This study examines the ways that whānau (extended family) believe they, and teachers, can best support ākonga (learners) to successfully navigate their educational experiences and contexts both at school and at home.

This report focuses on the perspectives of whānau Pasifika as they express their attitudes and beliefs about what success looks like for their tamariki and why success is important. It employs the Indigenous practice of wayfinding to frame discussions of success through a range of values whānau Pasifika hold, and supportive characteristics they enact that...