this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025

148 points (98.7% liked)

Aotearoa / New Zealand

1964 readers

58 users here now

Kia ora and welcome to !newzealand, a place to share and discuss anything about Aotearoa in general

For politics , please use !politics@lemmy.nz
Shitposts, circlejerks, memes, and non-NZ topics belong in !offtopic@lemmy.nz
If you need help using Lemmy.nz, go to !support@lemmy.nz
NZ regional and special interest communities

Rules:

Don't be a dick

FAQ ~ NZ Community List ~ Join Matrix chatroom

Banner image by Bernard Spragg

Got an idea for next month's banner?

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

RaoulDuke@lemmy.nz

148

Racist National govt to remove Maōri words from children's reading books. (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Bort@sh.itjust.works to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

52 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Once again our current govt shows it's disdain for Maōri and te Tiriti.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, your son needs special help; the most obvious response would be to give him that help, not shape the education system around him.

[–] deadbeef@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I didn't ask for that anywhere. I just wanted to post our experience that illustrates that there were other possibilities for them changing the curriculum than than that the minister is a raging racist ( even if they are ).