You know you’re truly a Mott The Hoople fan when you think Brain Capers was their best album. Which I do. And it is. An obscure album which flopped spectacularly – it sold about 7 copies worldwide when first released in November 1971 – and yet became compulsory listening for several
Alwyn Poole mthobson.school.nz If Phil Twyford, David Clark and Poto Williams had to resign for failures in Housing, Health and Policing then there are many more reasons for Chris Hipkins to hand in the Education portfolio. Clearly, the massive failure of the polytechnic centralisation is reason enough, based
Alia Bland voicesforfreedom.co.nz The government has shoved mask-peddling for students back onto schools. What have they said and what are your rights? Stuff writes: “The government has changed its position on masks in schools, again – now informing schools they should “enforce a mask wearing policy” for students year
PM: “We have not said you must punish students if they do not use masks or anything of that nature” CG: “It does actually say…you would enforce it in the same way as sun hats, sunblock rules and uniform rules” PM: “But ultimately schools determine how they choose to
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.
Colin Parkinson The government has required students from year four upwards to wear masks in the classroom, but in order for masks to be of any practical benefit, they must be the proper type and properly fitted. The “medical grade” masks recommended are not as effective as N95 or similar
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. Have you noticed the ways in which New Zealand’s mainspring seems gradually to be unwinding with Jacinda Ardern’
Once upon a time, universities were places where students went to learn how to think and to open their minds. Where ideas could be debated openly and freely. Nowadays, students go to learn what to think and to have their minds closed off and cauterised. Many students are completing a
Here we go again with mask madness. “The Government is “strongly” recommending schools review and “enforce” a mask-wearing policy as COVID-19 cases rise and children prepare to return to classes after the holidays.” “Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti has written to school boards “outlining the Government’s strong recommendation to
familyfirst.org.nz “Ahoy, shiver me timbers”, the seas are getting rough for poor old Popeye the Sailor. Dating back nearly 100 years, Popeye has been the loveable, one-eyed sailor that’s instantly recognisable for his huge forearms, anchor tattoos, and trusty pipe. Popeye gets his superhuman strength from guzzling
Chris Baillie ACT Education spokesperson Truancy is so out of control and our education culture is so poor principals are admitting to literally watching kids skateboard past school on their way to bunk off, we need real change to keep Kiwi kids in school. Today RNZ reported a principal talking
Te Pukenga, NZ’s merged mega polytech, is predicting a $110m deficit. CEO (and ex-head of Auckland City Council) Stephen Town was earning nearly $700,000 per annum but is now on leave for “personal reasons”. What a mess. Tertiary Education Commission deputy chief executive Gillian Dudgeon alerted Minister of
Alwyn Poole www.mthobson.school.nz Our wonderful Mt Hobson associate principal Saira Boyle brilliantly tells the story of the reason why we established a nationwide online school. She explains the benefits and outlines the potential. The students are thriving and we are getting superb feedback from parents as well
It gives me no satisfaction to learn that I was right about nearly everything about the Covid pandemic. I claim no particularly sagacious status, of course: I merely followed the data and read critically outside the politically-mandated confines of The Science™. Very early on, no matter what the Sole Sources
Boy, oh, boy, has the popularity of the “Groomer” hashtag on Twitter triggered the “progressive” left. The hashtag is, of course, just the crest of a tidal wave of revulsion against the ever-more-obvious, creepy agenda of the paedophile wing of the “rainbow” left. The Twitter-left have reacted with their usual
Do the left actually hate children? We know that they like to use children — as political voodoo dollies. Whether its the Twitter leftist making up an obviously fake story about a preternaturally woke child, the hebephilic fetishisation of retarded Swedish teenagers, or the marching morons in private school blazers at
