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Matua and whaea victory: All teachers can choose te reo classroom titles, Ministry of Education declares 26 Apr, 2021 10:50 PM 3 minutes to read Rangi Mitchell and Arihi Hutana said they are pleased Clive School are now letting teachers be referred to as matua and whaea. Photo / Warren Buckland Rangi Mitchell and Arihi Hutana said they are pleased Clive School are now letting teachers be referred to as matua and whaea. Photo / Warren Buckland New Zealand teachers who want to use the titles matu...

Matua and Whaea: Clive School allows teachers to be referred to by te reo teaching titles after review 19 Apr, 2021 03:09 AM 3 minutes to read Teachers can now be referred to as matua and whaea at Clive School. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today The matua and whaea debate appears to have been settled. A Hawkes Bay school where two student teachers left after alleging they were not allowed to be referred to by pupils as matua and whaea says all teachers at the school will now be wel...

Hutana said the terms were important to her as they had been used throughout her whakapapa and for her whānau who had been teachers. “It’s all about revitalisation for me and that’s only because it’s a way of healing, and it’s a way of honouring our tipuna, our ancestors and all the mamae​ (hurt) theyve been through," she told Te Karere. Mitchell said to be told he wasn’t allowed to be called Matua was “cutting those ties, which hurt the most”. The teachers told TVNZ t...