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Professor Andrew Geddis critically analyses a recent article by Professor Elizabeth Rata. The result is a pile of dust.
https://democracyproject.nz/2021/07/23/andrew-geddis-responding-to-elizabeth-rata-on-treaty-partnerships/
Rata is perhaps not (yet) such a familiar name in these corners. She is a professor of 'Critical Studies in Education' at the University of Auckland[1] and is noted for her opposition to biculturalism and Māori language immersion education in New Zealand.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Rata
She recently wrote on He Puapua report, which received a warm response from Judith Collins with possibly a sigh of relief for some much-needed intellectual support to bolster JC and the National Party’s intellectual and ideological hollowness.
https://twitter.com/judithcollinsmp/status/1410087809768058880
Watch this space.
She sounds as worrying as are the English fundamentalist Muslim preachers to them.
Rata is also not Māori, despite her name.
https://twitter.com/kaupapamaori/status/935573342857203712
No she is not Maori and makes strenuous efforts to hide this fact. She needs to be approached with a great deal of caution
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Always good to know whom you’re dealing with.
Read it, thanks Incognito and feel better prepared for the Council "Treaty" workshop next week.
Kia kaha
Farewell Toa.
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