Whaia te Ara Tika

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Whaia te Ara Tika

• Whaia te Ara Tika

Hip Hop Education Programme
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Toku Whakapapa
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Purpose for today?,

• The effectiveness of Hip Hop as a youth
  development tool, WTAT programme.
• Personal experiences and research
• Kaupapa Maaori perspective

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We all know the statistics for Maaori,

• Poor educational achievement
• Poor health statistics
• Over representation in prison populations
• Large percentage make up the mongrel mob and
  black power gangs
• High numbers of Maaori rangatahi involved in
  youth offending

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• The WTAT programme comes first and foremost
  from a Maaori kaupapa
• A strength based approach, in this case music,
  more specifically the Hip Hop culture

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The Next Hip Hop Resource
Unpack the Hip Hop culture in a way that makes it
truly unique to rangatahi living in Aotearoa
Government funded the initial research in 2003
WTAT programme being used as a case study for
the review of the research
www.thenext.org.nz
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Key Points

• The history of Hip Hop and the strong
  relationship it built with Maaori
• Practical examples of the positive avenues
• Strength based approach in schools as part
  of education, part of the curriculum a new way
  of thinking

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Enderley Park Community CentreHoliday
Programme1 5 October 2007

• Interviews of the WTAT facilitators
• Production of WTAT sound track
• Listen to the key messages

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• To simply dismiss young peoples cultural
  orientation and global connectedness is to deny
  our collective past and young peoples development
  as active, conscious global citizens in a world
  that is very different from any other part of
  human history
• Hip Hop has become the language, the culture and
  the soundtrack to many of the young people around
  the world today.
• The Next Hip Hop resource

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What is the investment?
Why?

• Superheroes

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Alter egos
Bruce Wayne

Peter Parker

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Clark Kent?

• Is Superman the alter ego of Clark Kent?...

or is Clark Kent the alter ego of Superman?...
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Alter egos
Bruce Wayne

Peter Parker

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• Name given to Superman at birth, Kal-el
• Was born on Planet Krypton
• Parents wrapped him in a blanket, is now his
  cape
• Super human abilities
• Compassionate, loving, caring and protective.

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• Who is Clark Kent?,..
• Clark Kent is who Kal-el becomes,Why?
• To fit in, not look different or standout
• Clark is clumsy, weak and unsure of himself
• His environment dictates this

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This is Kal-els costume to become Clark Kent
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Strong relevance with Maaori Rangatahi and how
they see themselves fitting into todays society

• Dysfunctional whaanau environment
• Lack of positive role models
• Low self esteem
• Poor attendance at school
• Poor educational achievement
• Opportunities in life become very limited

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My costume/patch

• Different environments that make me stronger
• Pepeha, nga tupuna planet krypton
• Maaoritanga, ta moko big red S
• Whakapapa cape, korowai
• Walk with my ancestors behind me
• Gives me the strength to the best I can be!

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So what do we do?

• Our role is to teach, guide and facilitate the
  process for our rangatahi to learn their
  whakapapa in depth
• Encourage our people to be role models for our
  rangatahi
• WTAT seeks to first and foremost find the medium
  that has the most potential for our rangatahi to
  learn their whakapapa
• Hip Hop is the medium

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• Sense of who they are, where theyre from
• Helps to build resiliency
• Providing positive experiences, opportunities
• Strong connected relationships
• Research YDSA, Te Kotahitanga
• Enhancing their protective factors
• Reducing risk factors
• First seek to understand, then to be understood
  habit 5 Seven habits of highly effective
  people

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That is the investment, backing our rangatahi to
win!
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1. The history of Hip Hop and the strong
relationship it built with Maaori

• Born out of the ghettos of the south bronx in New
  York city late 60s early 70s
• As a medium of expression and a political voice
  for Americas urban communities

Aerosol Artists
B-boy/B-girling
MCs
Dj-ing

• Global movement helping marginalised groups
  makes sense of their own communities, from
  Tanzania Uganda to Australia
• The 1980s saw Hip Hop reach Aotearoa

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When breaking hit NZ in the early 1980s
The days of the ghetto blaster
The first BOP olympics at Mount Smart Stadium
-1984
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1. The history of Hip Hop and the strong
relationship it built with Maaori

• At first it was raw imitation of what they had
  seen on T.V and in movies
• Until artists began to understand that Hip Hop
  was about their own individualism

Upper Hutt Posse (UHP) was one group that used
Hip Hop to acknowledge the atrocities derived
from the Treaty of Waitangi and formed in 1985
UHP released NZ first Rap album in 1988 E Tu
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UHP were NZs pioneer Hip Hop group
Dj P-money
Che Fu
Dam Native
4 Corners
Nesian Mystic
Native Sons
Scribe
Savage
Dj Sir-Vere
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2. Practical examples of positive avenues

• WTAT uses the positive elements from within the
  culture
• WTAT encourages participants to look at who they
  are, what they represent where they come from
• Participants are then encouraged to reinvent Hip
  Hop to make it work for them to ultimately view
  the world in a way they can understand it

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2. Practical examples of positive avenues

• From the arrival of the first Europeans to make
  contact with Maaori in the early 18th century to
  the 20th century and today, it needs to be noted
  that there has always been a difference in the
  way education is viewed by Maaori and Pakeha
• If Hip Hop can be used as a positive vehicle for
  our rangatahi then why not use it?

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2. Practical examples of positive avenues
Graffiti workshops /competitions
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2. Practical examples of positive avenues
MC workshops / competitions
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2. Practical examples of positive avenues
B-boy/B-girl workshops events
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2. Practical examples of positive avenues
Dj workshops / battles
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2. Practical examples of positive avenues

• Research has indicated that the longer we can
  keep our Maaori rangatahi in school, the better
  chance they will have in doing well in life

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3. Strength based approach in schools as part of
education, part of the curriculum - a new way of
thinking

• In 2001 the government acknowledged that there
  was an alarming number of Maaori students
  underachieving at secondary school level
• In 2002 the Te Kotahitanga research programme
  was initiated by Professor Russell Bishop
  Professor of Maaori Educaion at the School of
  Education, University of Waikato

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3. Strength based approach in schools as part of
education, part of the curriculum - a new way of
thinking
In 2003 Education Minister Trevor Mallard and
Associate Education Minister Parekura Horomia
released a report on Te Kotahitanga and were
quoted saying that the research clearly shows
that its the quality of the face-to-face
relationships and interactions between the
students and the teachers is what is making the
real difference
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3. Strength based approach in schools as part of
education, part of the curriculum - a new way of
thinking

• Before arriving I had decided that the Maaori
  students would be more kinesthetic learners.
  These things were proved correct and the
  overwhelming need for relationships to be created
  was made evident. I personally believe that some
  people forget that teaching is all about the
  students. When this purpose is lost it becomes
  impossible for positive relationships to be
  formed Joss

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Te Kotahitanga Waananga, 2002
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MenToa Consultants

• Vision
• To inspire self-belief, self-worth, and pride
  within our young Maaori men through out Aotearoa
• Mission
• To encourage our young Maaori men to realise
  their own potential through the implementation
  and delivery of specifically designed MenToa
  programmes

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• MenToa Consultants is a unique Consultancy
  business that specialises in working with Maaori
  men aged 12 years and above by providing
  programmes, training adolescent development, and
  mentoring to develop self-worth, self-belief, and
  pride.

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• MenToa consultants exists to ensure the future
  development of our Maaori men through the
  development of programmes grounded in Tikanga
  Maaori
• Mana
• Whenua
• Turangawaewae
• Whakapapa
• Whanaungatanga
• Wairua
• Atua

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Applying Tikanga Maaori to modern Maaori

• Tikanga Maaori is not all about going back to
  the past, but recognises that for many Maaori,
  Tikanga Pakeha has so far been unable to give
  them a secure framework within which to see
  themselves and the world around them positively.
  (Marsden 1992)

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Programme Development

• All the programmes that MenToa operate are
  grounded in Tikanga Maaori.
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Youth Development Strategy Aotearoa (YDSA)
• Te Whare Tapa Wha MHM
• Te Wheke - MMFTWB

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MenToa Programmes

• Whaia te Ara Tika (WTAT)
• Ngaa Tama Toa
• He Kakano

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Whaia Te Ara Tika

• Strength Based
• Positive opportunities
• Positive experiences
• Works with groups

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• Mau Rakau
• Haka
• Waiata
• Marae Waananga
• Kiingitanga
• Kaitiaki Adventures
• Parihaka

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• Ngaa Tama Toa
• Proud history of Maaori men
• Forefront of change
• Intensive two day programme

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• He Kakano
• Focused on the needs of the individual
• Centered around the young man and their Whaanau
• Whaanau involvement crucial
• MenToa Consultants provide the Mentoring

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• Currently working in,
• High Schools
• Intermediate Schools
• CYFs
• CAMHS
• Alternative Education settings

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www.chillinsounds.co.nz
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