kōhanga reo

The experiences of whānau and kaiako with Speech-Language Therapy in Kaupapa Māori education

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
speech-language therapy
kaupapa Māori research
Education
kōhanga reo
Author(s): 
Ellen Faithfull
Karen M. Brewer
Linda Hand
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.3.3

In New Zealand, speech-language therapists work through both the health and the education systems. In common with many Indigenous peoples, Māori have faced inequities in both health and education for decades. Kaupapa Māori education systems have been developed to support educational success and the survival of kaupapa Māori knowledge and te reo Māori. However, disparities between Māori and non-Māori still exist in the delivery of speech-language therapy services.

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Deterritorialising geopolitical spaces and challenging neoliberal conditions through language revernacularisation in kōhanga reo

Article type: 
Commentary
Key words: 
Māori language
bilingualism
kōhanga reo
tino rangatiratanga
teacher education
revernacularisation
Author(s): 
Mere Skerrett

This article explores some of the infl uences shaping early childhood Māori language education in Aotearoa New Zealand. By drawing on Garcia’s socio- historical stages of language orientation it parallels Māori language socio- historical developments and the linguistic conditions within which Māori language regeneration efforts reside. Also drawing on Waitangi Tribunal fi ndings these are juxtaposed as developments in Māori language education.

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