Resources

Here you’ll find a range of resources to support your Unteach Racism journey to identify and confront racism. 

How to use

Resources are organised into the key Unteach Racism concepts that you'll encounter in the Unteach Racism app.

​These have been developed by the Teaching Council with guidance from teachers and expert agencies, to support you to identify racism and be confident to confront racism.​

​The Teaching Council will work closely with the profession in the development of the dismantle phase. If you would like to be involved in this kaupapa email us on [email protected].

You can also sign up to the Unteach Racism newsletter for updates on when new resources – including the dismantle phase, become available.  ​

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Unteach Racism ➜

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Low Self-Belief ➜

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Low Expectations ➜

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Harmful Assumptions ➜

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Racist Exchanges ➜

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Exclusion ➜

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Assumed Superiority ➜

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Equal Treatment as Equality ➜

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Unteach Racism School Leader Stories Project

The Unteach Racism School Leader Stories Project shares teachers’ stories to inspire the profession to join the movement to Unteach Racism. We do this by gathering stories about what teachers and leaders have done to address racism in their setting (kura, school, ECE service, community). The challenges they encountered, how they overcame those challenges and the impact of what they did. The stories form a series of ‘case-studies’ that we hope will encourage leaders to reflect on how aspects of the story could relate to them in their setting and inspire them to take steps towards change. ​

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Unteach Racism School Leader Stories: Frankley School

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We appreciate that every person is different in how they like to engage with resources such as these.  We suggest that if you want to do a little more than just watch the video, you may wish to pause the video at key points and engage with the questions below. This may also be something you could do in a meeting with your leaders or staff.

However, if you would like to engage in an even simpler way, before you start watching, grab a piece of paper and draw a T-chart on it. In the top of the left hand column, write ‘hearts’. And in the top of the right hand column, write ‘minds’. As you watch, note down which actions were about changing the hearts and which were about changing the minds of those involved.

Then consider what the key takeaways were for you about how and why change was embraced by Frankley school.

Download reflection questions:
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For time stamped, quick reflection questions:
Quick reflection questions PDF (100KB)

For time stamped, deeper reflection questions, that also have links to research:
​Deeper reflection questions PDF (112KB)

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Unteach Racism: webinar series 01 

​This webinar is designed to support kaiako to know more about Unteach Racism, how it came about, and what is included in the resource kete. It will also help you and your setting to start the Unteach Racism journey.

Unteach Racism: webinar series 01 PPT (39.6MB)

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​Instructions: To view the PPT and recording, once open please select ‘Slideshow’ from the top panel, then click on ‘From Beginning’. Simply click on your keyboard space bar to move to the next slide and to watch the video on Slide 2.

Transcript: If you would like view the PPT with a transcript please use the ‘Home’ view that opens in PPT. Manually click through each slide. To hear the recording hover over the ‘Sound’ icon shown on each slide which prompts the sound tool to appear. Click play - this is required on every slide.

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Race Unity Speech Awards 2024
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The Race Unity Speech Awards are a platform for senior high school students to express their ideas on how we can improve race relations in Aotearoa. 

The awards took place in May 2024, with the theme ‘Te Taura Tangata: The Rope of Unity.’ This theme symbolizes the idea that when people come together from different backgrounds, they form a stronger, more resilient bond that can withstand the challenges of social division and build social cohesion. Just as the intertwining strands of a rope create a unified, cohesive whole that is stronger than each individual strand, unity among people creates a stronger unified society.

This year’s winner, and recipient of the Tohu Raukura ā-Motu – New Zealand Police National Champion’s Award, is Jessica Tupai, Year 12 from Wellington’s St Mary’s College. She also received the Tohu Auahatanga - Speech NZ Award for Delivery, and the Tohu Māramatanga - Bahá’í Community Award for Insight - providing deep insights into how we can bring about the oneness of humanity in Aotearoa.

In her speech, Jessica draws from her Samoan heritage with the proverb, ‘E so’o le fau I fau: to connect one fibre with another’ to explain that a single thread of the rope cannot hold its own – the rope’s strength comes from being woven with others.

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Race Unity Speech Awards 2023
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The Race Unity Speech Awards are a platform for senior high school students to express their ideas on how we can improve race relations in Aotearoa. 

​The Race Unity Speech Awards took place in June 2023, with the theme ‘Awhihia Te Rito: Nurture the Young’. Speeches encompassed the concept that each new generation holds the promise of a future free from racism. They state that to build race unity we need to nurture and support children and young people, protecting them from the influence of racism and fostering their love for diversity, equity and justice.

Gargi Vaidya, a Year 12 from Rotorua’s John Paul College, won the Tohu Aumangea - Hedi Moani Memorial Award for Advocacy – for demonstrating how to stand up for our rights and the rights of others, Race Unity Speech Awards 2023. She stated, ‘go forward as one, embracing each other despite our differences is a moral obligation we all have’.

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