Addressing rangatahi education: Challenges after COVID-19

A partnership report by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures has examined how the COVID-19 lockdown has impacted on young Māori students’ educational experiences.

Addressing rangatahi education: Challenges after COVID-19 reports on the challenges faced by many whānau on the wrong side of the digital divide, and provides recommendations for how the disparities can be addressed.

Read the report here

See also:

• Media release
• RNZ Morning Report: Māori students faced unequal access to tech over lockdown – report (6’49” interview with Rangimarie Hunia) | Accompanying article: As Māori students faced education inequality during lockdown, iwi stepped up – report
• Waatea News: COVID catches students in digital divide
• School News: Addressing Rangatahi education challenges after COVID-19
• Stuff: Coronavirus made our education system even more unequal, leaders say
• Te Ao Māori News (Māori Television): Rangatahi Māori faced unequal access to technology – Covid report (7’48” interview with Te Kurataiaho Kapea)
• Newsroom: ‘Digital divide’ lays education inequality bare (report summary by co-authors Rangimarie Hunia, Stuart McNaughton and Rochelle Menzies)