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An Education Ministry report shows officials strongly warned the government against removing schools' Treaty of Waitangi obligations.
The proactively-released document said changing references to the treaty in the Education and Training Act was significant and controversial and could lead to conflict that would distract from the government's education goals.
The advice preceded the government's surprise decision to delete a clause in the act that required schools to give eff
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