Acknowledgements

Ko te kairapu, ko ia te kite
He who seeks will find

Ngä mihi kau ana ki ngä kura nö Tamaki Makaurau, nö Waikato hoki, me te tütakinga i tënei mahi hei huarahi anö mö o tätou kaiako, ngä whänau me a tätou tamariki mokopuna.

Ko ngä ringawera mö te mahi rangahau ko

Cath Rau, Researcher, Kia Ata Mai Educational Trust
Iria Whiu, Researcher, Kia Ata Mai Educational Trust
Hone Thomson, IT support, Kia Ata Mai Educational Trust
Ted Glynn, Advisor, Waikato College of Education
Wharehuia Milroy, Advisor, University of Waikato

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