waiariki agricultural collaboration ngā ringa raupa o pikiao

Partnership Taratahi - Ngati Pikiao - Te Wānanga o Aotearoa

Waiariki Agricultural Collaboration Ngā ringa raupa o pikiao

Building Māori participation and success in tertiary vocational agriculture


Background Project is iwi driven from within Waiariki rohe

Incorporations & Trusts• Tautara Matawhaurua • Wairenga• Kahukiwi

Seeking Pathways Growing Land Interests Desire to lead their future


Evidence Based Need

Māori Employment in Primary Sector• Number of Māori in workforce decreases as ownership interests

increase• 8% of Māori in dairy sector, 63% with no post school qualifications• Barriers to entry• Poor public and whānau perception


Our Response

A solution that comes from the articulation of the Maori community, to increase Maori participation and success in the agricultural sector.

Pikiao Trusts

TaratahiTWoA

Identifing the partners needed to address the kaupapa


Waiariki Agricultural Collaboration – an iwi led solution

•Develop and implement a collaborative iwi led, provider supported, ākonga centric model

Multi-dimensional•Affirms Māori ways of knowing, cultural traditions and values•Inclusive Curriculum•Effective Teaching & Learning environments and approaches

Programme & Pastoral Care Design

•Teaching Practice informed by research and disseminatedCommunity Led, Research Driven


Mixing the ingredients

•Ngati Pikiao Affiliated Trusts & Incorporations•Tautara Matawhaurua, Wairenga, Kahukiwi

Iwi

•Existing vocational programmesTWoA•Analysis of Māori retention •Pastoral care and support mechanisms•Teaching and learning strategies

Taratahi

•Models of Māori and Indigenous retention and success in primary sectorLiterature

Review

Same student - Different day


What have we got?

Ngati Pikiao has a need (so do other iwi) Taratahi understands vocational agricultural training TWOA understands Maori learner engagement


What are we going to try?

•Identify specific teaching practices that lead to higher levels of achievement for TWoA Tauira.

Pilot Development

•Envisaged as a ‘taster programme’•Pilot group of staff and students•Determine whether those practices

can be “learned”.

Pilot Delivery

•Build a programme•Determine whether those practices

can be applied in settings not currently offered by TWoA.

Develop Intervention


The land supports us

A programme that embeds farming skills into other aspects of life and interacts with family, friends and the environment. The purpose is to combine relevance and reward with purpose. It should focus on

the future whilst using the wisdom of the past.

Kai Farm Whānau Respect Purpose To help the student understand where food comes from and why nutrition is important.

Purpose The student will learn a range of skills that will enable them to contribute to farming operations.

Purpose To help the student understand how tāngata whenua survive and prosper via the land.

Purpose To help the student that in return we must support and maintain the land responsibly.


Our Approach to Measurement

All aspects of the project is an iterative process to measure success in teaching and learning

Must be inclusiveness, working with Māori communities to define and measure success, instead of imposing pre-determined solutions

Support from the Māori community through ongoing collaboration is essential

Process and outcomes must reflect the cultural and regional distinctiveness

Indicators must be culturally relevant, responsive to community needs and grounded in research.


Indicators that the model is “alive”Deeper connection to Tauira

Regular feedback and reinforcement loopsIntegral part of pastoral care model

Create, communicate and realise aspirationsEmployment prospects (virtuous loop)

Comprehensive pathwaysMultiple planning horizonsWhole of life success measuresMulti dimensional funding sources and policy support

Real and credibleAccept and respect differences in ways of expression,

communication, lifestyle, background of TauiraBelong to the communities they work within

Develop community based solutions drawing on collective skills, knowledge and experience

Maintaining minimal financial barriersCelebrating success of future leaders

Engaging in traditional practices relating to knowledge sharing

waiariki agricultural collaboration ngā ringa raupa o pikiao

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