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‘Reframes history’: fears Māori knowledge diluted in plan to revise New Zealand curriculum

Minister rejects claims Māori history is being sidelined in rewrite which includes cutting some references to the Treaty of Waitangi

As cows grazed sleepily in a nearby paddock, then-14-year-old Leah Bell watched as a local Māori elder cried.

She was standing at the site of the massacre at Rangiaowhia, where Māori were deliberately burnt to death by the British crown in 1864. The site was just down the road from her Waikato high school. But she had never heard about it; in history, they’d been learning about the American civil war.

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© Photograph: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

© Photograph: Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

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Russia attacks ‘every district’ of Kyiv, sparking fires across Ukrainian capital

Pictures posted on social media showed different sites in flames and residents gathering in rubble-strewn streets outside apartment buildings

Russia unleashed a massive combined attack on Kyiv early Friday, sparking fires and scattering debris across many districts of the capital, mayor Vitali Klitschko said. At least 11 people were injured as emergency crews responded to multiple strikes, he said in a statement.

Five people were hospitalised, including one man in critical condition and a pregnant woman, after a series of powerful explosions sounded in the city and air defences were activated.

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© Photograph: Libkos/Getty Images

© Photograph: Libkos/Getty Images

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What JDM is missing heading into his first title defense against Islam Makhachev | Against the Cage

Jack Della Maddalena skyrocketed to the top of the UFC’s welterweight division, but does his quick ascent compare to the dominant resumes we typically see in champions? As he gears up to defend his title against former lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, Jake Aryeh, Scott Fontana, and Erich Richter break it all down.

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