20192 (2026). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Minister of Education

20192 (2026). Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to the Minister of Education: On what evidence, if any, did the Minister base her proposal to remove the Te Tiriti obligation from school boards, noting she told Newstalk ZB she was “not entirely certain” what boards were supposed to do to give effect to the Treaty?

Hon Erica Stanford: On the basis that school boards are legally separate from the Crown and not part of the core Crown. It is not appropriate to delegate a Crown obligations to entities that are not part of the core Crown.