2 ‘Pākehā get more money than the other cultures’
Teaching Pāsifika students with and for a social justice orientation
Introduction
Developing equity in and through education is a key issue in many countries. This includes Aotearoa (New Zealand) where the rise of neo-liberalism since the 1980s has contributed to increasing income poverty, material hardship and inequality evidenced by a divide that exists across educational, career and health outcomes based on ethnicity and gender (Duncanson et al., 2019). While New Zealand has gained international recognition for its transparent, socially progressive government since the election of Jacinda Ardern in 2017, ...
