Dungala Kaiela Oration 2022

In this 14th year of the Dungala Kaiela Oration, were delighted and honoured to have esteemed international educator Professor Wiremu Doherty, Chief Executive at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in Aotearoa/New Zealand speak to us on the importance of Indigenous knowledges, prosperity and productivity.

​Indigenous knowledge is a leading edge to building and enhancing an intergenerational economy. Within the New Zealand tertiary education context, the Wānanga (universities) have been operating for four decades, building on from the early language nests – kohanga reo from the 70s, and the total immersion schooling that followed. Having a pathway for students to complete their formal schooling and tertiary provision immersed entirely in Māori for 40 years is having a positive impact on workforce development in New Zealand. No longer is the notion of educational excellence dialectically opposed to Indigenous excellence.