The Act Party's putting the pressure on Auckland University to say goodbye to its compulsory ‘Waipapa Taumata Rau’ course. 

The near $6 thousand paper covers the Treaty of Waitangi and traditional Māori tikanga for first year students. 

Leader David Seymour told Mike Hosking students within his Epsom electorate are upset. 

He says constituents have told him they aren't interested in the course and view it as a perversion of academic freedom. 

The university says the course offers core knowledge and skills to help transition students into tertiary reduction, and set them up for success. 

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