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You can find books on Māori and education in New Zealand by using search terms Māori education history in Library Search
Below are some resources from the Library Search and some from the web.
Websites
Calman, R. (2012) Māori education - mātauranga. Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. https://teara.govt.nz/en/maori-education-matauranga
New Zealand. Waitangi Tribunal. (2011). Ko Aotearoa tēnei : a report into claims concerning New Zealand law and policy affecting Maori culture and identity : Te taumata Tuarua. https://www.wai262.nz/ko-aotearoa-tenei
Section 5.3.6 outlines significant developments in education in New Zealand. Use the find feature (Ctrl F) to find the 665 mentions of education in this document.
Hunziker, C. (2022). No Māori allowed TVNZ. [A film documentary from TVNZ where an academic unearths a forgotten history of residents of Pukekohe tell their stories that confront a dark racist past.]
Katipa, M. (2022). Speak no Māori . TVNZ. [A film documentary from TVNZ that unpacks the history of te reo Māori in New Zealand]
Walker, R. (2016) Reclaiming Māori education. In J. Hutchings & J. Lee-Morgan (Eds.) Decolonisation in Aotearoa : education, research and practice. New Zealand Council for Educational Research. https://www.nzcer.org.nz/sites/default/files/downloads/Chapter%201%20Ranginui%20Walker.pdf
Books in the Māori collection at City campus, Christchurch
Bartholomew, R. E. (2021). No Māori allowed : New Zealand’s forgotten history of racial segregation : how a generation of Māori children perished in the fields of Pukekohe.
Bishop, R., & Glynn, T. (Ted). (1999). Culture counts : changing power relations in education. Dunmore Press.
Penetito, W. (2011). What’s Māori about Māori education? : the struggle for a meaningful context. Victoria University Press.
Simon, J. A., Smith, L. T., & Cram, F. (2001). A civilising mission? : perceptions and representations of the Native Schools system. Auckland University Press.
Simon, J. A., & Smith, L. T. (1998). Ngā kura Māori := The native schools system 1867-1969. Auckland University Press.
Whitinui, P. (2011). Kia tangi te tītī : permission to speak : successful schooling for Māori students in the 21st century : issues, challenges and alternatives. NZCER Press.
Ebook
Hemara, W., & New Zealand Council for Educational Research. (2000). Māori Pedagogies : a view from the literature. NZCER Press. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cpit/detail.action?docID=30456286
Includes information on the whare wananga or traditional house of learning.
Journal articles
You can find journal articles on this topic in Library Search by changing "Books, ebooks..." to "Journal articles" and ticking "peer-reviewed" and limiting date of publication to the last 10 years.
Library Search results include the below articles:
Hetaraka, M. (2022). Myth-Making: On-going Impacts of Historical Education Policy on Beliefs About Māori in Education. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 57(2), 321–333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40841-022-00257-0
Lee, H., & Lee, G. (2017). The politics of Māori education: History, policies, conflicts and compromises. Waikato Journal of Education, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.15663/wje.v1i1.527