Minister of Education Erica Stanford rejects claims Treaty being removed from school documents
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From: Thomasirving
Dear Erica Stanford,
On the 4/9/2025 you were quoted in the RNZ article "Minister of Education Erica Stanford rejects claims Treaty being removed from school documents" stating "We are committed to the treaty and commitment to the treaty means raising achievement for tamariki Māori," she said.
"For too long we have had a yawning gap of achievement between tamariki Māori and everybody else in this country, and that is not good enough. Every single thing I have done as the minister is to reduce that gap, whether that's through structured literacy, structured maths, all of the resources we're pumping into the frontline."
Stanford said schools using structured literacy and structured maths had noted accelerated learning for their Māori students.
"They're now learning at the average rather than behind."
Can you please provide any all evidence which:
1) Demonstrates that Māori students are currently achieving in the maths and English strands of the curriculum at the the same rate as non-Māori students
2) Demonstrates that Māori students are currently achieving in the maths and English strands of the curriculum at the the same rate as pākehā students
3) Compares the achievement rates of different ethnicities since you become the minister of education
4) Demonstrates the change in achievement for students in the maths and English strands of the curriculum since you became minister
Yours faithfully,
Thomas Irving
From: Erica Stanford (MIN)
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From: Erica Stanford (MIN)
Erica Stanford
OIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dear Thomas,
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) request,
received on 04/09/2025, in which you requested the following information:
Can you please provide any all evidence which:
1) Demonstrates that Māori students are currently achieving in the maths
and English strands of the curriculum at the the same rate as non-Māori
students
2) Demonstrates that Māori students are currently achieving in the maths
and English strands of the curriculum at the the same rate as pākehā
students
3) Compares the achievement rates of different ethnicities since you
become the minister of education
4) Demonstrates the change in achievement for students in the maths and
English strands of the curriculum since you became minister
Your request will be answered within the provisions of the Official
Information Act.
Kind regards,
Office of Hon Erica Stanford
Office of Hon Erica Stanford
MP for East Coast Bays
Minister of Education
Minister of Immigration
Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to the Royal
Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care
of Faith-based Institutions
Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz
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From: Erica Stanford (MIN)
Erica Stanford
Dear Thomas,
On behalf of Hon Erica Stanford, Minister of Education, thank you for your
email of 4 September 2025 in which you requested the following
information:
Can you please provide any all evidence which:
1) Demonstrates that Māori students are currently achieving in the maths
and English strands of the curriculum at the the same rate as non-Māori
students
2) Demonstrates that Māori students are currently achieving in the maths
and English strands of the curriculum at the the same rate as pākehā
students
3) Compares the achievement rates of different ethnicities since you
become the minister of education
4) Demonstrates the change in achievement for students in the maths and
English strands of the curriculum since you became minister
Your request has been considered under the Official Information Act 1982
(the Act).
The information requested is more closely connected with the functions of
the Ministry of Education (The Ministry). As such, your request has been
transferred to the Ministry under section 14(b)(ii) of the Official
information Act 1982. You can expect a response directly from the Ministry
in due course.
Office of Hon Erica Stanford
MP for East Coast Bays
Minister of Education
Minister of Immigration
Lead Coordination Minister for the Government’s Response to the Royal
Commission’s Report into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care
of Faith-based Institutions
Website: [1]www.Beehive,govt.nz
Private Bag 18041, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6160, New Zealand
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confidential and may be legally privileged. If an addressing or
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by replying to this email and destroy the message. If you are not the
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prohibited and may be unlawful.
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