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Fox brings Mahia eyes and ears to tribunal 24 Jun 2021 12:06 PM More Related Stories HASH(0x29fc270) New Waitangi Tribunal member Derek Fox says he’s just a simple country boy from Māhia, but he can play a useful role. The veteran journalist and former mayor of Wairoa says he’s not overawed being in the company of professional historians and lawyers. He will bring a generalist perspective, 50 years of experience in the news media including reporting on and participating in tribunal processes, as well as a good set of eyes and ears. There s an awful lot of reading to be done around the claims. There are researchers who will produce the material that tribunal members will be able to read and follow up on and listen to when the hearings are held, so it really is a time for calm consideration is probably how I would see it, Mr Fox says. ....
Harmony Te Raki, 21, says she still feels the impact of being put in the “cabbage class”. Pressure is building to end academic streaming following a new report that shows the practice disadvantages Māori students. Harmony Te Raki moved from a kura kaupapa into a mainstream high school because she believed it would give her better opportunities. Not long after starting in Year 9, Harmony was told by her classmates that she was in the cabbage class – the lowest stream. “I got put straight into the cab class based on the fact that I went to a kura kaupapa school,” she says. “I just got told that I was cabbage, that I was dumb. I just started falling into it.” ....
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