Māori Success As Māori Research (4.2
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Table of Contents ................................................................................................ He Mihi................................................................................................................................................ 4 Executive Summary........................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 6 Methodology..................................................................................................................................... 6 The Steering Group........................................................................................................................... 7 Literature Review Māori Success as Māori .................................................................................................................... 8 Literature Review............................................................................................................................... 8 What is Mātauranga Māori?.............................................................................................................. 9 The dissemination and use of mātauranga Māori ........................................................................ 9 Māori Success – Māori Identity............................................................................................................ 10 Mātauranga Māori and its place in Māori success......................................................................... 10 Parents and whānau.......................................................................................................................... 11 Successful Kura....................................................................................................................................... 12 The interface of Mātauranga Māori with “mainstream” society.................................................... 13 Māori Economic Participation in Aotearoa Historical Māori Economical Development.................................................................................... 14 Present Day......................................................................................................................................... 15 Māori Youth............................................................................................................................................. 15 Employment/Unemployment........................................................................................................... 15 The Māori Economy............................................................................................................................ 16 Post-Settlement ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Measuring the Māori Economy......................................................................................................... 18 Interviews and Data collection......................................................................................................... 18 Common themes about what Māori saw as contributing to Māori success as Māori............... 19 Te Reo me ōna tikanga........................................................................................................................... 19 Mātauranga Māori............................................................................................................................... 19 Living by Kaupapa Māori values.............................................................................................................. 19 Whānau & Collective support ............................................................................................................... 20 Being happy and contributing to whānau, hapū and iwi................................................................... 21 How Māori identity contributes to being successful as a Māori............................................................ 21 Whakapapa and whanaungatanga.................................................................................................... 22 Belief and faith in ourselves as Māori................................................................................................... 22 Rites of passage......................................................................................................................................... 22 Social and political awareness.............................................................................................................. 23 Financial literacy/Independence..............................................................................................................23 Education.................................................................................................................................................. 24 2 Māori Success as Māori A summary report of findings from the Māori Success as Māori research project .............................................................................................. Vision for the future.................................................................................................................................. 25 Conclusion............................................................................................................................................... 27 Sources..................................................................................................................................................... 28 Māori Success as Māori 3 A summary report of findings from the Māori Success as Māori research project .............................................................................................. He Mihi ....................................................................................... Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini E ngā reo, e ngā mana, e ngā kārangatanga maha o te motu, tēnā koutou. Tēnā koutou me ngā tini āhuatanga o te wa. Ngā tini mate o tēnā o tēnā o ngā hapū, o ngā iwi, haere atu rā. E hoki koutou ki te kāhui o te Kahurangi, ki te putahi o Rehua, ki te marae o Hinenuitepō. Kua ea te wahanga ki a rātou mā. Ka hoki mai ki a tātou ngā waihōtanga iho o rātou mā, tēna tātou katoa. Koa ana te ngakau ki te whakaputa i tēnei pukapuka iti nei ki te ao, hai whakaarotanga mo te katoa. Ko te kaupapa “Māoritanga ki Te Taumata”, he mea nui mo tātou te iwi Māori, kia kite, kia rongo te ao, a tātou ake whakaaro e pā ana ki tēnei mea “Māori success.” E mihi ana ki te kairangahau, a Heeni Colins, me ngā tangata katoa e whakaaetia kia uiui rātou mo te rangahau nei. Ka tuku anō ngā mihi ki a ACE Aotearoa, me te rōpū PDSG, nā rātou te putea tautoko, kia eke te mahi nei. Anō nei te mihi ki te rōpū Māori e kaha nei ki te āta wānanga i ngā kōrero, te noho hai whakaruruhau mo te mahi nei, arā ko te Kōmiti Whakahaere Māori tēnā. Me mihi hoki ki te kanohi Māori o ACE Aotearoa, a Mahinarangi Maika, mo tana pukumahi ki te whakaoti i te mahi nei, kia puta ki te ao. Ko te mihi whakamutunga ki a Keri Kaa me tana mokopuna a Hineatauira Pahuru- Kaa, ko rāua ngā kanohi i runga i te pukapuka nei, a, na Keri te ingoa whakamāori i te kaupapa nei, “Māoritanga ki Te Taumata.” Naku noa Ani Pahuru-Huriwai Kaiwhakarite, Maoritanga ki Te Taumata Tiamana Māori: ACE Aotearoa 4 Māori Success as Māori A summary report of findings from the Māori Success as Māori research project .............................................................................................. Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................................ Māori Success as Māori, sponsored by Māori economic opportunities. Māori and ACE Aotearoa aims to capture the current government need to work together to address discourse within specific Māori communities these socio-economic disparities. about “Māori Success as Māori” in Aotearoa The research findings show that the Māori New Zealand, identifying and testing what community thought that in order to achieve it means to them. The research project was Māori success as Māori, a person must have overseen by a steering group comprising a strong Māori identity as well as success in individuals involved with adult education, whatever field they pursue. Such a person community development, marae/hapū/iwi would have made an investment in their Māori research, business, and philanthropy. identity as this is what differentiates their The Māori Success as Māori project builds success from a successful person who happens on previous research that found sustainable to be Māori. Characteristics of a strong Māori Māori ACE providers were strongly linked to identity were (1) a knowledge of te reo and their communities, and that Māori learners tikanga Māori, and mātauranga Māori, (2) who were given appropriate preparation and knowledge of kaupapa Māori values that affirm support, through adult community education Māori distinctiveness. programmes, both formal and informal, were Not all research participants shared the likely to achieve success in pursuing Tertiary same view of what Māori success as Māori study qualifications. meant but common aspects were service to The research included a literature review whānau, hapū and iwi, self-determination on mātauranga