Te Tira Kāpuia chairman Rangi McLean says more needs to be done to secure the safety of Māori staff at Auckland's Unitec. Kaumātua are supporting a call from Māori staff at Unitec to remove the chair of the joint Unitec and Manukau Institute of Technology Board and one remaining member of its rūnanga (council). The news comes after several Māori staff handed in their resignations last month at Unitec, over what they claimed was institutionalised racism. Te Tira Kāpuia, a group of prominent Māori kaumātua with connections to Unitec and influenced major advancements in Māori education are backing the resistance. A response letter has been sent to Te Tira Kāpuia and Te Rōpū Mataara, but both groups say it is not satisfactory.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 23, 2021 00:36 UTC