Gerry Brownlee MP - National Party Maori Affairs
Spokesman
17 February 2004
Pita Sharples patronising to
Maori educators
National Party Maori Affairs spokesman
Gerry Brownlee is appalled by the suggestion from Maori
Party spokesman Pita Sharples that Maori tertiary
institutions should be treated differently to those that are
non-Maori. He is referring to comments made by Dr Sharples
relating to the investigations being conducted into Te
Wananga O Aotearoa.
"Dr Sharples appears to believe that
Maori education providers should get greater flexibility and
face less accountability than other education
providers.
"This kind of separatist nonsense is
patronising to Maori in the extreme.
"New Zealand will
never move ahead if we continue to tolerate two standards of
citizenship.
"National believes progress for Maori comes
as it does for every other Kiwi, with policies that focus on
need, not race," Mr Brownlee says.
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