As usual, like any Māori with an axe to grind, Bruce Jepsen is trying to reframe the purpose of the English curriculum into a vehicle for Māori language promotion rather than keeping it focused on teaching English literacy.
What the hell gives the Māori activist the right to have Māori incorporated into an English text or lesson book?
It was a great privilege for my generation to grow up admiring and being inspired by these remarkable people. It is clear that there are many role models for 10-year-old NZers today to be as inspired by as I was at Cooks Gardens in the 1970s.
The warnings were ignored. This was preventable. The question now is whether anyone will be held accountable, or whether we’ll simply wait for the next catastrophe.
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