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Te puna wai ora, e tu atu nei e: Stand Up, Stand Strong and Be Proud

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An indigenous, specifically Māori worldview is used as the foundation for a case study that describes the people and their relationships and interactions in one New Zealand primary school (ages 5–11). We contextualize this school and its people, within the education and schooling system since the introduction of a new leadership team in 2011. We consider how leaders, teachers, and whānau (family and extended family) have promoted contexts for learning to ensure Māori students can enjoy and achieve education success as Māori (Ministry of Education 2013). Leaders’ and teachers’ beliefs, and their principles for practice, are detailed alongside the changes in Māori students’ experiences. Finally, we consider these principles for practice in terms of their relevance for other indigenous and nonindigenous students. The case concludes in 2017 when, for the second successive year, the school became a finalist in the New Zealand, Prime Minister’s Excellence Awards in Education for teaching and learning.

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  1. Te Kura Toi Tangata, Faculty of Education, The University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand

    Mere Berryman

  2. Invercargill Middle School, Invercargill, New Zealand

    Katie Pennicott & Stan Tiatia

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  1. University of Melbourne, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Elizabeth Ann McKinley

  2. Office of the Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

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Berryman, M., Pennicott, K., Tiatia, S. (2018). Te puna wai ora, e tu atu nei e: Stand Up, Stand Strong and Be Proud. In: McKinley, E., Smith, L. (eds) Handbook of Indigenous Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1839-8_53-1

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