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The government says it wants the Shakespeare in schools programme to continue, after its funding was cut by Creative New Zealand.
There has been a chorus of concern from the arts and education community since the funding agency's decision not to continue its $30 thousand funding for the Sheilah Winn festival run by Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand.
One reason cited was that the playwright's work reinforces imperialism and colonisation.
University of Auckland Shakespearean scholar Michael Neill called the decision "highly questionable". RNZ political reporter Katie Scotcher with the latest.
