FILE PHOTO: A member of the Maori community poses at a memorial site for victims of the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's government on Wednesday proposed that all children learn the history of Maori people and British colonisation in a set course that teachers must follow, ending a system where schools choose how those subjects are taught.
Supporters of the change say the country's history as currently taught tends to gloss over atrocities against indigenous people during colonisation, while critics say the new curriculum would fail to present a balanced view of the past.
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