Māori children learning te reo better in low decile schools

Children from low and mid-decile schools have recorded the highest average scores in a national test of te reo Māori. The National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement assessed children in Years 4 and 8 in 2016. It says by Year 8 the average scores for children from low-decile schools were two years ahead of those from high-decile schools. Myles Ferris is from Te Akatea, the association of Māori school principals. He discusses the issue with Guyon Espiner.