Te Whaihanga – Preparing students to work with Māori

Employability, Educational outcomes, Workplace learning, Strategic Leadership and Change, Cultural Capability Pathways, Teacher professional development, Vocations and Trades, Mātauranga Māori, Māori learning/teaching pedagogies, Tikanga Māori, Te Reo Māori, Kaupapa Māori, Values-based learning, Assessment and evaluation, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Māori learner success, Bridging and transition Engineering and Related Technologies, Architecture and Building, Agriculture, Environment and related studies

Completed

Completed: 19 March 2019

A two-year project to help built environment professionals and students learn why and how it is important to engage effectively with Māori. A collaboration of Ngā Aho, the University of Auckland, Auckland University of Technology, Victoria University of Wellington, Unitec Institute of Technology, Papa Pounamu, Whenua Design, The New Zealand Institute of Architects, University of Victoria and Glasgow University.

Aims:

The primary aim of the project was to help people employed in, or studying towards, careers in planning, architecture, engineering and landscaping to work with Māori professionals, iwi representatives and community and papakāinga developers.

Methodology:

The project's methodology featured literature reviews, interviews, group discussions and observations. These formed the basis of new teaching and learning materials for the planning, architecture, engineering and landscape disciplines.

Project Reference Group

New Zealand Planning Institute
The New Zealand Institute of Architects
Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand
New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects
Auckland Council
Landcare Research/Manaaki Whenua
Te Hana Te Ao Marama Community Development Trust.

Professor Dory Reeves

Project Contact Leader

University of Auckland

Lena Henry

Deputy project leader

University of Auckland and Ngā Aho

Dr. Barbara Kensington-Miller

University of Auckland