Dr Ann Milne asks us to think about what community and collaboration look like for the learners our system marginalises and minoritises. When we talk about educational success "as Māori", what does this actually mean and how do our institutionalised practices and solutions actually work against this goal?

Dr Ann Milne is the former principal of Kia Aroha College, a special-character, bilingual, secondary school in Otara, South Auckland.