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An independent review has found a swathe of issues, including lack of funding, low diversity, and mistrust between local and central government.

As part of a series this week, RNZ is looking at efforts to ensure schools and teachers are using reo and tikanga every day. Today, teachers tell RNZ that learning te reo is making them into better educators. This month saw the start of the first courses in a $100 million push to teach te reo and tikanga to 40,000 early childhood and school teachers over the next four years. Photo: RNZ/Vinay Ranchhod The courses come as learning and speaking te reo have essentially become compulsory for teachers - they have to attest to using the language in order to renew their practising certificates, and t...

'I don't have that lived experience' - Luxon's difficulty with new role Newsroom 15 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom National MP Chris Luxon is touted as a future leader and is registering in recent polls. He spoke to political editor Jo Moir about his current challenge in iwi development, and why he hasn't fronted on He Puapua. Chris Luxon joined the National Party after seven years at the helm of Air New Zealand. The backbenches are a long way from corporate high-flying wining and dining, but that said, his leader Judith Collins has given him three portfolios where he has the opportunity ...

Investing in Māori boarding schools will help grow New Zealand’s future leaders, Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson announced today. Budget 2021 invested $20 million over two years to build the next generation of Māori leaders to enable ...

The recent Budget announced $380 million for Māori housing development to build 1000 homes including papakāinga (ancestral land housing), rentals, transitional, and owner-occupied housing. The funding would also go towards repairs to 700 Māori owned homes, and help progress housing projects and infrastructure from the $3.8 billion Housing Acceleration Fund. The Budget money allocated to housing was available to be used for papakāinga developments like Te Kekeu where more projects were planned to be built, Jackson said. Developing papakāinga was part of connecting whānau wellbeing, h...