May 10, 2024
Manaaki promise for Indigenous education hui
Auckland University of Technology has been named the venue for next year’s World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference for Education – and an organiser is promising Māori will present a conference like no other.
Aroha Te Kanawa says the conference will give Māori educators and knowledge keepers a chance to learn from the experiences of other Indigenous whanau around the world.
The schedule will include cultural excursions, village-style accommodation and a whānau evening to close the conference.
“We do this as part of what we do. Manaaki, whakawhanaungatanga and aroha. AUT are the hosts but we do this one as te ao Māori because we’re welcoming our global indigenous whānau and they know that’s what they know we do best,” she says.