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<h2><span data-contrast="none">Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa | NZ Council for Educational Research (NZCER) has released its </span><a href="https://www.nzcer.org.nz/sites/default/files/downloads/NZCER%20Submission%20on%20the%20Treaty%20Principles%20Bill.pdf" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none">submission document</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> opposing the Treaty Principles Bill (the Bill), outlining its potential impacts on the education sector.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></h2>
<p><span data-contrast="none">“</span><span data-contrast="auto">Te Tiriti o Waitangi (1840) (te Tiriti) guides our work. We work within the relational space of kāwanatanga (article 1) and tino rangatiratanga (article 2) in the domain of education,” reads the submission.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<p><span data-contrast="none">Regarding education, the submission by NZCER notes that the Bill:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="ï·" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{";335552541";:1,";335559685";:720,";335559991";:360,";469769226";:";Symbol";,";469769242";:[8226],";469777803";:";left";,";469777804";:";ï·";,";469777815";:";hybridMultilevel";}" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">“Threatens progress made in revitalising te reo Māori and promoting Māori culture in schools. </span><span data-ccp-props="{";134233117";:false,";134233118";:false,";335551550";:1,";335551620";:1,";335557856";:16777215,";335559738";:0,";335559739";:0}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="ï·" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{";335552541";:1,";335559685";:720,";335559991";:360,";469769226";:";Symbol";,";469769242";:[8226],";469777803";:";left";,";469777804";:";ï·";,";469777815";:";hybridMultilevel";}" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Risks misrepresenting the original Tiriti and white-washing our histories, negatively affecting Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories and Te Takanga o te Wā. </span><span data-ccp-props="{";134233117";:false,";134233118";:false,";335551550";:1,";335551620";:1,";335557856";:16777215,";335559738";:0,";335559739";:0}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="ï·" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{";335552541";:1,";335559685";:720,";335559991";:360,";469769226";:";Symbol";,";469769242";:[8226],";469777803";:";left";,";469777804";:";ï·";,";469777815";:";hybridMultilevel";}" aria-setsize="-1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Deeply affects the ability of students, teachers, school leadership, and school boards of trustees, as well as all other citizens of Aotearoa, to interpret Te Tiriti o Waitangi.&#8221;</span></li>
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<p><span data-contrast="none">The submission notes that te Tiriti is currently enmeshed in key education documents such as Te Whāriki (2017), The New Zealand Curriculum (2007) and The Education and Training Act (2020). The Bill would undermine these documents if it were passed.</span><span data-ccp-props="{";134233117";:false,";134233118";:false,";335551550";:1,";335551620";:1,";335557856";:16777215,";335559738";:0,";335559739";:0}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">“NZCER stands with the education sector in resoundingly rejecting this bill,” adds Tumuaki Graeme Cosslett. </span><span data-ccp-props="{";134233117";:false,";134233118";:false,";335551550";:1,";335551620";:1,";335557856";:16777215,";335559738";:0,";335559739";:0}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">“The proposed principles are inconsistent with Te Tiriti o Waitangi, they are unsupported by the text of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and seriously breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi with implications for the education sector.” </span><span data-ccp-props="{";134233117";:false,";134233118";:false,";335551550";:1,";335551620";:1,";335557856";:16777215,";335559738";:0,";335559739";:0}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">“We urge the Justice Select Committee to return the Bill to the House as quickly as possible with a recommendation that it is not workable and should not proceed.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{";134233117";:false,";134233118";:false,";335551550";:1,";335551620";:1,";335557856";:16777215,";335559738";:0,";335559739";:0}"> </span></p>

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