Elizabeth Rata e.rata@auckland.ac.nz August 2003 This paper was published in Public Sector, The Journal of the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand, Vol 26, No 3 September, 2003, pp. 2…

https://sites.google.com/view/lilburne-rata-archive-nz/home The Lilburne Rata Archive of New Zealand Education is a collection of school syllabus documents and associated classroom material from the 1870s to the 1970s. Our main aim in…

LEGISLATION AND HONOURING THE TREATY OF WAITANGI Introduction My name is Elizabeth Rata. I am a professor of education at the University of Auckland. This  submision draws on my expertise…

This Submission contains: I support the Draft English Curriculum (March 2025): Once finalised this curriculum will make a significant contribution to increasing educational achievement for all New Zealand students regardless…

This article was first published on Open Inquiry  http://openinquiry.nz  February 2025        The 2007 New Zealand Curriculum allows teachers and schools to decide what to teach. In this localised…

Democracy’s Pillars  The pillars are:   Each of these pillars is riven by a necessary tension – a tension arising from their inherent contradictions  – contradictions which make democracy future-oriented, progressive …

This extract about partial loyalty from Chapter 6 ‘Social Relations of Trust‘ in my 2012 book ‘The Politics of Knowledge in Education’. The objective knowledge developed in the arts, humanities,…

This article was published in The Democracy Project, 3rd October 2023  October 2023  Commentary  There are two versions of the Treaty of Waitangi.  The first is the 1840 Treaty –…

PUBLISHED: UNIVERSITY WORLD NEWS, 3 June 2023 When a university no longer commits to the principle of universalism it can neither claim, nor does it deserve, the title of university.…

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I gave this address ‘In Defence of Democracy’ to the New Zealand ACT Party Annual Conference, in Wellington and Auckland, July 2022. I want to thank David Seymour, Leader of…