This article illustrates the story of a primary school in South Auckland, New Zealand, considering the state of well-being of its pupils. Situated in a deprived area with many people living in poverty, parts of the community caught in inter-gang rivalry, some children consider the school environment to be a safer place to be. Elements of the early…

Utilizes information gathered from archival and other documentary sources to develop greater understanding of the ways in which New Zealand's Native School system operated and was perceived by the Maori communities. Gives voice to former pupils of the Native Schools by establishing an oral-history database of their experiences within the school…

In Aotearoa New Zealand journeys of discovery and colonization were also scientific journeys that brought "Maori woman" under the intellectual control of the emerging "scientific" academy. This paper argues that the historical construction of "Maori woman" through the discourses of Enlightenment science continues to…