NZEI Te Riu Roa is committed to the protection and upholding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We believe in the power of unity and the importance of working together to ensure that the rights and interests of our members, and all Māori and all our members, are respected and advanced.
Our own aspirations to being an organisation based in Te Tiriti premised on Te Tongi – “Kotahi te kōhao o te ngira e kuhuna ai, te miro mā, te miro pango, te miro whero” and implementing our Te Tiriti partnership through the framework of Mōku te Ao.
Our commitment to decolonising our structures and processes and supporting kaiako and kaimahi Māori in the re-indigenisation of education for mokopuna Māori.
- Commit to submitting on the Treaty Principles Bill here!
Further reading and resources
Below are links for further reading and resources about the Toitū te Tiriti movement and an education system based on rangatiratanga.
Ngā Ingoa Māori o NZEI Te Riu Roa
Mānawatia a Matariki (Ako Journal)
Building relationships with iwi – a regional and a national initiative (Ako Journal)
Whiria te tāngata (Ako Journal)
Te whakatipu toa reo (Ako Journal)
Media release: Union fights back against threat to remove Māori language teaching allowances
The Education and Training Act 2020: Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Ministry of Education)