Kia Manawaroa

Ko te kaupapa matua o Kia Manawaroa, he whakapāho pānui mo ngā whānau Māori me ā rātou tamariki e noho ana ki raro i te tawharau o Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Kia Manawaroa is the Ministry's pānui for whānau Māori with children in the education system.

On this page:

• Subscribe
• What is Kia Manawaroa?
• Writing principles for Kia Manawaroa
• Submit an article
• Photos and videos
• Dates and deadlines
• Explore earlier issues

Read the latest issue

Read the full issue of Kia Manawaroa 12 April 2024(external link)

In this issue we have articles about:

• Ngarimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarships and Awards 2024
• New Ngarimu Waiata Composition Competition open now
• Te Rūnanga Nui o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori celebrates 30 years
• Manarahi Kī-o-Rahi Kura Tuarua 2024
• E tuwhera ana ngā rēhitatanga mō Toi Reo Māori
• Further NCEA changes delayed to 2028 and 2029
• Whānau Matters Episode 10: Time and Attention
• Whānau wellbeing and support

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What is Kia Manawaroa?

Kia Manawaroa is the Ministry’s dedicated pānui for whānau Māori.

It is sent monthly via email over the school term to a growing audience of subscribers, published to this website, and shared via the Ministry’s social media channels.

Kia Manawaroa is about:

• Opportunities, changes, and milestones in education.
• Celebrating Māori success as Māori.
• Promoting and normalising te reo Māori.

We keep an eye on a range of channels so we can offer timely and accurate info about news and updates in the education space.

We usually tie these updates into our regular pānui. But if there's something urgent for whānau to know about, we'll write a special issue.

Submit an article

If you have a contribution for Kia Manawaroa, read all the guidance below and send your draft content to kia.manawaroa@education.govt.nz. 

Writing principles for Kia Manawaroa

• We share information that is practical and helpful.
• We talk to whānau, not about whānau.
• We write in a helpful and friendly style, and avoid sector-centric language.
• We are clear about the call to action - how can whānau contribute or be involved?
• We keep it short and sweet - articles should be 200 words max.
• Articles should always have at least one photo, image, or video – with captions.

Photos and videos

All Kia Manawaroa articles need to have at least one photo, image or video.

Photo guidelines

Photos and images should be:

• very clear – not pixelated or blurred
• landscape format, not portrait(external link)
• at least 750 pixels wide
• .jpeg, .tiff, or .png file formats.

Video guidelines

If you’re including a link to a video in your article, the video should have captions for accessibility reasons.

Videos need to be should be clear, and shouldn’t be longer than 5 minutes. Ideally, videos will be 60 seconds or less.

Note: you need to ensure you’ve got permission for photos and images to be used in Kia Manawaroa before sending them through.

Dates and deadlines

Kia Manawaroa is published once a month during the school term (roughly the second Friday of the month).

Content should be emailed through to kia.manawaroa@education.govt.nz by Thursday the week before Kia Manawaroa is published.

Here are the publishing dates for 2024:

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