Labour Pledges to Restore Te Tiriti in Schools
Labour says Te Tiriti belongs in classrooms and is pledging to reverse what it calls the Government’s attacks on Māori education.

Labour says Te Tiriti belongs in classrooms and is pledging to reverse what it calls the Government’s attacks on Māori education.

The argument was that Treaty obligations would move to the Crown. Critics say the latest education reforms prove they were simply removed.

What children learn, how teachers are judged and who controls the profession could soon sit directly under ministerial authority.

The Greens say National’s planned NCEA overhaul could push thousands of students out of education success and back towards outdated standardised assessment.

$230 for a school ball? Parents are pushing back, and asking when school events became luxury experiences.

Erica Stanford’s SMART assessment system promises clarity—but teachers say it means more paperwork and less education.

Erica Stanford says Year 8 maths is improving. The Ministry’s own numbers suggest the truth is more complicated.

When AI can instantly generate essays and answers, the old education model starts collapsing fast. The real crisis isn’t students using AI, it’s politicians still pretending rote learning prepares kids for the future.

If Te Tiriti can be removed from education policy, what’s left is not neutral — it’s a choice about whose voice matters.

If education reform sidelines Te Tiriti, it’s not reform — it’s regression. The Tribunal hearings could force that truth into the open.