Crown agree to mediation over Māori education claims
Kura kaupapa founders who have been pushing for an autonomous Māori Education Authority through a Waitangi Tribunal claim have now entered mediation with the Crown.
The claimants said they were agreeing to mediation to show “good faith” to the Crown, despite the Crown indicating it would rule out an independent Māori education authority.
In February, Dr Cathy Dewes, who headed the claim, said the Ministry of Education and the Crown had failed to honour the principles by which Māori kura should be run.
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