TUI VAEAU: The Great Maori Education Racket - A State Funded Farce

One could be forgiven for thinking that education in New Zealand is about preparing children for success, arming them with the knowledge and skills to thrive in an unforgiving world. But no, that quaint notion has been tossed aside in favour of racial indulgence on an industrial scale. The latest fawning piece in The Post sings the praises of Maori-medium schooling, an insular, state-funded vanity project that serves no purpose beyond appeasing the usual professional grievance-mongers.

For the avoidance of doubt, let us be absolutely clear: the explosion of Maori "education" is not about academic excellence. It is not about opportunity. It is not even about preparing children for a productive future. It is about separatism, racial division, and the slow but steady dismantling of a cohesive New Zealand in favour of a taxpayer-funded Maori aristocracy that feeds off endless handouts while contributing nothing of real value.

The sheer scale of this racket is staggering. In just a decade, the roll at these Maori schools has more than doubled, propped up by a political class too spineless to say what everyone knows: this is not education, it is indoctrination. Children are not being taught to compete in the global economy. They are not being given the tools to innovate, create, or lead in any meaningful way. No, they are being taught a dead-end ideology that reduces their entire existence to a racial identity and sets them up for failure in a world that does not give a damn about "Maoridom."

The fact that this nonsense is allowed to continue, let alone celebrated, is proof of how utterly captured the political establishment has become by the Maori lobby. The article boasts of Maori schools hitting "capacity" - as if this were some sign of achievement rather than a glaring red flag. State-integrated faith-based schools, which have produced generations of productive citizens, are struggling or closing altogether.

Meanwhile, Maori schools - despite offering nothing of tangible value - continue to expand, with the government throwing money at them like a drunken sailor on shore leave.

The figures are damning. Over 27,000 students are now trapped in this system, severed from the real world, taught in a language that offers them no genuine economic or professional advantage. The supposed "success" of these schools is measured not by academic rigour, but by "90% achievement rates" in NCEA - an utterly meaningless statistic in a system where one can pass without ever learning anything of substance.

The real test of success is employment, economic productivity, and contribution to society. But that, of course, is never mentioned.

And what is the grand ambition of this movement? To produce "leaders of Maoridom," whatever that means. Where, exactly, is "Maoridom"? Is it a nation? A functioning economy? A global player in science, technology, or business? No. It is a political construct, a grievance industry designed to milk the taxpayer for all he is worth, while shielding an entire class of people from the consequences of their own choices.

The Maori lobby will, of course, wail and moan at any attempt to impose basic standards or limit their state-funded separatism. The very notion of an enrolment scheme to manage these ballooning rolls is met with outrage, as if Maori are entitled to infinite state resources while the rest of the country is expected to make do with what it has.

The Ministry of Education timidly suggests restrictions, only to be met with the predictable howls of victimhood from those who have mastered the art of extracting ever-greater sums of money from a spineless government.

But the real crime here is not just the waste of money. It is the deliberate sabotage of Maori children, condemned to a future where they are taught to see themselves as a separate, entitled class rather than as individuals capable of success through their own efforts. It is a betrayal of the very principles that once made this country great - hard work, integration, and a commitment to excellence over racial sentimentality.

It is high time we called this absurdity what it is: a state-funded exercise in racial narcissism. If Maori parents wish to indulge in this fantasy, they are welcome to do so - on their own dime. The rest of New Zealand should not be paying for it. If we are serious about building a successful, united nation, then this separatist nonsense must end.

English, mathematics, science, and personal responsibility - these are the only foundations of success. Everything else is a taxpayer-funded diversion.

Tui Vaeau is a digital marketer with a background in real estate and security. Unmoved by the fashionable absurdities of modern politics, he stands for national cohesion and the principle that all New Zealanders should be treated as equals. His views are forthright, unswayed by ideological theatrics, and firmly grounded in reality.

This post was first published at Breaking Views

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