Te Huarahi is PPTA's national Māori body. Te Huarahi has responsibility for making decisions which impact on Māori members. 
Ngā Manu Kōrero National Secondary School Speech Contests - sponsored by PPTA.
Te Huarahi Māori Motuhake warmly invite you to register for our national hui on Māori secondary education
Sunday 14 July to Tuesday 16 July at Sudima Lake Rotorua Hotel
Restorative Principles and Practices
Mahi Whakatika Whakatau
Registration fee $230 (including GST)
Flyer for the Māori Teachers' Conference
Programme for Māori Teachers' Conference
Registration form for the Māori Teachers' Conference
The Ngā Manu Kōrero national secondary school speech contests incorporating the Korimako and Sir Turi Carroll competitions for Māori pupils speaking in English and the Pei Te Hurinui Jones and Te Räwhiti Ihaka competitions for all pupils speaking in Māori, are sponsored by the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association / Te Wehengarua (PPTA).
The national secondary speech contests are now entering their 48th year and the national finals this year will be hosted by the Tainui Teachers Committee, at the Mystery Creek Events Centre, Gate 2, 125 Mystery Creek Road, Hamilton on Tuesday 24, Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September 2013.
Download Ngā Manu Kōrero 2013 booklet (41 pages)
The contests are intended to encourage the development of skills and confidence of Mäori students in spoken English and Mäori.
NZ PPTA cordially extend an invitation to all secondary schools to participate in this important annual event, noting that the Mäori section is open to all students, but the English section is confined to Māori students only.
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Te Huarahi Māori Motuhake is the Māori advisory body within the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association / Te Wehengarua (PPTA) and represents over 1,000 Māori teachers.
Te Huarahi Māori Motuhake oppose the changes to the Education Amendment Bill, in particular the section establishing Kura Hourua (charter schools).
Te Huarahi wishes to raise a concern about the association of charter schools in USA with increased socio-economic and ethnic polarisation. Given the concern the government has with addressing under-achievement, especially that of Māori boys, care should be taken in advancing policies that are certain to have unintended effects.
Te Huarahi is also concerned about the impact of charter schools on Māori students who remain in the surrounding public schools and which lose funding and staffing when some students leave to attend the charter school. These schools will be left with the most educationally-disadvantaged students but with less funding to meet their needs. Choice for the favoured few will damage the educational options for all other students.
Te Huarahi believes it would be a far better use of public money to fund New Zealand-based professional development programmes like Te Kotahitanga which have been shown to work for Māori learners yet have been systematically deprived of funding.
Neither Māori students nor Māori teachers deserve to be subject to the unfortunate political experiment that is charter schools – particularly when there are indigenous programmes that have been trialled here and have been shown to make a difference for students.
Te Huarahi challenges the Select Committee to reject the fruitless search for educational "pockets of success" and instead provide the sort of leadership that will provide enhanced opportunities for all Māori students in New Zealand.
Download the Te Huarahi submission
Under the provisions of the Secondary Teachers’ Employment Agreement s3.6, a national entitlement of 350 relief teacher days is available to administer the Ngā Manu Korero contests.
Payment may only be made to boards that have applied through the process below. Payments cannot be made to organising committees or other bodies.
