A kaupapa Māori critique of digital resources for pāngarau

There is a significant lack of te reo Māori resources, especially digital materials, for learning pāngarau/mathematics. Few studies have investigated how well digital resources for pāngarau align with kaupapa Māori principles. In this article, we examine a digital resource, Matific, from a kaupapa Māori perspective. We find the te reo version of Matific aids in the revitalisation of te reo Māori by expanding some pāngarau vocabulary. However, some aspects of Matific adopt a Western, mainstream approach to mathematics that does not align with kaupapa Māori values, such as kaitiakitanga. We argue that schools and kura should carefully consider how resources such as Matific may best serve their needs.