Ideology is pushing Māori knowledge out of the curriculum

Ideology is pushing Māori knowledge out of the curriculum

Anti-Māori, libertarian ideology is increasingly determining what our tamariki are, and aren’t, learning at school, writes Jessie Moss.   Curriculum change is necessary. It is also political. What is and isn’t included in the New Zealand Curriculum is carefully considered, and always greatly influenced by the government of the day. The curriculum for years 0-8 in maths and years 0-6 in English have recently been rewritten. The changes have been …