3. TE URUROA FLAVELL (Māori Party—Waiariki) Link to this
to the Associate Minister of Education
Will students who do not identify as Māori have an opportunity to experience a curriculum that reflects and values Te Ao Māori; if so, how will this be done?
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA (Associate Minister of Education) Link to this
The draft New Zealand curriculum proposes that all students experience a curriculum that reflects New Zealand’s bicultural heritage and its multicultural society. Each school will do this when that school uses the curriculum to design and implement programmes that meet the needs and interests of its particular students and community.
Te Ururoa Flavell Link to this
Does the publication of the new draft curriculum pre-empt discussions at the select committee about the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill, given that any reference to Te Tiriti o Waitangi has already been removed from the draft?
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA Link to this
What it does do is enhance the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and it ensures, through the actions in the schools and through the support of this Government for Māori language, that they will be there for a long, long time.
Hon Marian HobbsHon PAREKURA HOROMIA Link to this
The Labour-led Government is committed to supporting a range of te reo Māori learning. This includes the provision of funding to support teaching in Māori immersion for Māori medium resources, to support teaching of Māori in mainstream settings, and to develop a Māori language education outcomes framework.
Gerry Brownlee
Dr Pita SharplesTēnā koe, Madam Speaker. Tēnā tātou katoa i te Whare. Why is it no longer an essential principle of the New Zealand curriculum that the New Zealand curriculum recognises the significance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi?
Te Ururoa Flavell Link to this
What is the reason for removing the values of tolerance, caring, compassion, non-sexism, and non-racism; or has Labour done a deal with National to uphold and implement its PC eradication policy?
Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA Link to this
I would have thought very seriously that that party would be right behind this Labour-led Government in supporting our involvement in education. There are now eight learning areas. There were seven. The new learning area is learning languages.
I seek leave to table the principles of the New Zealand Curriculum Framework of 1993, which state that the New Zealand curriculum recognises the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Te Ururoa Flavell Link to this
I seek leave to table the section on attitudes and values in the New Zealand Curriculum Framework, 1993.