"Barbara Harrison is Assistant Professor in the College of Human and Rural Development of the University of Alaska, at Fairbanks. During1986, she spent several months at the University of Waikato. As she tells readers, cross-cultural training programmes preparing for teaching in both the Alaskan indigenous communities and in urban classrooms have existed for 16 years."

Hana Tukukino, in this paper, discusses child abuse in Maori families; that violence need not be physical and asks, who is the abuser and who is the victim. She argues Maori family as the victim and Dominant culture - the abuser.

"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?"

"In its recently published discussion paper "Partnership perspectives (He Tirohanga Rangapu) the Government set out its principal objectives in the Maori affairs area. They include: Honouring the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi to protect the Maori interests specified in the Treaty; Eliminating the gaps which exist between the educational personal, social, economic and cultural well-being of Maori people and that of the general population; Dealing fairly, justly and expeditiously with breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi; Providing for Maori language and culture to receive an equitable allocation of resources and a fair opportunity to develop; Promoting decision making which provides opportunities for Maori people to participate on jointly agreed terms in such policy formulation and service delivery; Encouraging Maori participation in the political process."