Teaching NZ history could change how we see ourselves

An education researcher who's spent years trying to get critical New Zealand history taught in our schools is applauding the Government for making it compulsary within three years. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday made a surprise announcement that changes would be made to the national curriculum so New Zealand history is taught in primary and secondary schools. University of Auckland lecturer Tamsin Hanly, who designed a programme to teach educators and pupils about the the country's colonial past, says it could change the way we see ourselves as New Zealanders. She spoke to our producer Matthew Theunissen