Election year:
2023
Political party:
Te Pāti Māori
Associated politicians:
Policy:
Education
- Require a minimum of 25% of the education budget be directed to Māori models of delivery and pastoral care
- Ensure that te reo Māori and Māori history are core curriculum subjects in primary up to Year 10 at secondary schools
- Establish an independent Māori Standards Authority to oversee Māori language funding and audit providers to ensure they meet cultural and reo Māori competency standards
- Fund free digital devices and free internet for all children from Yr4 – Yr13
- Remove the power of schools to expel any student younger than the school leaving age of 16
- Require that all schools have Māori in their staff senior leadership teams
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