collaboration with Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust, formalising assessment or ‘mātai mokopuna’ practices within kōhanga reo. Mātai mokopuna makes visible the mana of mokopuna in conjunction with the Māori dimensions of wairua (spirituality), tinana (physicality), hinengaro (cognition) and whatumanawa (emotion). The research is a Participatory Action Research project underpinned by kaupapa Māori principles that will explore how whānau and kaiako give expression to the mana of mokopuna through these dimensions. Aims The overarching research question for this project is: How do whānau and kaiako give expression to the developing mana of mokopuna through the dimensions of hinengaro (cognition), wairua (spirituality),