TEU’s annual meeting of Māori members, Hui-ā-Motu, is backing the private member’s bill before Parliament that aims to provide all children in decile 1 and 2 schools with free, nutritious breakfast and lunch meals. The Education (Breakfast and Lunch Programmes in Schools) Amendment Bill, known colloquially as the ‘Feed the Kids’ Bill, is sponsored by [...]

It is Race Relations Day today and TEU’s Te Tumu Arataki James Houkāmau says TEU is making good progress to meet its Tiriti responsibilities. “Te Toi Ahurangi has increased membership and Te Tiriti partnership group has equal representation from Māori and pākeha. We have representation at every level of governance except the national president position. [...]

With just over one week to run the last of TEU’s 2012 leadership elections are nearly finished. James Houkāmau from Whitireia and Ngaroma Williams from Te Tari Puna Ora (NZCA) are contesting an election for the role of TEU’s Te Tumu Arataki (Māori vice president). Both candidates are experienced members of TEU’s Māori committee Te [...]

The hui a tau, the annual event where everyone gets the opportunity to express their Ngāti whoever tanga. A time to re-aquaint oneself with whānau, those full of life, those just beginning life and of course those who forgot their teeth. Whakawhanaungatanga, manaakitanga, arohaina, descriptors that encapsulate friendship, fun and laughter that is Pā Wars. [...]

That the TEU conference expresses serious concerns about Government policy to make ITP funding contestable.  Shifting  public money to private and for profit providers results in reducing the capacity of tax payer-owned institution which are key components in their communities.  The impact on regional communities will be significant.  This is a continuation of the ideological [...]

Māori and Pacific Island students are being used by Victoria University of Wellington to justify its bid to increase fees, reports the Dominion Post. However Ivy Harper, Tumuaki of Te Mana Ākonga (National Māori Tertiary Students’ Association) has denounced the bid saying Māori and Pasifika students should not be used by any tertiary institution to justify [...]

“We had one family on the East Coast where one member of the family enrolled in a REAP programme and that led to three generations of the family participating in adult education. Four of the five family members have now graduated and developed a love of learning. The grandfather, three daughters, one son and one [...]

Prepared by Lee Cooper for AUS council meeting 5 September 2008 1.        Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa Hau refers to wind, air, breath, and vitality (of human life).  Hautū means to guide or lead and when prefixed with the word kai i.e. kaihautū it refers to the person who gives and keeps the timing for the paddlers [...]

The government will invest $1 million into Māori trades training at CPIT, the minister for tertiary education, skills and employment, Steven Joyce, announced this week. The new initiative builds on He Toki ki te Rika, a Māori trades initiative delivered by the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT), in partnership with Te Puni Kokiri and Te [...]

The TEU supports the establishment of and continued provision for institutional marae in all public tertiary education institutions.  Institutional marae in the tertiary education sector support Māori students and staff, providing a space akin to that of the tūrangawaewae (place to stand, of belonging) associated with each hapū or iwi, as well as promoting the [...]