As readers will be more than aware, I’m resolutely not a fan of the Albanese government. That said, to damn them with faint praise, they are at least doing – or trying to do – one thing right. Ironically, that one thing is trying to fix decades of bad policy inflicted
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.substack.com I
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Helen Houghton Leader, New Conservative Each school develops and implements a curriculum in accordance with the requirements of the New Zealand Curriculum. Over the past few years the curriculum has been alarmingly politicised with “woke” ideology embedded through both curriculum and teacher training. The language used in media reporting over
Agnes Loheni Entrepreneur, Qualified Chemical Engineer, Mum of 5, and Former MP commonroomnz.com This article was first published by The Common Room I grew up fortunate, in stark contrast to many of my immigrant and second generation Samoan community today. Growing up, no one told me that the system
Having a late read of the July 2nd Sunday Star Times, I came across an article written by a young lady by the name of Gabrielle McCullough. I’ll refrain from calling her a journalist in the true sense of the word as reflective of the so-called profession she is
Karl du Fresne Karl du Fresne blogs here bassettbrashandhide.com There’s a simple step that would ease the financial crisis in the universities while at the same time saving millions and going a long way toward neutralising a key source of the divisive culture wars. All that’s necessary
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole f ounded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.substack.com
The dumbing down of education continues unabated. Secondary Chemistry Educators New Zealand co-chairperson Murray Thompson was so shocked after he read the draft school science curriculum that he was left asking where the science was. Science teachers are shocked that an advance version of the draft school science curriculum contains
Paul Frijters Paul Frijters, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is a Professor of Wellbeing Economics in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics, UK. He specializes in applied micro-econometrics, including labor, happiness and health economics. Co-author of The Great Covid Panic. Gigi Foster Gigi Foster, Senior
Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer with over 10 books to his name. His next, Hitler’s & Stalin’s Misuse of Science, comparing the woke pseudoscience of today to the totalitarian pseudoscience of the past, will be published in summer 2023. mercatornet.com Some readers may recall
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Melissa is a Senior lecturer (Education) at Waikato university and a Council member of the Free Speech Union. Her article below attacking diversity quotas for Maori in our shameless universities should be seen in the light of her own part-Maori heritage. When academic freedom is no
How long before it’s illegal to be a Catholic in Tasmania? At the rate that stating core Catholic beliefs is being outlawed in the state, it only seems a matter of time. When a Tasmanian bishop published a pamphlet putting the case that the Church’s teaching is that
As the Labour government promises to throw yet more buckets of cash at New Zealand’s failing universities, no one appears to be giving much thought to whether or not it would be better to simply let them fail. Or, failing that, actively putting them out of their misery. Because
If there’s one positive thing you can say about the Labour government, it’s that they look after their own. Whether it’s Mahuta Inc, grants to gangs or plunging tens of millions into the failing legacy media. Now, Labour is poised to throw money at another pack of
I enjoyed my time at university. It was definitely a time to develop my skills and grow. It helped me to strengthen my critical thinking, as well as the ability to research and analyse information. Of course, university did not turn me into a woke social justice warrior who changes
