“I don’t think we’ve even scratched the surface of our ability to educate through a te ao Māori lens. You only have to look at the amazing results in kura kaupapa Māori for the 3 percent of Māori who attend those kura.” — Bruce Jepsen, Te Akatea (Māori Principals Association)
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“Our class had a reputation for burning through English teachers like a bonfire does kindling and twigs. One term, we had four English teachers. Some teachers stopped teaching our class. Others left the school completely after their time with us.” — Te Kahu Rolleston.
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“I did not want to go home. Because I knew that when I went home someone was going to be angry, someone was going to fight, and someone was going to get hurt.”
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“Their idea was to send me to school to beat other kids up — and that didn’t go down too well with the teachers.”
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