Ako Aotearoa is excited to introduce our Tuia Te Ako lunchtime seminar series ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti | Upraising the Treaty in Tertiary Education’. Note the format has changed this year to five free, online 1½ hour sessions on 29 August, 19 September, 10 October, 31 October, and 21 November.
We are honoured to start the ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti’ series with a presentation from Annette Sykes on 29 August at 12pm. We’re also excited to announce other speakers, with the full list being confirmed shortly:
- 29 August – Annette Sykes (University of Auckland)
- 19 September – Rosa Hibbert-Schooner (Te Mana Ākonga)
- 10 October – Paora Ammunson, Janine Kapa and Warwick Pitts (Te Pūkenga)
- 31 October – Robbie Paul (Waihanga Ara Rau), Ben Ngaia (Ringa Hora)
- 21 November – Dr Te Rita Papesch
The format for each lunchtime session (12pm-1.30pm) is a 1-hour presentation followed by 30 minutes of questions and kōrero.
We welcome everyone interested in supporting tertiary Māori teaching and learning success to join us for these topical interactive sessions. Whether you are based in workplace learning or a tertiary education organisation, you should find the presentations insightful and empowering.
Visit our Māori Learner Success webpage to learn more about Tuia Te Ako – Ako Aotearoa’s flagship Māori tertiary education hui since 2010.
View Professor Margaret Mutu talking about "Embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi to address racism in tertiary education". This seminar from our 2020/2021 lunchtime Tiriti seminar series is of a seminal nature. Professor Mutu focusses on 'racism' and refers back to various other documents in addition to Te Tiriti, like The Doctrine of Discovery, He Wakaputanga, UNDRIP, the Matike Mai Aotearoa Constitutional Review by Margaret and Moana Jackson, and the 2020 Education Amendment Act.
