Digital Resource Library Search

These resources, from the Treaty and anti-racism movements, relate to events and actions from the 1960s to the present day. They come from a number of collections being held by TRC that are presently being digitised.

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Title Primary author Content description Table of contents
What's keeping them back?!: life choices and life chances Sultana, Ronald "What (and who) keeps Maori students back? Why do they consistently 'choose' second and third best? In this race (there is, of course, a larger question, should there be a race? for positions in a stratified and unequal society, do all New Zealand students compete under the same conditions, or are some carrying burdens which will slow them down, leaving only the 'rubbish jobs' or a 'no vacancy' sign at the end of the run? Why do so many Maori students drop out of the race? Are they just 'dumb', 'unmotivated', or have they made a realistic judgement about their chances and have preferred to go another way rather than suffer the humiliation of arriving last past the post?"
Where do you stand on Maori land Wellington Tenths Trust; Network Waitangi

Apart from the booklet Where do you stand on Maori Land? This resource kit also includes: Signing the Treaty of Waitangi in Wellington; George Thomas Clayton; He Whakaputanga o Te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni = The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand 28 October 1835; Te Tiriti o Waitangi articles in Te Reo Maori and English; copy of facsimile of The Treaty of Waitangi; May-where the Treaty was signed; Te Whanganui a Tara in 1840; Maori world organisation ; Suggested Bibliography and resources
WHICH girls are 'Learning to Lose'? Gender, Class, Race in the Classroom. Jones, Alison Alison Jones challenges Dale Spenders' assumption that power dynamics in single sex schools give girls the 'chance to speak' by sharing the results of an ethnographic study. She illustrates the race based discrimination girls experience in accessing the attention of the teacher and for opportunities to 'be heard'.
Whites Against Racism Shoemaker, Glen A resource kit of information for the New York based group Whites Against Racism.

Letter, Welcome and Who we Are, Building a Movement of Whites to Fight Racism, White Identity Politics: A Framework for Anti-Racist Action and Education, Policy Statement, A reading List on Racism, An Incomplete List of Groups Doings Anti Racism Work,
Why the Maori Fisheries Settlement Assets Must Be Allocated Now. Treaty Tribes Coalition "This document tells you a little about the Treaty Tribes Coalition. It backgrounds the fisheries settlement, explains how there is now only one way in which to allocate the fisheries assets and tell you about the cost of delay in transferring to Maori what today is about $700 million in fisheries assets" (pg 4).
Will it hurt?: Teaching in Maori, or Pitjantjatjara Benton, Richard "In 1990 it may be relatively easy to set up state-funded schools in New Zealand which do not teach in English. Although many countries have parallel school systems teaching in different languages, somehow, in Australia and New Zealand the idea seems strange. What are the facts about going to school in a language which is not the major language? Does it hurt?"

Research shows -- School culture and home culture -- Immersion -- Social consequences -- Congnitive consequences -- Semilingualism -- Power relationships -- Education in Maori, or Pitjantjatjara, or not? -- The Way ahead
Working Cross-Culturally unknown A worksheet list of ideas for working in a cross cultural way. Nine points are made with a further eight left to be filled (1-15).
Working papers - Course Outline NZ Studies: Cultures and Diversity Herzog, Christine Papers relate to the delivery of a course NZ Studies: Cultures and Diversity. Includes course overview, activities and notes, session unit breakdown and assessment criteria.
You and the New Zealand Health Care System: Treaty of Waitangi Te Tari Matauranga Maori A course outline delivering Treaty eduction to health workers. The course stated purpose include participants being able to identify the meaning of the articles of the Treaty of Waitangi and identify social conditions of the signatories.

Purpose of the course, Assessment, Delivery of the course, Sessions and Content
Your Treaty Rights are Under Threat! Te kawariki A briefing paper including recommendations to a hui (unknown event)opposing the Crown's proposed fiscal envelope for Treaty Settlements.

The Settlement of Treaty Claims, The Crown Proposal, The Maori Negotiators Deal, The Alternative, Recommendations

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