Faculty of Education and Social Work academics’ books among 150 most important Māori publications
23 October 2018
Five non-fiction works by three academics from the Faculty of Education and Social Work made it to Te Takarangi, a collection of the 150 most important Māori-led non-fiction publications of our time, which was curated by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) and Royal Society Te Apārangi.
The following works authored or co-authored by Associate Professor Melinda Webber, Professor Alison Jones and Dr Te Kawehau Hoskins, all from Te Puna Wānanga, the School of Māori and Indigenous Education, were among the books that made it to the prestigious list:
- Mana Tangatarua: Mixed heritages and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand – Zarine Rocha and Melinda Webber (2017)
- Critical conversations in kaupapa Māori – Te Kawehau Hoskins and Alison Jones (2017)
- Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds – Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins (2017)
- Sociocultural Realities: Exploring New Horizons - Angus McFarlane, Sonja McFarlane and Melinda Webber (2015)
- He Kōrero: Words Between Us; First Māori–Pākehā Conversations on Paper—Alison Jones and Kuni Jenkins (2011)
Te Takarangi evidences that Māori have been engaged in scholarship for as long as Pākehā in Aotearoa.
From the first book published about the Māori language in 1815, A Korao [kōrero] no New Zealand (The New Zealander’s first book), to recent publications led by emerging Māori scholars, the collection represented the voices of Māori leaders, thinkers, authors and researchers across time and genres. It also acknowledges the mātauranga and inspirational Māori voices that shape and inform scholarly debate in Aotearoa New Zealand.
“Te Takarangi evidences that Māori have been engaged in scholarship for as long as Pākehā in Aotearoa. I’m really proud to be included and to have provided space for Māori voice on topics of importance to education in my edited collections” Melinda says.
“We have a lot of emerging and indigenous scholars across Aotearoa New Zealand and there’s always more room for Māori perspectives and Māori voice.”
The list of 150 books has been curated by Co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Professor Jacinta Ruru, Jeanette Wikaira and Associate Professor Angela Wanhalla.
Last week, on the occasion of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s 15th anniversary and the Royal Society Te Apārangi’s 150th anniversary, the books and their authors were celebrated and acknowledged at a ceremony in Wellington. The event was attended by Hon Willie Jackson, Associate Minister of Māori Development, and Sir Tipene O’Regan, the project’s patron.