The document summarizes interviews conducted with engaged and non-engaged Māori students, their families, teachers, and principals from five secondary schools. The analysis identified three major discourse positions that teachers held to explain Māori students' educational achievement: 1) structures within the school and outside the classroom, 2) relationships within and outside the classroom, and 3) Māori students and communities outside the school. Charts show that teachers most commonly attributed achievement to classroom structures, while students, families, and principals more often cited relationships. The document defines key terms like "discourse" and explores how positioning within different discourses can impact agency and deficit theorizing regarding Māori student achievement.