If you have not already done so, please indicate to me that you have read some of the content in the course wiki from the previous post by making a comment. Any relevant comment will do – such as “what surprised you?, or ‘what did you learn?, ‘what didn’t you learn?, What else would you add…
Photo by Will Bragg http://www.flickr.com/photos/william/45969431/
I would like you to briefly outline how you think the Treaty of Waitangi is relevant to education today and also research any protocols or practices you think we should be aware of when working with Maori students.
I have placed a number of short readings in the course wiki taken from the New Zealand Immigration Service booklet on the Treaty of Waitangi . You can use these readings to support your current knowledge. I would be interested in knowing about any other useful references that you find for this topic.
The treaty education and training unit has the Treaty of Waitangi information packs which can be browsed in a friendly environment if not taken away. And an illustrated history for further reading. Close at hand too, is the Bill Robertson
PS Here are two websites which may save you some trouble if you’re after more information
http://www.treatyofwaitangi.govt.nz
this is an intersting site from a northn island perspective for the Maori Mental Health Registrar. If you go here you’ll see a cycle of deprivation illustrating the effects of land confiscation
http://teiho.stg.hyro.net.nz/Identity/LossOfMaoriIdentity.aspx
Thanks Will I’ll check out that website.
I agree with Wills comment in his Blog that what matters is the acknowledgment of a continual contract between Tangata Whenua and Pakeha. People often say that New Zealand is a multicultural society and whilst this is true, the fact is we do not have treaties with every other ethnic group in NZ, so therefor Maori people have rights and responsibilities other cultural groups are not necessarily entitled to.