He Awa Ara Rau

A Journey of Many Paths

The journey of our rangatahi Māori through the education system can be likened to paddling a waka down a braided river. New research (BERL, 2019) has tracked two cohorts of rangatahi from 11 to 22 years old (49,476) and 13 to 25 years old (29,898). This report summarises this research to tell the story of 100 rangatahi Māori starting their journey on the awa.

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