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Is the Govt Mandating ‘State Approved’ Beliefs at Bethlehem College?

familyfirst.org.nz Warning Long read. 1743 words. Fuelled by a media feeding-frenzy, The Ministry of Education is threatening to ‘intervene’ into the beliefs of a much-respected Christian school, demanding Bethlehem College remove reference to traditional biblical marriage from their Statement Of Belief. This overarching Statement Of Belief

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Why Child Prodigies in Economics Are So Rare

Chris Loukas fee.org Chris Loukas was born in Greece and is an economic journalist and the youngest member of the Greek team in the international economics Olympiad for 2022. His articles have been featured by the Foundation for Economic Education, the Mises Institute and Adam Smith Works. I was

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School Gender Curriculum Rejected – Poll

School Gender Curriculum Rejected – Poll

familyfirst.org.nz A new nationwide poll has found significant opposition to gender ideology being taught to primary school students, and majority support for parents being informed of their own children exhibiting gender dysphoria at school. There is also more support than opposition for a ban on transition medicine and

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Protect Our Schools from Far-Left Activists

Protect Our Schools from Far-Left Activists

Helen Houghton Co-leader New Conservative “Activists are targeting our children with harmful ideologies. Not only through indoctrinating kids with anti-biology teaching on gender, but they are now attacking religious schools like Bethlehem College for their beliefs. This has to stop,“ says Helen Houghton, a former teacher and New

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Gender Ideology Not Welcome in Our Schools

Gender Ideology Not Welcome in Our Schools

Family First A new nationwide poll has found significant opposition to gender ideology being taught to primary school students, and majority support for parents being informed of their own children exhibiting gender dysphoria at school. There is also more support than opposition for a ban on transition medicine and surgery

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Reflections on University: To Go or Not?

Christine Smith Warning Long read: 1850 words Our last child graduated this week with a Bachelor of Science. Her major was zoology and her minor in classics. Once again, the sense of satisfaction, pride and, with her, the finality. The years of preparation, applying for and being admitted, the plying

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The Pros and Challenges of Home Schooling

Alwyn Poole Innovative Education Consultants www.innovativeeducation.co.nz A huge trend in the Western world is families turning to home schooling for their children. In the US: It’s not just white families who are moving to home schooling; 9.7 per cent of white families have pulled out

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

How absolutely stupid that covid mandates still apply to a job like this. No wonder the education system is such a mess. Principal Advisor – Secondary Transitions Ministry of Education […] Mohou ake – About you The Principal Advisor Secondary Transitions will have extensive experience and knowledge in education and/or leadership, and

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Lockdowns Caused 3,000 Diabetic Deaths in UK

Lockdowns Caused 3,000 Diabetic Deaths in UK

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more

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CDC Hasn’t Updated the Science on its Mask Study

CDC Hasn’t Updated the Science on its Mask Study

Paul Elias Alexander brownstone.org Dr Paul Alexander is an epidemiologist focusing on clinical epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, and research methodology. He has a masters in epidemiology from University of Toronto and a masters degree from Oxford University. We have published many rigorous and trustworthy high-quality evidence pieces across

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177 % Increase in Mental Health Issues Not Surprising

Helen Houghton New Conservative Co-leader Tauranga candidate for the by-election New Conservative Co-leader Helen Houghton and the Tauranga candidate for the by-election is not surprised by the news today that there is a 177 % increase in the mental health of children and teenagers. “What I am

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The Greens (well, Chloe) Put Hurty Feelings before Education

The Greens (well, Chloe) Put Hurty Feelings before Education

Alwyn Poole www.innovativeeducation.co.nz www.mthobson.school.nz https://alwynpoole.substack.com/ I could not help following up by contrasting the brilliant freedom of speech masterpiece by Simon O’Connor (thebfd) with the oppressive perspectives of the Green Party. The Greens are not known for having any education

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Would You Buy Insurance from a Groomer?

Would You Buy Insurance from a Groomer?

Is the “Disney Effect” the beginning of the end for corporate wokeness? The Mega-Mouse has lost tens of billions in value in the wake of devastating leaks about its plans to insert LGBQWTIA+ (or whatever the Alphabet People are saying these days) “representation” into all of its products for

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The Nonces Are Taking over the Schools

The Nonces Are Taking over the Schools

One of the most powerful tools of the Communists was denunciation. Survivors describe the process as “terrifying”. Imagine: mobs of your neighbours, co-workers, even friends and family, screaming abuse, spitting on you, beating you. Many were killed by the unhinged mobs. Whole populations lived in terror of denunciation: in

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What Pink Shirt Day Is Really All About

familyfirst.org.nz Last year, we were alerted to the fact that Pink Shirt Day (which uses an anti-bullying message as a massive cover-up for a pro-LGBT narrative) has quietly dropped its reference to being anti-bullying if you’re being bullied because of religion. So if

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They Really Are Coming for Your Kids

In Australian prisons, paedophiles are known as “rock spiders”. It’s partly derived from a crass joke, but also from the analogy that paedophiles hide from the light, lurking out of sight. This is partly why the pernicious creep of sexualised ideological “grooming” in schools is done in as much

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