Miro Māori E nga mana, e nga reo, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa...

E tautoko ana te NZEI Te Riu Roa i nga kaimahi Māori katoa o te matauranga. He reo pumau matau mo te Matauranga Māori, te tautoko i te reo me nga tikanga Māori.

Ka honoretia, ka whakamanatia Te Tiriti O Waitangi ma te haere ngatahi te Uniana me Te Reo Areare te kaunihera Māori o te NZEI. Ko Te Reo Areare te mangai a motu, ki te NZEI, mo nga take Māori, te matauranga Maori, nga mema Māori. Tu ngatahi Te Reo Areare me nga Apiha Riroa a motu. Ko nga Takawaenga, nga Apiha-a-rohe nga kaitohutohu, kaiwhakaatu, tu hoa wawao. Korero ki te takawaenga o to rohe, ngotohia i konei.

Te whakaniko i nga tika o nga kaimahi Māori i roto i te matauranga, te whakapiki ake i nga whainga matauranga etahi o nga mahi a te NZEI:

• kia angitu te whakawhiti korero haerenga tangihanga, haerenga whanaungatanga, utunga pai ake, utu tapui tohu matauranga o te reo me nga tikanga
• Te whakahau kia maha ake nga rauemi mo te kaupapa matauranga Māori, kia maha ake nga kaiako torino ana te reo, whai wahi mo nga ratonga ki muri, nga ratonga whakapakari, hotaka whakaako
• te tautoko tino rangatiratanga e ahei ana ki te matauranga Māori, te whakau Te Manatu Matauranga Māori
• te poapoa i nga rautaki a te kawanatanga mo te maturanga Māori
• whakau hotaka hei whakapakari haere i nga kaiarahi Māori o te rangai matauranga.

Miro Māori - The Māori Thread Miro Māori is the Māori Thread of NZEI Te Riu Roa.

NZEI supports all kaimahi Māori in education. We are a strong voice for Māori education and the promotion of te reo me nga tikanga Māori.

We honour the Treaty of Waitangi by recognising the right of Māori to have equal partnership in the union through Te Reo Areare, the Māori council of NZEI. Te Reo Areare provides national leadership for NZEI on Māori issues, Māori education and for Māori members. It has an equal party relationship with National Executive. Takawaenga and field officers provide members with advice, information and advocacy.

NZEI Te Riu Roa has incorporated Māori concerns into its goals and has pledged to enhance Māori educational achievement by:

• successfully negotiating tangihanga leave, whanaungatanga leave, and improved salaries and allowances recognising knowledge of te reo me nga tikanga

• campaigning for increased resources for kaupapa Māori education, and for more fluent trained te reo teachers, including the provision of pre-service and in-service teaching programmes
• actively supporting Māori self-determination (tino rangatiratanga) over Māori education including the establishment of a Māori education authority
• influencing the Government's education strategy for Māori
• implementing programmes that will improve Māori leaership in the education sector.