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National | Hekia Parata

Parata bans media in conference

Māori have long been on the end of educational achievement, which is why a conference was called by the Ministry of Education to work with iwi to raise achievement for Māori students.

However, attention was instead drawn elsewhere at the start as Education Minister Hekia Parata banned media, despite being officially invited.

Raiha Johns has the story.