'Potential to teach other subjects of the curriculum'

Given that this course aims to train teachers of Maori language for secondary schools (see below), and that these teachers are to receive a Specialist Teachers Certificate at the end of their training, this is a most unusual criterion. This requirement is not made for other specialist teachers, such as woodwork or art teachers. According to a spokesman from the Auckland Education Board, it has been included to ensure that the teachers of Maori will obtain a teaching position, as few schools may be prepared to employ a full-time teacher of Maori language. This demonstrates the hypocrisy underlying the whole course, for the teaching of Maori language in all schools must be given top priority and be made mandatory in all schools rather than being left to the whims of pakeha headmasters. Obviously a pakeha criterion.