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250 years after Captain Cook's arrival, we still can't be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at the time

  • Written by: Simon Chapple, Director, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
250 years after Captain Cook's arrival, we still can't be sure how many Māori lived in Aotearoa at the timeCaptain James Cook sailed the Endeavour off New Zealand's east coast in 1769.from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-ND

Two hundred and fifty years ago this year, James Cook’s ship the Endeavourarrived off the eastern coast of New Zealand. The following circumnavigation marked the beginning of ongoing European contact with the indigenous population,...

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Mark Zuckerberg's admiration for Emperor Augustus is misplaced. Here's why

  • Written by: Frederik Juliaan Vervaet, Associate Professor of Ancient History, University of Melbourne
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On his 2012 honeymoon to Rome, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took so many photos of the Roman Emperor Augustus’s sculptures that his wife joked it was like there were three people on the honeymoon. The couple even named their second daughter August.

Explaining his fascination for Rome’s first emperor, Zuckerberg recently t...

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Six ways to support new teachers to stay in the profession

  • Written by: Dr Suzanne Hudson, School Director, Professional Experience, Southern Cross University
Six ways to support new teachers to stay in the professionIt's in everyone’s best interest to have high quality teachers.www.shutterstock.com

Teaching is hard. Staying in the teaching profession can sometimes be even harder. There’s a lack of national data about attrition, but the Queensland College of Teachers estimates anywhere between 8-50% of new teachers leave the profession within the...

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Five key values of strong Māori leadership

  • Written by: Dr Maree Roche, Senior Lecturer and Co Director - Leadership Unit, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato
Five key values of strong Māori leadershipKey values in Māori leadership include a concern for past and future generations. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND

As the indigenous people of New Zealand/Aotearoa, Māori are facing a renaissance of culture, despite a long history of colonisation and cultural deprivation. Traditional Māori world views are central to this, and they...

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