As a friend of mine said, it has been another sad and distressing week in New Zealand. Once again, we have had a week of predictable outcomes. Jacinda Arden has convincingly lost the plot, had she ever known what the plot was. The Maori Caucus are running the show: the
An opinion piece regarding teaching “climate education” in schools was published yesterday by Newsroom. The article states climate education is not a “priority” for the MoE, yet, but modules are already being trialled. An aim of the formal education system is to prepare children and young people for their (now
Julian Adorney mises.org Julian Adorney is a writer and marketing consultant with the Foundation for Economic Education (fee.org), and has previously written for National Review, The Federalist and other outlets. A recent report by the Manhattan Institute (a conservative think tank) showed that critical race theory (CRT) concepts
Elizabeth Rata is a professor of education at the University of Auckland and a founding member (in 1987) of Te Komiti o Nga Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tamaki Makaurau The intelligence of the New Zealand population increased during the 20th century. Nutrition played its part but so too did education.
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984-1990 governments. When I was young, kids appeared before a magistrate (a district court judge before 1978) sufficiently rarely that questions
Helen Houghton New Conservative Co-Leader nc.org.nz Chronic truancy is not because parents don’t wake up in time to get their children to school as the National leader Christopher Luxon thinks and neither is it the fault of the majority of teachers or school leaders. As the PM
In a previous life, your scribe was a graphic designer by trade. That included sub-contracting as part of a small, tight-knit team on a burgeoning new company. Very often, we’d receive resumes from new graduates looking for a job. Most of them went straight in the bin. Why? Because
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
