Rangatahi taking responsibility for their ignorance of historyKEVIN STENT/STUFF Leah Bell, 19, had her passion for history lit by the Ōtorohanga College Land Wars petition. Stuff asks why the seminal event of our history - the New Zealand Wars - isn't a core school subject and how that could change. "It's blown my mind, basically, learning history, especially since we don't get to learn it at school." "We were just rangatahi wanting to take responsibility for the fact that we were ignorant of our histories. Ōtorohanga College principal Lindsay Dunn said his school is in the middle of a significant Land Wars area.

Source: Stuff September 23, 2018 00:11 UTC