Māori schools miss out in mainstream lolly scramble

In the weekend, the Bay of Plenty Times announced a $30 million investment in capital expenditure for mainstream schools from the Budget. In all the hoopla, I noticed that our most pressured and over capacity schools, our Māori medium schools were not going to get one brass razzo. In the decade that my whānau and… Read More Māori schools miss out in mainstream lolly scramble

June 6, 2017 grahamcameron10 Comments

Being Māori & feeling the threat of LA: Te Aitanga a Pōkai Whenua 6

We left Flagstaff, AZ, yesterday for the long drive across Arizona and California to Los Angeles. Seven hours driving, two rest stops, and one more dramatic stop for a broken awning and we hit the traffic on the I-15 and I-10 towards San Bernadino. I had thought I had driven in busy traffic before, but I… Read More Being Māori & feeling the threat of LA: Te Aitanga a Pōkai Whenua 6

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