Get Action! Act on Wai 3553 w/ Therese Ford and Jessie Moss: 4th Nov, 2026
Back in 2024, the Government began working on education reforms that would amend the Education and Training Act 2020 to make educational attainment the paramount objective for state schools. Doing so would have demoted schools boards’ obligation to give effect to Te Tiriti as essentially a supporting objective.
At the time, Education Minister Erica Stanford had said that this objective would be retained. The amendment passed its first reading. It passed through the select committee stage. It passed its second reading. However, at the Committee of the Whole House stage, the Crown abruptly…
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