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Unbecoming? Aotearoa, He Ao Māori

Aotearoa Is a Māori Realm

Georgina Tuari Stewart

We need to keep discussing how biculturalism provokes and challenges education in Aotearoa New Zealand, and as philosophers of education, it’s appropriate for us to maintain a self-reflexive focus on our own discipline. This column continues investigating bicultural education in Aotearoa New Zealand by looking through the lens of Māori philosophy to read and respond […]

Full Citation Information:
Stewart, G. T. (2025). Unbecoming? Aotearoa, He Ao Māori: Aotearoa Is a Māori Realm. PESA Agora. https://pesaagora.com/columns/unbecoming-aotearoa-he-ao-maori/

Georgina Tuari Stewart

Georgina Tuari Stewart (ko Whakarārā te maunga, ko Matauri te moana, ko Te Tāpui te marae, ko Ngāpuhi-nui-tonu te iwi) is Professor of Māori Philosophy of Education in Te Ara Poutama, Auckland University of Technology, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. She is the author of Māori Philosophy: Indigenous thinking from Aotearoa, which introduces Māori philosophy as a Kaupapa Māori approach to studying Māori knowledge.

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The legacy of Education To Be More for early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand

Andrew Gibbons

In 1980, Geraldine McDonald wrote: ‘Measures to promote the rights of children are frequently disguised ways of controlling the role of women.’ McDonald’s challenge to policymakers is cited in the 1988 report of the Early Childhood Care and Education Working Group, Education To Be More (a.k.a. the Meade Report). It’s on page 40, in a […]

Andrew Gibbons

Andrew is a Fellow of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia. He is an associate editor of Educational Philosophy and Theory and bass player for Ocean Beach.