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Teachers and principals were selected from Auckland, Christchurch and Bay of Plentyregion in order to include teachers from a range of schools and locations.TABLE 8: LOCATION OF INFORMANTSLocationNo. of Teachers % of Teachers No. of Principals% ofPrincipalsCity - North Island 9 26 2 20Region 12 34 5 50City - South Island 14 40 3 30Total 35 100 10 100Most of the teachers that agreed to be interviewed came from primary mainstreamschools at 54%, and 31% from Kura Kaupapa Māori and Wharekura. Secondarymainstream schools provided the smallest number of teachers at 14%.TABLE 9: TYPES OF SCHOOLS BY TEACHER PARTICIPANTSType of school No. of teachers % of teachers (approximate)Kura Kaupapa Māori 5 14Wharekura 4 11Composite Yr 1-15 (kurateina-wharekura)2 7Primary mainstream 19 54Secondary mainstream 5 14Total 35 100Note that percentages have been rounded to total 100%Most teachers interviewed had been teaching for between 1 to 21 years, with the largestgroup having taught from 1-7 years.TABLE 10: TEACHERS’ NUMBER OF YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCEYears of Teaching No. of teachers % of teachers1 - 7 years 13 378 - 14 years 10 2915 - 21 years 9 2622 plus 3 8Total 35 10016 | KIA EKE KI NGĀ TAUMATA, KIA PAKARI NGĀ KAIAKO