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Michelle Kidd, whaea to the homeless, retires after 31 years

By RNZ She checks on homeless people in doorways on her way to work and responds to texts for help in the dead of night - but after 31 years as a social...

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Matua and whaea victory: All teachers can choose te reo classroom titles, Ministry of Education declares

Matua and whaea victory: All teachers can choose te reo classroom titles, Ministry of Education declares
26 Apr, 2021 10:50 PM
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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 matua and whaea in the classroom instead of Mr and Miss have been given the green light to do so by the Ministry of Education.

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Matua and Whaea: Clive School allows teachers to be referred to by te reo teaching titles after review

Matua and Whaea: Clive School allows teachers to be referred to by te reo teaching titles after review
19 Apr, 2021 03:09 AM
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Teachers can now be referred to as matua and whaea at Clive School. Photo / File
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The matua and whaea debate appears to have been settled.
A Hawke's 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 welcome to choose to use them as teaching titles.
A Clive School Board of Trustees spokeswoman confirmed today that the school had made made the changes after a review started by the incident.

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Māori student teachers leave placement at Hawke's Bay school amid 'whaea' and 'matua' row

Māori student teachers leave placement at Hawke's Bay school amid 'whaea' and 'matua' row
11 Mar, 2021 04:35 AM
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Hawke's Bay student teachers Matua Mitchell and Whaea Hutana left a local school for not being allowed to use their te reo names. Photo / Warren Buckland
Hawke's Bay student teachers Matua Mitchell and Whaea Hutana left a local school for not being allowed to use their te reo names. Photo / Warren Buckland
Two Māori student teachers who allege they were barred from using "Matua" and "Whaea" as their teaching names say the conversation has "torn us apart".
Student teachers Rangi Mitchell and Arihi Raiha Hutana claim Clive

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