NEW ZEALAND-\u201cThe answers are within us.\u201d Dr Verna Kirkness, the founder of the World Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Conference on Education (WIPCE), delivered this powerful message onstage in New Zealand this week. WIPCE 2025 saw 3,800 of the world\u2019s foremost Indigenous educators, knowledge-holders and leaders call for a new era of transformative action at the triennial conference held in Aotearoa \u2013 the M\u0101ori name for New Zealand \u2013 from 16\u201320 November. Indigenous leaders vowed to continue driving Indigenous-led solutions to the world\u2019s problems, rising above political edicts and governments of the day. WIPCE 2025 Co-Chair, Professor Meihana Durie says yesterday\u2019s close of the conference signals the beginning of a powerful new chapter for Indigenous people. \u201cAs we bring WIPCE 2025 to a close, we usher in a new era of Indigenous endeavour… <\/p>\n
NEW ZEALAND-\u201cThe answers are within us.\u201d Dr Verna Kirkness, the founder of the World Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Conference on Education (WIPCE), delivered this powerful message onstage in New Zealand this week. WIPCE 2025 saw 3,800 of the world\u2019s foremost Indigenous educators, knowledge-holders and leaders call for a new era of transformative action at the triennial conference held in Aotearoa \u2013 the M\u0101ori name for New Zealand \u2013 from 16\u201320 November. Indigenous leaders vowed to continue driving Indigenous-led solutions to the world\u2019s problems, rising above political edicts and governments of the day. WIPCE 2025 Co-Chair, Professor Meihana Durie says yesterday\u2019s close of the conference signals the beginning of a powerful new chapter for Indigenous people. \u201cAs we bring WIPCE 2025 to a close, we usher in a new era of Indigenous endeavour... <\/p>\n