Students at our largest university will now be forced to complete a course on the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Ao Māori, New Zealand history and (I kid you not) ‘thinking skills’. The antagonism of our higher institutions towards independent thought, hitherto covertly expressed, is now an open policy. A compulsory course of such a politicised nature is as close to a Maoist struggle session as you can get without actually breaking out the bamboo canes and loud hailers. Opaquely entitled ‘Waipapa Taumata Rau’, it will begin from 2025.
But what does it actually contain? Through my extensive contacts at the university (Phil, the guy who restocks the vending machines in the students’ café), I have managed to obtain a copy of the final exam.
