Including Chinese New Zealanders in the Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories Curriculum w/ Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies Manying Ip: May 31, 2021

The Ministry of Education recently shared its consultation document for their new Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories curriculum. The curriculum has the objective of telling a broad story of New Zealand's history.

Manying Ip, an Emeritus Professor of Asian Studies says the exclusion of diverse groups living in New Zealand from the document is a major oversight.

The Ministry says the document was meant to be a framework for setting the direction of the curriculum, but the Professor argues it is essential for the curriculum to reflect the diversity of all people living in Aotearoa.

“This is an issue too big to be ignored, or left to chance.”