New Zealand debates academic freedom over criticism of Māori

Image:  A debate about the nature of science has become a litmus test for academic freedom in New Zealand, as some leading scholars face possible expulsion from the country’s learned academy. The Royal Society of New Zealand is investigating current and former University of Auckland professors whose controversial letter to the editor of The New Zealand Listener, published in July, criticized plans to embed mātauranga Māori (knowledge of the Indigenous Māori people) in the school...