You know, there was a time when I might have voted for the Greens. Then I grew up. (Which explains the Greens’ obsession with lowering the voting age: exploit the young and ignorant while they can. Until then, they’ll just exploit the adult and ignorant.) But even after I
We’re all too familiar with the decline of free speech on university campuses. The scene could be any campus in Australia, New Zealand, or anywhere in the Western world: a speaker deemed (rightly or wrongly) “conservative” is invited to speak on campus. Student groups immediately demand for the event
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. The New Zealand Supreme Court has ruled in favour of lowering the voting age to 16. ‘Justice France told the court it was inconsistent with the Bill of Rights to not allow 16-year-olds to vote, and the decision
Saira Boyle Principal MT HOBSON ACADEMY s.boyle@mthobson.school.nz The structure, construct and goals of the schooling system have never been so challenged as they were during the recent COVID-19 lockdown era. In response to the pandemic we saw governments, ministry departments, school leaders, teachers, families and, most
Chris Hipkins is going to be in the proverbial dog box after he was recorded agreeing with Christopher Luxon, while his leader was busily disagreeing with Christopher Luxon. Education Minister Chris Hipkins says it is an “absolutely legitimate message” to tell parents to prioritise getting their kids to school. It
Serena Johnson brownstone.org Serena Johnson is an English major who studied at The King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for five years. She was one of the university’s first blind students. She was forced to take Academic Leave due to the vaccine mandate, which negatively impacted her
Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants innovativeeducation.co.nz One of the very good things happening in NZ society at present is that Kiwis are becoming more aware of the state of our Education system and the need to improve things. Next year a part of each school’s funding is
FreeNZ Contributor freenz.substack.com I feel the eyes peering at me sideways. Palms move in front of hissing toxic mouths. Cruel smirks. People savouring the gossip. I walk into the staff office and see incriminating eyes on me. The chatter halts mid-flow. What had I done? Nothing, except to
Is it time to bulldoze the universities? I’ve said it before, half-joking — but every time I repeat it, I’m joking less and less. It’s becoming all too plain that the intellectual and ideological rot in our universities is so far gone that they’re beyond repair. If
Far from bastions of free inquiry, universities today have mostly turned into inquisitorial dungeons of rigid groupthink. Surveys of US universities show that their faculties are uniformly dominated by the left — in some fields, almost completely. That dominance often shows through as a sort of ideologically-driven vindictiveness that would do
Eric Hussey brownstone.org President of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation (an educational foundation), chair of the organizing committee for the International Congress of Behavioral Optometry 2024, chair of the Northwest Congress of Optometry, all under the umbrella of the Optometric Extension Program Foundation. Member of the American Optometric Association
Alwyn Poole alwynpoole.substack.com 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. It is
When you hear the word paedophile, what picture pops into your head? It is a creepy middle-aged man, wasn’t it? Probably a priest, too. It almost certainly isn’t a nice female teacher in her 30s. But in a growing number of cases – an “epidemic”, according to some researchers
Connor Vasile mercatornet.com Connor Vasile is a first-generation American and writer who wishes to raise awareness about classical liberal ideas which empower every individual, no matter their background or experience, to live their best lives and fulfill their goals. In early October, my alma mater made headlines after it
I won’t name names, but for many years the local football was on a years-long losing streak. Their response was to repeatedly sack coaches after a season while keeping the same roster of players. When I raised this over a beer or two, a friend responded, “Cos it’s
It’s official: women are too dumb to make it into “hard” subjects unless we lower the bar for them. That’s the tacit implication of a gushing Sydney Morning Herald piece about a Sydney university and its Very Special Program for women who didn’t do well enough in
