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x, 226 pages
illustrations (some colour), portraits.
Contents: Foreword: Keeping a decolonising agenda to the forefront / Linda Tuhiawi Smith -- Introduction: Kaupapa Māori in action: Education, research and practice / Jenny lee-Morgan and Jessica Hutchings -- Part 1: Māori in education ; 1. Reclaiming Māori education / Ranginui Walker -- 2. Decolonising education / Moana Jackson -- 3. Te Harinui: Civilising the Māori with school and church / Ani Mikaere -- 4. Ko te mana motuhaka, ake ake, ake!: Reclaiming education for Waikato-Tainui / Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai -- 5. Marae-ā-kura: A culturally specific decolonising strategy in schools / Jenny Lee-Morgan -- 6. Reflections from the trenches: Decolonising hearts and minds in Aoteroa / Takawai Murphy -- 7. Matike Mai Aotearoa! The power of youth-led decolonisation education / Veronica Tawhai -- Part 2: Māori in research ; 8. Positioning ourselves within kaupapa Māori research / Leonie Pihama -- 9. Native agents: Navigating indigenous research across the borders / Mera Lee-Penehira -- 10. Ngā Whiringa Muka: Decolonising research in Whanganui Iwi / Āneta Hinemihi Rāwiri -- Part 3: Māori in practice ; 11. Ūkaipō: Decolonisation and Māori maternities / Naomi Simmonds and Kirsten Gabel -- 12. Decolonising dreams and Māori television / Jo Smith -- 13. Bringing Māori food politics to the table: Decolonising food knowledge / Jessica Hutchings -- 14. Te Awa Atua: Menstruation, whakapapa and the revival of matrilineal Māori ceremony / Ngahuia Murphy -- 15. Ka puta rā koe kit e whai ao kit e ao mārama: Where do babies come from? / Debbie Broughton.
Summary: A key premise is that colonisation excludes holistic and Māori experiences and ways of knowing, and continues to assert a deep influence on knowledge systems and ways of living and being, and that efforts to combat its impact must be broad and comprehensive.The book presents a kaupapa Māori and decolonised agenda for Māori education ... divided into three sections: Māori in education, Māori in research and Māori in practice.