Māori Association of Social Science (MASS)

29/04/2019

From Professor Tahu Kukutai:
No official iwi/tribal data to be released from Census 2018! Having worked with numerous iwi on demographic projects using Census data, this iwi data black hole from Census 2018 will have significant and ongoing impacts.

Karen Vercoe, chairwoman of Data Iwi Leaders Group, said Stats NZ and the Government must take urgent action to remedy the "incredibly disappointing" gap in iwi affiliation data.

"Iwi statistics are critical for iwi to be able to assess the current and future needs and aspirations of their tribal members, to make decisions for and with our people and place, and to measure the impact of our investments," she said.

The Government will spend another $6 million to fix the broken national survey, which failed to gather iwi affiliation data.

15/04/2019

This is a powerful black woman going into a space designed to place her into a tokenistic box and dominating.

07/03/2019

"...if you established family-like relationships in your classroom, you’d be able to do the job of teaching effectively. And, if you did the job of teaching effectively, Māori kids would achieve. We showed that was absolutely true.

The education system kept excusing itself for not doing the best it could for Māori kids by blaming Māori kids themselves.

06/03/2019

Colonisation, Neoliberalism and Māori Education

New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies pp 1–15 | Cite asColonisation, Neoliberalism and Māori Education: Herbison Invited Lecture, NZARE Annual Conference 2017AuthorsAuthors and affiliationsLeonie PihamaInvited LectureFirst Online: 06 March 2019Mihi E ngā mana E ngā reo E ngā karangatanga ...

09/11/2018

"I guess I'm not surprised but it’s still concerning I think because I suspect that the kind of representation of Māori in po*******hy are likely to be perpetuating racialised and sexualisation and not necessarily of our own mātauranga, of our own volition that are not mana enhancing.” – Jade Le Grice, MASS academic

08/11/2018

“Racism exists – we feel little and bad”

Kiwi students are experiencing racism and unconscious bias in school, which contributes to educational inequality.

15/09/2018

New university data indicates circumstances you're born into are likely yours for life.

25/07/2018

Was Census 2018 a trainwreck for Māori? StatsNZ remain tight-lipped but the undercount of Māori could have serious constitutional ramifications.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=689610314714813&id=478360492506464

TMR has released a statement on Census 2018:

'Census 2018 may yet turn out to be the poorest quality enumeration of Māori in recent history'.

'Giving Māori a real say over how our data are collected, managed and analysed is essential for maintaining trust and confidence in the census and the Official Statistics System more broadly'.

For the release in Te Reo and English, as well as a longer technical paper, see our website - https://www.temanararaunga.maori.nz/panui/

28/04/2018

Ka mau te wehi! "...it's now a mark of professionalism in broadcasting, including advertising, to use correct Māori pronunciation... everyone who does this helps revitalize New Zealand's own language"

Taika Waititi congratulates voice actor after he turned down job calling for mispronunciation of Māori place name.

25/04/2018

New online platform for Māori anthropologists launched

ASAA/NZ is delighted to announce the launch of Mahi Tahi: Māori and Anthropology in Aotearoa New Zealand, a new open-access initiative.

15/03/2018

"Imprisonment is part of the colonising process"