Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 28, 2018 17:14:33 GMT 12
KOHANGA REO CLAIM BACK ON THE TABLE
A Treaty of Waitangi claim lodged by the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust in 2011 is back on the negotiations table, and the trust is hoping for a beneficial outcome.
Mr Hook said the Treaty claim, Wai 2336, was one of the big issues the trust was currently dealing with.
“This claim was put on hold, but now with the new Labour Government, it’s back on the table again.
In 2011 the trust filed a claim under urgency to the Waitangi Tribunal after the then National government slammed the kohanga reo movement in a report titled Early Childhood Education Taskforce Report.
The trust said that the taskforce had not consulted with them, that the report had seriously damaged their reputation, and that the report, and government policy based on it, would cause irreparable harm to the kohanga reo movement.
The claimants also raised wide-ranging allegations of Treaty breach concerning the Crown’s treatment of kohanga reo over the past two decades.
In particular, they said, the Crown had “effectively assimilated” the kohanga reo movement into its early childhood education regime under the Ministry of Education.
They said the Crown stifled its role in saving and promoting the Maori language, which led to a decline in the number of Maori children participating in kohanga reo.
The Waitangi Tribunal found in favour of the trust.....
gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3347366-135/kohanga-reo-claim-back-on-the
A Treaty of Waitangi claim lodged by the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust in 2011 is back on the negotiations table, and the trust is hoping for a beneficial outcome.
Mr Hook said the Treaty claim, Wai 2336, was one of the big issues the trust was currently dealing with.
“This claim was put on hold, but now with the new Labour Government, it’s back on the table again.
In 2011 the trust filed a claim under urgency to the Waitangi Tribunal after the then National government slammed the kohanga reo movement in a report titled Early Childhood Education Taskforce Report.
The trust said that the taskforce had not consulted with them, that the report had seriously damaged their reputation, and that the report, and government policy based on it, would cause irreparable harm to the kohanga reo movement.
The claimants also raised wide-ranging allegations of Treaty breach concerning the Crown’s treatment of kohanga reo over the past two decades.
In particular, they said, the Crown had “effectively assimilated” the kohanga reo movement into its early childhood education regime under the Ministry of Education.
They said the Crown stifled its role in saving and promoting the Maori language, which led to a decline in the number of Maori children participating in kohanga reo.
The Waitangi Tribunal found in favour of the trust.....
gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3347366-135/kohanga-reo-claim-back-on-the