Berryman, MereBevan-Brown, JillBerryman, MereHickey, HuhanaMacfarlane, SonjaSmiler, KirstenWalker, Tai2015-07-0720152015-07-072015Berryman, M. (2015). Conclusion: Relationships of interdependence—Making the difference together. In J. Bevan-Brown, M. Berryman, H. Hickey, S. Macfarlane, K. Smiler, & T. Walker (Eds.), Working with Māori Children with Special Education Needs. He mahi whatahirahira (pp. 241–257). Wellington, New Zealand: NZCER Press.978-1-927231-43-2https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9448This chapter begins by taking a brief look at New Zealand history. It then presents two different Māori whakataukī as metaphors, both to reconnect to the beginning of the book and also to make connections throughout the book as a whole. These metaphors are used to bring the chapters together and to consider how inclusion, a term that is often highly contested and poorly understood (Wearmouth, 2009), might begin to be better understood and applied when working with Māori children and young people with disabilities, or special education needs, or both, and with their families.application/pdfen© 2015 the authors.Chapter in Book