Jack Tame asked David Seymour what harm is done by the current interpretation of te Tiriti o Waitangi. Seymour's main concern is that subdivision developments might get held up. He also claims students are being forced out of math, English and science to learn te reo.

Tame challenged Seymour over his interpretation of Article 2 which he wants changed to say all New Zealanders have the same level of tino rangatiratanga: "There's an argument that says that your principles are inconsistent with the spirit, the intent, the actual text"

Tame points out that Seymour's interpretation, which Māori legal scholars disagree with, is redundant when the English version exists. "Interpreting the Māori text when the Māori text is based on English text shows that clearly it's a carve-out for Māori, not for everyone."

Tame points out that ultimately it's not fair for a Minister of the Crown, one of the concerned parties, to unilaterally decide what the agreement means. "Why should a party that has a direct conflict of interest... be the one to ultimately interpret what the Treaty means?"

You can view the full interview with Jack Tame and David Seymour here:

Funny that I think you will find at nearly all NZ secondary schools, English Maths and Science are still compulsory subjects up until year 12. Perhaps to back up his assertion he could provide a list if those schools that do this? Oh no of course he can't cos he made that up.

As a teacher, I can definitely say that Maths and Literacy have always been compulsory and dominate the school program. As a result Science and Māori are always weaved into these lessons and other subjects. His focus should be on too many children in classrooms with 1 teacher

My daughter's school has compulsory Te Reo until Year 11 level, it is part of the options so it is the difference between taking food tech or drama etc not instead of English, Maths or Science

🤣🤣🤣 In short, he doesn't have a reason other than Atlas Network want to be able to get their filthy hands on Maori land ... but he knows if he tells the truth about that, he's out of politics - forever

That seymoney response was basically one lie after another lie after another lie. You just have to parse each word, because he's a steady stream of excrement Bullshit. Seymoney is a for hire land grabber.

I’ve got 2 kids at primary, they do all of those subjects and more. Te Reo is not taking the place of anything else.