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** Kia ora and welcome to Whakawhanake ** ** A Wiki page dedicated to ** ** 'Improving M **** ā **** ori and Pasifika Achievement' ** ** at Freyberg High School **



According to the Education Review Office Report – Promoting Success for Māori Students: Schools’ Progress June 2010 p.1

**The success of Māori students at school is a matter of national interest and priority. Although many Māori students have been successful in education, research and national and international testing data continue to show significant disparity in the achievement of Māori and non-Māori students. **

Unfortunately, the same statement applies to Pasifika students in NZ Indeed, a 2006 Education Review Office report found that

**Only 14% of schools were fully effec tive for Pacific students! **



Borrowing from ERO once again…

** For Māori [and Pasifika] to achieve success in education it is crucial that all educators in NZ recognise, support and develop the inherent capabilities and skill that Māori [and Pasifika] students bring to their learning. **

The attached wiki pages to Whakawhanake, will provide some clarity on how Freyberg High School proposes to “...recognise, support and develop the inherent capabilities and skill that Māori [and Pasifika] students bring to their learning”

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; text-align: justify;">It is important to note, that the 'Freyberg High School Special Project – Māori' and 'Freyberg High School Special Project – Pasifika', are working documents that have been synthesised in such a way as to inform educators, use as a springboard for alternate proposals and research ideas at our school, as well as a means to unpack and demystify the specific needs of Māori and Pasifika students in the classroom.

<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; text-align: justify;">Happy reading!

What does Whakawhanake mean? Try this useful link for a Māori/English translation

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