Culture. The very essence of self and the force that preserves the past and present identity of all people has played and continues to play an important role in the development of education. As a country, New Zealand is represented by a multitude of cultures and ethnicities, but it can be argued that New Zealand's education system seems to exclusively embrace Pākehā culture while undermining and neglecting others. To say with certainty that many, if not all, teachers are inextricably compelled to reproduce Pākehā culture, we must examine our history and see whether, given the origins of education, they are capable of doing otherwise. We can accredit much of the inequality in the world today as being a direct result of the idea of ​​colonialism. Cabral (cited in Small, 2015) defines colonialism as “the paralysis or deviation, or even stopping, of the history of a people in favor of the acceleration of the historical development of other peoples”. For New Zealand, this meant that Europeans were seen as colonizers because they had settled in New Zealand and established their power as decision-makers for the people. Europeans had a very sympathetic view of the act of colonialism and felt a phenomenon called "white man's burden" whereby "as a superior race, [they] had a great obligation to do their best to bring about civilization to other races. » (Petit, 2015). Therefore, this resulted in the integration of colonial education into daily life. The benefits of this teaching meant that the colonizers increased knowledge by giving the Māori people access to modern technology and showing them the means to acquire this knowledge. Carleton (cited in Small, 2015) explains how they would “pass in the middle of a sheet of paper to those who don't know. This movement is reminiscent of the flow of culture and customs from one generation to the next and is at risk of being replaced or lost. As Europeans enforced ownership of Pākehā culture during the colonial period, the loss of Māori culture occurred to a detrimental extent; this mindset is still prevalent in today's society and New Zealand education. Our origins and the society that educational institutions serve have led to schools being inextricably and undeniably locked into the reproduction of Pākehā culture, to the point where the importance of Māori culture has been distorted. Steps are being taken to ensure this mentality does not continue to permeate our public schools, with the long-term aspiration of a New Zealand education system that is not divided in its history, events and above all its culture..