You’ve probably seen a rainbow-coloured tick symbol on big company websites. You might be thinking that it’s just the big companies doing work, and that’s partially true. But if you go to the Rainbow Tick website you’ll see this. Make no mistake. This is about
The revised year 7–13 English curriculum, to be released in July, is expected to include compulsory Shakespeare and grammar lessons, as well as a recommended reading list ranging from contemporary New Zealand authors to Chaucer and Beowulf. […] Teachers are also concerned about the emphasis on traditional literary texts, such
Married at First Sight NZ isn’t going to wow the entertainment world with its deep insights on the human character. “From my point of view, it’s just ice cream TV that I just stuff in my face and feel bad about afterwards,” says TV reviewer Karl Puschmann. But
Looks like at least one Wellingtonian gets it, kind of. Now if you’re anything like me, you hate filling out the census. […] Well the results of the 2023 census came out yesterday and there was one pretty shocking result for Wellington. […] Well, it was revealed yesterday that the only
The Teaching Council wants to overhaul how teachers are taught and have higher entry requirements for the profession. Teaching Council chief executive Lesley Hoskin has warned the “radical system changes” will cost and the government will need to make the “necessary financial commitment”. “The council believes teachers, both new and
It seems that wherever you look, folks are using Temu to buy extremely low-priced products covering almost every style, type, and category. Temu promises exclusive discounts and ultra-low prices, but at what cost? Useless products? Cheap-knockoffs? Packages that never arrive? […] When shopping online, there’s always a
Just when you thought wokeness couldn’t get any more ridiculous: A private school in New South Wales has moved to change its yearly “Mother’s Day Stall” into a “Family Gift Stall” to be more inclusive – but some mums aren’t keen on the idea. It is actually called
These days it seems that you can’t go a week without having some Green MP go off the rails in one way or another. Case in point: Julie Anne Genter, Green MP and cycling advocate. A Wellington florist who claims to have been intimidated by Julie Anne Genter in
Last Saturday was what is know amongst cannabis enthusiasts as “420 Day”: a day when weed is celebrated by both users and advocates. Now, many readers will be wondering just how dope users can remember the day of week let alone a specific day of the year. Be that as
It is a Friday. I’m in the middle of an online Teams hui working out the finer details of a series of workshops we’ll be presenting next week. It’s a normal work day at 10am. Someone has just cracked a joke about how much money they’ve
Recently something happened in the tech world that should have made world headlines. But it didn’t. On March 29, Microsoft software developer Andres Freund was trying to optimize the performance of his computer when he noticed that one program was using an unexpected amount of processing power. Freund dove
A little bit of good news – The Government is restoring democracy to councils around the issue of Maori wards. The Government’s made the announcement this afternoon that the rules are going back to the way they were. If a council wants to set up a Maori ward, ratepayers will
Police are treating the painting over of a rainbow crossing in Auckland this morning as a hate crime. […] In a statement, Auckland City Central Area Commander Inspector Grant Tetzlaff said police made a number of enquiries into the incident on Thursday afternoon and founds [sic] some items of interest. Officers
[…] An international study released today shows only one in five autistic New Zealanders feel accepted by the people around them. Autism advocates say stigma is common, and workplaces have a long way to go to accommodate people with autism. When Joanne Dacombe told her workplace she was autistic, she said
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Chlöe absolutely deserves to be co-leader of the Greens. And I mean that as a compliment in the best way possible. The problem is that, while there is no doubt she’s smart (after all, she has
The latest shocking blow comes in the news that Warner Bros Discovery plans to shut down Newshub, a rebranded version of what most of us grew up knowing as “3 News” – leaving our country with just one English-language TV news team, and none that aren’t owned by the
