... evaluates how Māori, Aboriginal and other Indigenous peoples were variably incorporated or marginalised in these educational discourses. Design/methodology/approach This discourse analysis evaluates a sample of civics textbooks circulated in Australia and New Zealand between 1880 and 1920...

...Shef Rogers Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the cultural implications of James Henry Pope’s selection of fables for his 1886 Native School Reader designed to teach English to Māori students in Native Schools. Design/methodology/approach The essay takes a historical...

...Peter Rushbrook; Rachel Standfield Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the theme of centre and periphery in education through a study of the views and actions of the Reverend Samuel Marsden, New South Wales colonial chaplain, in relation to the education of Aboriginal people and Māori...