Never Start Your Argument by Posing With an Elmo Puppet
Just like PBS, most universities seek to prevent any conservative from speaking as an authority. They equate conservatism with ignorance and misinformation.
Education
Stretch, Breathe And Praise the Ancestors
How New Zealand's PE classes became Sunday School in sneakers.
More Race Rubbish in Our Unis
ACT MP calls out University of Auckland’s Māori-only job programme.
The End of Open-Plan Classrooms: A Victory for Common Sense
Open-plan learning was sold as innovative, but it was a con – prioritising vibes over results. The Government’s decision to ditch it is a rare win for commonsense.
A Teacher’s Voice From New Zealand
In her comment she expressed concerns about the Māorification of the education system. But her words did not remain small. Another teacher’s husband saw her comments and reported her to the Teaching Council of New Zealand, the national professional and disciplinary body for teachers.
Collapsing Birthrates And Transgender Madness
All that is required is that you choose to go outside at the best time for you, not when the system tells you to go outside. Didn’t your mother ever tell you not to respond to peer pressure?
They Could Make Up Our Future Parliament
An insight into the little monsters who will one day run the country.
Te Tiriti, Not Te Mandate
A school board affirms its right to apply Treaty obligations lawfully – supporting Māori students without mandating cultural content for all.
The Human Cost of Starmer’s Welfare U-Turn
Some might blame Jane and her mum for being scroungers. As it happens I don’t: they seem to me to be making a perfectly logical, if short-term, financial decision. £72 a week is available so why not take it?
We Are Funding Silence at Unis
As a university cancelled a talk I was about to give (due to being too sensitive a topic supposedly), I ponder whether taxpayers should keep funding such censorious institutions.
This Is a Free Speech Crisis
This has implications for the quality of education we offer and perceptions of New Zealand universities.
The Religion of te Ao in Schools
While te Ao spirituality is often described as a cultural worldview, its modern application within the education and public sectors has taken on the features of an organised religion.