Category: Conferences

  • Māori Principles Into our Teaching Practice

    Māori Principles Into our Teaching Practice

    Article written by Benjamin Lau As a kaiako tauiwi, (non-Māori teacher), I am manuhiri (a visitor) to Te ao Māori. At our recent MENZA conference, I presented on the topic […]

  • Nurturing Musical & Expressive Musicians

    Nurturing Musical & Expressive Musicians

    Article written by Edith Poon

  • Advocacy for Music Education in Aotearoa

    Advocacy for Music Education in Aotearoa

    Article by Jeremy Winter, Linda Webb, Helen Willberg & Catherine Gibbs We must advocate for music education because it matters. This article is an abridgement of a more comprehensive paper […]

  • The Remedy Project: Exploring First Nations Music

    The Remedy Project: Exploring First Nations Music

    Article by: Glenn Barry Presenters Naomi Sunderland (Griffith University), Kristy Apps (Griffith University), and Glen Barry (Griffith University) are sharing about The Remedy Project: Exploring First Nations music as a […]

  • Arts Funding in Aotearoa – Annie Hill

    Arts Funding in Aotearoa – Annie Hill

    As those working in the arts sector know, it’s difficult to raise money for creative projects and the small pool of funding means that sometimes very worthwhile initiatives lose out. […]

  • Connecting Within & Across – Anita Collins

    Connecting Within & Across – Anita Collins

    I like and hate conference themes. I think they are great anchors for me to build their thoughts around, and they can also be so broad that I struggle to […]

  • MENZA CONFERENCE 2023 – Overview

    MENZA CONFERENCE 2023 – Overview

    From 1-4 October 2023 around 130 teachers from Early Childhood up to Tertiary spent time together at the MENZA conference 2023.

  • Postponed: MENZA October 2022 Wānanga

    Kia ora e te whanau Our October wānanga has been postponed due to the many marae renovations happening in Kirikiriroa. We will update you on our next Wānanga when a […]

  • MENZA-TENZ conference and PSTC announcements

    MENZA-TENZ conference and PSTC announcements

    SAVE THE DATE ! Music and Digital Technologies: Practical ideas for the primary classroom Thursday 16 and Friday 17 July in Auckland (Location to be confirmed) A TRCC SPONSORED EVENT […]

  • Submissions for Abstracts and Registrations for PSTC, 2020

    Submissions for Abstracts and Registrations for PSTC, 2020

    New Zealand Primary School Teachers’ Conference April 16-17, 2020, St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland. Submission for Abstracts closes December 20th. https://menza.co.nz/event/primary-school-teachers-conference-2020/ Nāku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te […]