Students selecting tutorial times were met with a message stating “Note that Tutorials 02, 13, and 16 are currently closed for self-allocation. This is because these tutorials will prioritise filling with Māori and Pasifika students via auto-allocation to help facilitate cohort tutorial groups. The goal is to build whanaungatanga (relationships) and manaakitanga (care/respect).
“The tutorials will be opened for self-allocation closer to the term start. If you have been pre-allocated into one of these groups and want to switch, you are free to do so.
“If you are part of this cohort but haven’t been picked up by the semi-automated pre-allocation system and want to be enrolled, you can contact the tutor via email
Finally, if you are not part of this cohort but are only able to make one of these tutorial times, you are encouraged to get in touch via email.”
ACT condemned the move, saying it “prevents race-mixing within tutorial groups” and is another example of “divisive social engineering” in New Zealand’s universities.
The party pointed to the Government’s commitment to delivering services based on need rather than race, arguing that while universities operate independently, they are taxpayer-funded and must “get the message that segregation is not acceptable.”
In a statement to Chris Lynch Media, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Professor Catherine Moran said “The University of Canterbury (UC) provides students with a wide range of tutorial and lab options.
“These tutorials are not exclusive to any group. The content, teaching approach, and learning objectives are the same across all tutorial options.
UC has an internationally renowned student success programme, which is informed by research and best practice to support academic achievement.
“UC remains committed to ensuring all students, regardless of background, have access to high-quality education and the support they need to succeed.”
Minister for Universities, Shane Reti’s office said “The Minister doesn’t have any comment. This is an operational matter for Canterbury University, they would be the best point of contact for a statement and context.”
The Human Rights Commission declined to comment.
Broadcaster Chris Lynch is an award winning journalist who also produces Christchurch news and video content for domestic and international companies. This article was originally published by Chris Lynch Media and is published here with kind permission.
“The tutorials will be opened for self-allocation closer to the term start. If you have been pre-allocated into one of these groups and want to switch, you are free to do so.
“If you are part of this cohort but haven’t been picked up by the semi-automated pre-allocation system and want to be enrolled, you can contact the tutor via email
Finally, if you are not part of this cohort but are only able to make one of these tutorial times, you are encouraged to get in touch via email.”
ACT condemned the move, saying it “prevents race-mixing within tutorial groups” and is another example of “divisive social engineering” in New Zealand’s universities.
The party pointed to the Government’s commitment to delivering services based on need rather than race, arguing that while universities operate independently, they are taxpayer-funded and must “get the message that segregation is not acceptable.”
In a statement to Chris Lynch Media, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Professor Catherine Moran said “The University of Canterbury (UC) provides students with a wide range of tutorial and lab options.
“These tutorials are not exclusive to any group. The content, teaching approach, and learning objectives are the same across all tutorial options.
UC has an internationally renowned student success programme, which is informed by research and best practice to support academic achievement.
“UC remains committed to ensuring all students, regardless of background, have access to high-quality education and the support they need to succeed.”
Minister for Universities, Shane Reti’s office said “The Minister doesn’t have any comment. This is an operational matter for Canterbury University, they would be the best point of contact for a statement and context.”
The Human Rights Commission declined to comment.
Broadcaster Chris Lynch is an award winning journalist who also produces Christchurch news and video content for domestic and international companies. This article was originally published by Chris Lynch Media and is published here with kind permission.
11 comments:
Policies of apartheid in our education system are not operational matters. If there were tutorials for whites only, I'm sure both Reti and the Human Rights Commission would get involved very quickly. The former needs a good kick up the a*** and the latter needs to be defunded.
Has anyone asked the students? Do maori and polynesian students actually want to be singled out and separated from their fellow students? This just seems totally weird. Part of the whole uni experience is meeting, mixing, learning snd sharing ideas with a huge variety of people well beyond the confines of the groups we grow up amongst.
Wow, how did New Zealand, a leading light against separatism come to this? There must be a hidden agenda behind all this. Will we have reciprocal policies where Maori and Pacifica will be required to learn Morris Dancing or Greek cooking?
So when will UC be putting in Coloureds and Whites only drinking fountains, toilets and entrance/exits???
Looks like Mr Reti is starting off his new role like he ended his last role.....badly out of touch!
Although, I suspect his boss shares the same view so he should be fine this time.
This is a prime example why our Coalition government is not delivering on all the promises it made. It's clear that Luxo et al are the sticking point and have reverted to Labour-lite mode.
Hang on a minute. So I, the taxpayer is funding this racist university.
It appears that all the ministers involved in the discussion including the human rights commissioner who all refuse to comment or do nothing, which basically promotes these far left woke racists and encourages them to continue.
Time to stop them. And these woke far left racists wonder why Trump and musk are so popular. They are exactly what we need here in woke racist far left nz.
When I did engineering at Auckland I was exempt the first two years of the four year course, having previously completed NZCE. The problem was that we Direct Entrants had missed out on the maths of the previous two years. So the University put on a special weekly maths tutorial for us, which we called the 'dummies maths class'. I see no reason to consider the present case differently.
Definitely not.
Come on Barrie - that was not ethnic separation, and you could have had any race in that Maths for Dummies class.
Fundamentally wrong .
Actually, there were no Polynesians in the complete 80 strong engineering maths class, so total ethnic separation. However, the first two rows were Asians, although none was in the Maths for Dummies tutorial.
Big difference Barrie, was that any student who needed the extra maths tuition could have gotten it if they wanted too. Not stopped doing it because of their skin colour
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