This weeks Waatea news column – When we deny our history – we deny ourselves
After the Maori Affairs select committee presented a student led petition to have the NZ land wars included in the national curriculum, the Ministry of Education decided to refuse the request.
Why?
The Ministry of Education claimed such a decision would erode the autonomy of schools to decide which parts of the curriculum they wish to include and which parts they wish to ignore.
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