Children, Maori -- Education -- History -- Sources

Content Description

Records of Te Komiti o Ngā Kura Kaupapa collated by Elizabeth Rata, reflecting her involvement in the committee and its work. Collection includes Komiti formation documents, funding submissions, meeting notes, agendas and minutes. Collection also includes correspondence between the Komiti, and the Ministry of Education, Internal Affairs, and other government departments, kura kaupapa curriculum documents, promotional material and Komiti administrative records.

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Diaries:1932, 1967, 1977, 1982. Letterbooks: Jan - Feb 1950; May - July 1950; July - Aug 1950; Aug 1951; Apr - July 1965.

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Teacher's diary from 1940, belonging to M.V. Hutchinson during his time spent in Te Kao. Diary contains reminders for birthdays, comments on social events, and decriptions of his experience during his time teaching at a Native School in Te Kao, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Scope and Contents Between 1993 and 2001, researchers from the Research Unit for Maori Education, later the International Research Institute for Maori and Indigenous Education, based at the University of Auckland, recorded over 240 oral testimonies from former teachers and pupils of Native, or Maori, schools. Termed the Native Schools Project, it aimed to address a perceived lack of general knowledge about the Native Schools system of education, operated by the state between 1867 and 1969, by gathering...