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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

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

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[–] Bort@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

I understand what you are saying, not everyone learns in the same way. This seems to be less of an issue with texts that have Maōri words in them, and more of an issue if your son's teacher not giving him texts that are appropriate to his learning (because they expect all kids to learn the same way). It's fantastic that he is learning te reo through kapa haka.