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Culturally-relevant support acknowledging the critical contribution Māori teachers make to education and the achievement of Māori students

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Ngā pae tautoko | On Ako Panuku

Pae Rauemi

Tirohia te kete rauemi kia māmā ai te kawe i ō pīkaunga. Search our bank of classroom, teaching and learning, and leadership resources to inspire your teaching, engage your ākonga, and reduce your workload.

Pae Ako

Rēhita mai ki konei mō tētahi o ā mātou akoranga ngaio. Register for a workshop to strengthen your leadership and teaching practices, curriculum and assessment knowledge, or Māori language proficiency.

Pae Huiata

Mātakina ngā huiata, rēhita rānei i konei. Watch past and live webinars or register for upcoming ones right here.

Ngā akoranga | Upcoming workshops

Beginner Teachers Workshop

Auckland

29 Jul 2025 - 30 Jul 2025

Ako Panuku is excited to offer a professional learning opportunity for those who are starting out on their teaching career. You are invited to attend a two-day workshop that has been specifically designed to support you to increase your understanding of the ‘art of teaching’.

Upcoming course

Ka Hoka - Leadership Workshop

Auckland

5 Aug 2025 - 6 Aug 2025

This two-day workshop is designed for those who would like to further develop their leadership capabilities, including kaiako who have already participated in Ako Panuku's Ka Marewa – Leadership Bootcamp.

Upcoming course

Te Whakaako i te Pāngarau (Teaching the Teachers the Maths)

Auckland

13 Aug 2025 - 14 Aug 2025

This two-day course is designed to strengthen kaiako understanding and teaching of key concepts, ideas, strategies, and skills outlined in the five tūārere of the redesigned Pāngarau wāhanga ako. This workshop is suitable for kaiako who attended the Pāngarau workshop delivered earlier this year in March, as well as kaiako taking up this opportunity for the first time. It is relevant for all kaiako teaching Pāngarau, whether in kura tuatahi, kura waenga, or wharekura. The workshop is particularly suitable for kaiako who want to better ‘understand the pāngarau content’ they are teaching and looking to improve the pāngarau learning experiences of their ākonga. Kaiako will work in groups alongside a facilitator. When registering for this course, please indicate the year levels of the ākonga you teach Pāngarau to. Each group will focus on concepts where ākonga understanding and application of those concepts, needs strengthening. Broader pāngarau considerations will be covered in whole group sessions.

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Pūtaiao - He Whare Pūrākau

Auckland

26 Aug 2025 - 27 Aug 2025

This two-day workshop is designed to support kaiako in understanding our natural world, and the facilitation of mātauranga Māori through authentic learning contexts. This is an opportunity to interact with Pūtaiao from a Māori worldview through pūrākau and maramataka. We invite kaiako who are teaching Pūtaiao and/or Science, and those who have a particular interest in mātauranga Māori.

Upcoming course

Ngā rauemi o te wā | Trending resources

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Te Reo Māori - punctuation activity

Student Activity, Teaching Strategies • Attachment

Hoatu ngā tohutuhi. A student worksheet and answers to use in Te Reo Māori classes. Use as a template for creating other cloze tasks.

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Study Notes | ONLINE (English)

Student Activity • Attachment

Based on the Cornell note taking method, this template helps students capture key ideas on a topic. Great to use when reviewing a topic, preparing for exams, researching, or reviewing a written, visual, or oral text.

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Critical Thinking Questions - set 6

Classroom Resource • Attachment

A set of 6 wallcards with Socratic questions to encourage higher-level thinking. In English and Māori.

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Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2023

Student Activity, Online & Digital • External web

A daily set of activities to help you and your class to celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2023. Based on "Te Reo Mihi".

Ngā huiata | Webinars

Hurae White | Ngā Rautaki e Rere ai te Reo Māori

Ko tā tēnei awheawhe, he whakaatu i ētahi rautaki hei whakakōrero i ā tātou ākonga i roto i ō tātou kura. Recorded at Hui ā-Tau 2022.

Past webinar

•22 Minutes

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Dr Kathie Irwin | When Knowledge is Not Power, Then What?

Let's be clear, in the space of creating kaupapa Māori based change in the Crown Sector, knowledge is not power. Decades and decades of research, undertaken by the Crown itself, successive Waitangi Tribunal Reports, and the best academics in the country, has not created the equitable change that is long overdue. Why not? What's this about? What can we do about it? Recorded at Hui ā-Tau 2021.

Past webinar

•47 Minutes

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Waldo Houia | Taku Reo Māori

He kōrero mō ngā haerenga o Waldo i roto i te ao me te reo Māori. Recorded at Hui ā-Tau 2022.

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•45 Minutes

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Ruita Taiapa | Poipoia te Pitomata - Dyslexia Teaching Strategies

Dyslexia teaching strategies by Ruita Taiapa at Poipoia te Pitomata | Diverse Learners Symposium 2024.

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•66 minutes

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Pip Rimene & Mike Styles - Dyslexia | What Now?

Nō te tau 2022 i kaha aro mātou ki tētahi o ā mātou tama, ka mutu, he nui anō tā mātou urupounamu atu ki a mātou anō mō te āhua o ana matea ako. Ko tā mātou i whakatau ai, he tamaiti takiwā tēnei, ā, nāwai rā ka toro atu mātou ki te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, ki te kaimātai hauora hinengaro, kia whakamātauhia ā-ōkawatia nei te tamaiti nei. Ko tā rātou, ka toru tau pea te roa o tā mātou tatari kia whakamātauria te tamaiti nei. Nā, ka hōhā mārika mātou i runga anō i te whakaaro, e kore e taea te tatari mō ngā tau e toru i tēnei ao mātauranga nei! Nō muri mai i tēnei ka toro atu mātou ki tētahi nō te hapori whānui, ā, ka utua ia ki te mahi i āna mahi. I tika tā mātou i whakatau ai mō te takiwātanga, heoi, he matea ako anō i ara ake, ā, ko te tīpaopao kupu tērā. I toro atu mātou ki a SPELD, ki ētahi atu anō hoki kia tautoko i te tamaiti nei, engari kāore ā rātou rauemi reo Māori. Nā konei i waihanga ai mātou i tā mātou ake rauemi, ā, koinei te kaupapa o te kōrero nei. We are grateful to Kahu Pūtoi who have made this webinar available to Ako Panuku kaiako.

Past webinar

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Jessica Hita & Tuhoro Paki - Takiwātanga From a Te Ao Māori Perspective

Jessica Hita and Tuhoro Paki are mātua to a taonga takiwātanga, Te Aurere, who ignited their passion to work in this space more. Jess is a Treaty Lawyer and a strong advocate within the wider whai kaha community, being involved in Enabling Good Lives Waikato. Tuhoro is a Policy and Strategy Manager at Waikato-Tainui and is passionate about supporting and realising the aspirations of whānau, marae, hapū and iwi. As mātua to a taonga takiwātanga, Jessica and Tuhoro share their lived experience of living with takiwātanga and how whānau and professionals can incorporate more inclusive practices through a te ao Māori lens. We are grateful to Kahu Pūtoi who have made this webinar available to Ako Panuku kaiako.

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Ngā Kāhui | Communities

Te Kāhui Kaiako Reo Māori | Te Reo Māori Community

Te Kāhui Kaiako Reo Māori is a national network of kaiako who share an interest in the teaching and learning of te reo Māori.

Te Kāhui Kaiako Pūtaiao | Pūtaiao Community

Te Kāhui Kaiako Pūtaiao is a national network of kaiako who share an interest in promoting science through a Māori worldview.

Te Pōkai Kākākura | Leadership Community

Te Pōkai Kākākura is a national network of Māori leaders and kaiako who want to develop their leadership capability.

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