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Māori history curriculum already available

<h2>The New Zealand School Trustees Association supports the teaching of New Zealand history in schools but is bewildered by calls for a curriculum&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Te Takanga o te W&amacr; launched in 2016 presents a M&amacr;ori history perspective&comma; based on the understanding that M&amacr;ori history is the complete human history of Aotearoa New Zealand &&num;8211&semi; from the earliest Polynesian navigators to our present-day parliamentary system&period; The resource provides practical suggestions for working with students&comma; parents&comma; whanau&comma; hap&umacr;&comma; iwi&comma; to develop the ways that learning is offered &lpar;pedagogy&rpar; as well as the richness of content that comes from developing relationships with those who remember past events&comma; or who have had the stories from their own parents or grandparents who were present&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Te Takanga o te W&amacr; was developed by a group of educators led by Te Maru o Ng&amacr; Kura a Iwi o Aotearoa in 2016 to guide primary schools through the process of creating an authentic connection to their local landscape &lpar;whenua&rpar; and people &lpar;t&amacr;ngata&rpar; within their school history or social studies curriculum&period; The group involved in its development includes Sir Pita Sharples&comma; Dame June Mariu&comma; Sir Toby Curtis&comma; Te Ariki Sir Dr Tumu te Heuheu and Professor Paul Moon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This really comes down to everyone taking responsibility for making it happen&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says NZSTA President Lorraine Kerr&period; &&num;8220&semi;We need to stop waiting for someone else&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;You don’t have to be the history teacher or on the board of trustees to start the ball rolling&period; It’s there&comma; it’s ready to go&comma; and it’s great&period; You don’t have to be an expert to get it under way&comma; you just have to be prepared to learn alongside your students&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Te Takanga o te W&amacr; is presented in both English &lpar;te reo P&amacr;keha&rpar; and te reo M&amacr;ori using five main themes&comma; each of which incorporates a range of concepts such as Belonging&comma; Community&comma; Continuity&comma; Consequences&comma; Identity&comma; Knowledge&comma; Kotahitanga&comma; Mana&comma; T&umacr;puna&comma; Perspective&comma; and Unity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Te Takanga o te W&amacr; has the active support of NZSTA&comma; the New Zealand Principals Federation &lpar;NZPF&rpar;&comma; New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa &lpar;NZEI&rpar; and the Post-Primary Teachers Association &lpar;PPTA&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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