2. From projects to policy New Zealand Maori – who are we? What do we want? How do we get it? Project example Lessons

3. New Zealand Maori Indigenous of NZ Population: 4 million Maori 15% approx. 600,000 1:4 in classrooms in next generation Education is free and compulsory to 16yrs 2 options: integrated mainstream and/or Maori immersion

4. What do we want? And/And policies Maori and a NZer mainstream education and traditional learning Maori and English Standard of living and live our chosen lives = Choice Either/or policies = Price of (mainstream) citizenship too high –Change identity Cost of (mainstream) citizenship too high –Division –Disaffection –Conflict

5. How do we get it? Demand Parental pressure Student pressure Community pressure Pilot projects Policy advocacy Political lobbying Supply Governmental responses People, policies, processes Institutions Private sector

6. Project example Schools change management project 21 schools – 2/3 failing Rural, isolated, poor, Maori Governance untrained and unmotivated Professional leadership peremptory and pre- emptive Teacher quality indifferent and old Parental engagement sporadic and low Literacy and numeracy below average Cultural fluency marginal in both Institution rather than learner focused

7. What we did / What we did not do Government and Tribal partnership Cultural conceptual framework Community development and capacity building approach Baseline research Take away responsibility Interfere in community decision- making Take sides Pre-determine answers

8. Lessons Establish a good relationship Proficiency models Agree a shared outcome Pursue quality Design for what might be (not what is) Stay focused on the learner Dont assume trade-offs are necessary Agree what success will look like Develop portable models Information, information, information Maintain cultural integrity