Miro Māori

Te Kāhui Whetū

Te Kāhui Whetū is the national forum for debating issues and concerns in Māori education and setting NZEI Te Riu Roa policy on Māori education and Māori issues. It also provides professional learning for all staff involved in Māori education.

The 2008 hui was held at Te Rau Aroha Marae in Bluff. The modern marae features the work of artist Cliff Whiting who designed the Te Papa Marae in Wellington. The four day programme included workshops and presentations on pedagogy Māori, NZEI's organisational review, student success in kura, and Māori suicide prevention.

_{Above: Video highlights from Te Kāhui Whetū}_2008.

_{Above: Members of Te Reo Areare in the Bluff sunshine.}

_{Above: Te Rau Aroha Marae}

_{Above: Myrtle Terekia and Toma Waihiere were honoured by Te Kāhui Whetū for their services to Māori education. Toma is the kaumatua of NZEI and has lived in Southland for 40 years.}

_{Above: Naphella Brown, a librarian from TKKM o Te Rawhiti Roa, travelled all the way from Whangarei to attend the hui in Bluff.}

_{Above: Associate Minister of Education Parekura Horomia spoke of the need for more Māori students to take up law, accountancy and business studies.}

_{Above: NZEI National Secretary Paul Goulter, attending his first Te Kāhui Whetū}_{, presenting his vision for NZEI's future.}