Coulter Sarah-Kay
Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
N Z J Educ Stud. 2023;58(1):31-45. doi: 10.1007/s40841-023-00283-6. Epub 2023 Apr 6.
There is a conflict between the claims of Māori sovereignty and the imposition of State legislation on Māori children. This conflict of interest has been given very little consideration in the public sphere. This research-informed article speculates that despite legislation ensuring that education attendance is fixed as a legal obligation for all Primary and Secondary aged children, there is urgency to address if conceivably this is a deeply flawed assumption as it contradicts notions of tribal sovereignty. Cautiously, this article does not romanticise past positioning of Māori peoples, nor makes claims to indigenous righteousness, rather moves to suggest that State-led education belongs part of positive outcomes for Māori, however there must be negotiation to the terms and expectations for education attendance. This paper is a catalyst for future orientated discussion aiming to broaden what education can move to become in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
毛利人主权主张与国家法律对毛利儿童的强制实施之间存在冲突。这种利益冲突在公共领域很少得到考虑。这篇基于研究的文章推测，尽管有立法确保所有中小学适龄儿童的入学是一项法定义务，但如果可以想象这是一个存在严重缺陷的假设，因为它与部落主权概念相矛盾，那么就迫切需要解决。谨慎地说，本文既没有美化毛利人过去的立场，也没有宣称本土的正义，而是提出国家主导的教育属于毛利人积极成果的一部分，然而，必须就入学的条件和期望进行协商。本文是旨在拓宽新西兰奥塔哥教育未来发展方向的讨论的催化剂。
