Tuia Te Ako 2023
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Tuia Te Ako is Ako Aotearoa's national Māori Education hui.
In 2023, the conference was held as a series of free online seminars under the theme - ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti’ | ‘Upraising the Treaty in Tertiary Education’. The series featured five empowering presentations from eight Māori leaders in tertiary education.
Each speaker gave examples of strategies, frameworks, and programmes that could help to enhance knowledge and promotion of Te Tiriti.
Nau mai, haere mai!
Tuia Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki te hinengaro o te kaiako!
Tuia Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki te hinengaro o te ākonga!
Tuia Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki te mātauranga tuatoru!
Tuia ki runga, ki raro, ki roto, ki waho!
Tūi, tūi, tuituiā!
Key Points to Note:
2023 Programme
In 2023 Tuia Te Ako was presented as a Tuesday lunchtime seminar series themed around ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti’ | ‘Upraising the Treaty in Tertiary Education’.
The programme featured a series of 1-hour online presentations followed by 30 minutes of questions and kōrero. Recordings of these sessions have been uploaded in Resources.
Presenters
- Annette Sykes (University of Auckland) unpacked the Te Tiriti principles and promoted educators as Te Tiriti activists.
- Rosa Hibbert-Schooner (Te Mana Ākonga) advocated for the Māori learner voice in her presentation titled ‘Ka hao te rangatahi!’
- Paora Ammunson, Janine Kapa and Warwick Pitts (Te Pūkenga) presented on Te Pūkenga’s Te Tiriti framework and how it could be applied to wider education.
- Robbie Paul (Waihanga Ara Rau) and Ben Ngaia (Ringa Hora) gave an overview of the Ohumahi/Workforce Development Councils’ Te Tiriti framework.
- Dr Te Rita Papesch (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa) spoke about ‘He Waka Hiringa – Te Wānanga’s Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge’ as a response to Te Tiriti in the tertiary space.
History of Tuia Te Ako
In August 2010, the inaugural Māori tertiary education hui, Tuia Te Ako, was held at Pipitea marae, Wellington. It was agreed that there was a need for such a gathering for Māori educators to come together to reflect on, and share, aspects of tertiary teaching and learning and that the event would be an ideal forum to discuss and share existing models of good teaching practice with a focus on assisting whānau, hapū, iwi, and Māori communities to achieve their aspirations.
A talk with Annette Sykes presented as a part of the ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti’ | ‘Upraising the Treaty in Tertiary Education’ seminars from Tuia Te Ako 2023.
- 14 February 2024
A talk with Rosa Hibbert-Schooner presented as a part of the ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti’ | ‘Upraising the Treaty in Tertiary Education’ seminars from Tuia Te Ako 2023.
- 14 February 2024
A talk with Paora Ammunson, Janine Kapa and Warwick Pitts from Te Pūkenga, presented as a part of the ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti’ | ‘Upraising the Treaty in Tertiary Education’ seminars from Tuia Te Ako 2023.
- 14 February 2024
A talk with Robbie Paul and Ben Ngaia, presented as a part of the ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti’ | ‘Upraising the Treaty in Tertiary Education’ seminars from Tuia Te Ako 2023.
- 14 February 2024
A talk by Dr Te Rita Papesch presented as a part of the ‘Tū Mai Te Tiriti’ | ‘Upraising the Treaty in Tertiary Education’ seminars from Tuia Te Ako 2023.
- 14 February 2024
Tuia te Ako is our national Māori Tertiary Education Hui, held most years since 2010.
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Tuia Te Ako 2021
Watch video presentations from Ako's 2021 series of online webinars – Tuia Te Ako Hui Ipurangi – which replaced our regular national Māori tertiary hui.
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Tuia Te Ako 2022
Resources and video presentations from Tuia Te Ako 2022 – Ako Aotearoa's national Māori education hui. In 2022, the conference was centred around the 50th anniversary celebration of the Te Reo Māori Petition.