The result reported for 2013 measure 1.1 relates to the number of tauira that completed their first year of the
inaugural offering of He Waka Hiringa. We look forward to seeing our tauira graduate in 2014 after completing
rangahau projects that will positively benefit their chosen communities.
We were pleased that the New Zealand Qualifications Authority recognised the value of qualifications at Te
Wānanga o Aotearoa and allocated a rating of highly confident in educational performance and confident in
capability in self-assessment. These ratings acknowledge our sustained focus on improving the experience of
our tauira and ensuring that they have the tools to succeed.
Although kaimahi continued to increase their capability in rangahau, the target of 200 outputs was not
achieved (measure 1.2). The variance of 15 outputs is acceptable within our planning process and represents
a shift in focus to ensuring kaimahi gain higher academic qualifications.
The variance between the number of rangahau outputs produced in 2012 and those produced in 2013 is a
result of a large number of kaimahi preparing rangahau papers for the World Indigenous Peoples Conference
on Education.
Impact measures
Impacts are realised over the medium-term and represent the progress towards achieving our outcome of
nurturing and enhancing mātauranga Māori. The focus of these impacts is to strengthen the development and
quality of mātauranga Māori and its dissemination to other people.
In 2013, we achieved two of the four impact measures we set for ourselves. We were especially proud of
our tauira that achieved high qualification completion rates (measure 1.9) and of those tauira who chose to
participate in mātauranga Māori programmes (measure 1.10). The following table shows mātauranga Māori
impact measures, targets and results.
# Impact
Measure
Achieved
2012
Achieved
2013
Target
2013
Target
2014
1.7 Rangahau is
respected and
credible.
Number of research outputs published in peer
reviewed journals or delivered at conferences.
113
88
Increase Increase
1.8 Te Wānanga
o Aotearoa is
respected by
indigenous
communities.
Number of Māori and indigenous people
travelling to Te Wānanga o Aotearoa to build
their knowledge of mātauranga Māori and/or
indigenous education.
5 groups
2 groups
Increase Increase
1.9 All New
Zealanders are
motivated to
engage with
mātauranga Māori.
Successful qualification completion for
mātauranga Māori programmes.
67% 80% 69% 72%
1.10
Proportion of tauira engaging in mātauranga
Māori programmes at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
(programmes that sit in the mātauranga Māori
pathway, including reo).
50% 45% 31% 31%
In 2013, we achieved 88 research outputs (measure 1.7) that were published in peer reviewed journals or
delivered at conferences. We did not achieve the target which was to increase the number of outputs from the
2012 baseline of 113 as we shifted focus to ensuring kaimahi were gaining higher academic qualifications. In
2013, we increased the number of staff undertaking academic training by 117%.
The target for measure 1.8 was not achieved as we did not increase the number of groups travelling to Te
Wānanga o Aotearoa. The two groups that did visit us were students from the Native American Community
Academy (public charter school in Albuquerque, USA) and a group of Ainu from Ainumosir Japan.
As in the past, we continued to increase the successful qualification completion in mātauranga Māori
programmes (measure 1.9) and exceeded the target by 11%. This high rate reflects our continued focus on
providing the academic and pastoral support that assists tauira to be successful.
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