Education
The Media Simply Held Arday to Account
That seems to be the demand here – that the press must never again investigate anyone who might commit suicide as a result of being exposed for their wrongdoing
Is There Foreign Interference in NZ Academia?
PILLAR has written to Minister for Tertiary Education Hon Penny Simmonds asking whether the government has sought security advice on Confucius Institutes and whether it will review foreign-state-linked university partnerships.
We’re Teaching Kids Scarcity in an Age of Abundance
We should teach them where energy comes from, how it impacts their futures, and what it will need from them. Fear is a lousy career counselor.
Was It Really Cos He Was Black?
No: it was because he was a shameless DEI grifter who got caught.
Intense Competition for Places in Faith-Based Schools
This surge in demand for faith-based schools is also a wake up call for the Ministry of Education to take a close look at the performance of the state schools and the state education system – all is not well.
The Coup in Search of a Philosophy
Karl Marx’s greatest legacy was not his economics, but the institutions that gave his revolutionary ideas a second life.
The Capture of Academia: Why I Had To Write This Book
Universities have become engines of ideological reproduction, increasingly insulated from scrutiny and detached from the society they are meant to serve. They will not regain public trust without serious reform.
Is Jason Arday Sacha Baron Cohen’s Greatest Creation?
In 2025, the director of Cambridge’s autism research centre co-authored an open letter furiously accusing Arday’s detractors of being racists. This was the academic equivalent of Ali G’s famous catchphrase whenever anyone challenged him: ‘Is it because I is black?’
Good and Bad Indicators for NZ Children and Young People
Is this where NZ, in 2026, should be?
193 Schools Queue To Rediscover Walls
The traditional classroom can now return under a more modern name. Adaptive enclosed learning environment should do it. That allows schools to install four walls and a door without admitting the basic design was already familiar to everybody’s grandparents.
When ‘Extremism’ Means Whoever You Disagree With
Marco Rubio just told the world what New Zealanders have been living for years.