“As Māori (means) being able to have access to te ao Māori, the Māori world - access to language, culture, marae...tikanga...and resources...If after twelve or so years of formal education, a Māori youth was totally unprepared to interact within te ao Māori, then, no matter what else had been learned, education would have been incomplete.”
Professor Mason Durie, (2003). Ngā Kahui Pou:
