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Wananga founder urges Crown to check kaupapa values

Updated at 9:14 pm on 12 December 2011

The founder of Te Wananga O Raukawa wants the Crown to acknowledge kaupapa values, when measuring performance.

The Tertiary Education Commission has cut $2 million from the Otaki-based tertiary institution as a financial sanction, because only 43% of students finished their courses.

But Professor Whatarangi Winiata says the wananga has 10 kaupapa or values it adheres to.

He says the commission should note that 74% of kaupapa targets are being fulfilled, and look at how they contribute to the survival of Maori as a people.

Professor Winiata says it is unacceptable the commission has limited its assessment to four measures.

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