Education Policy

Education Policy

The Greens want:

A free education system that fosters participation, sustainability, equality and peace.

This vision is good for everyone, Maori included. So, which specific policy points will deliver better education outcomes for Maori ?

Section 5 is Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Maori in Education. It contains specific policy points such as:

1. Work with Maori based organisations and representative groups to develop a programme of enhancing rangatiratanga in Maori education at all levels, and provide adequate resources to support this.

This is indicative of how the Greens view Maori-oriented initiatives. We do not seek to prescribe to Maori, rather, we seek to work with Maori to create paradigms where Maori have an active role in determining what should be done, and also a role in delivering the outcomes.

There are other points of interest:

• More funding for Maori language, immersion and bilingual programmes.
• Work towards Te Reo and Tikanga Maori being available to all learners.

These goals are very useful because it is important to support all of our three official languages. In addition, immersion and bilingual programmes are excellent ways to develop usuage of Te Reo - something that can only be done in Aotearoa.