7 Sep 2022

Māori students asked to perform karakia on bones at Epsom Girls' Grammar school

From Morning Report, 7:13 am on 7 September 2022

The whānau of two Māori students who attend Epsom Girls' Grammar say they are upset their children were  asked to perform a karakia on a human skeleton found at the prestigious Auckland school. 

They say it is a breach of tikanga and they want the Ministry of Education to do a 'stocktake' to see if there are bones at other schools.

The bones are believed to have been used in the past for teaching science.

Ella Stewart reports.