Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 24, 2018 17:58:38 GMT 12
EDUCATION MINISTER HAS “FOOT ON OUR THROATS,” SAY PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL LEADERS
Minister of Education Chris Hipkins has forcibly silenced partnership school leaders from speaking out against the shutting down of their schools, according to Sir Toby Curtis who is leading a Treaty of Waitangi claim against the Crown over its failure to consult on the closures.
“Now the school leaders tell me they have had enough. The Minister’s carrot-and-stick approach may work on his Māori MP colleagues who remain curiously silent. But the school communities and the Māori electorates those MPs serve won’t be silent for long. We’ll have those MPs all sitting up and taking notice over the coming weeks and months,” he promises......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1807/S00052/education-minister-has-foot-on-our-throats.htm
Minister of Education Chris Hipkins has forcibly silenced partnership school leaders from speaking out against the shutting down of their schools, according to Sir Toby Curtis who is leading a Treaty of Waitangi claim against the Crown over its failure to consult on the closures.
“Now the school leaders tell me they have had enough. The Minister’s carrot-and-stick approach may work on his Māori MP colleagues who remain curiously silent. But the school communities and the Māori electorates those MPs serve won’t be silent for long. We’ll have those MPs all sitting up and taking notice over the coming weeks and months,” he promises......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1807/S00052/education-minister-has-foot-on-our-throats.htm