Auckland University now requires all first-year students — in every faculty — to pass a compulsory course on the Treaty and mātauranga Māori to progress.

FACTS

  • The course is central to a wider “decolonisation” agenda aimed at dismantling traditional academic frameworks and elevating Indigenous knowledge systems
  • Critics say the policy risks the university’s global reputation and stifles dissent
Auckland University now requires all first-year students — in every faculty — to pass a compulsory course on the Treaty and mātauranga Māori to progress.
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