KSK So now we have it. Lockdowns will continue until we all behave like good little children and have the almost mandatory vaccine. What is the PM smoking? A 90% vaccination rate for all DHBs? And then the booster shots that will also be required. The vaccine designed for Alpha
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Shock and sadness after death of British MP I am sure we were all shocked and saddened to hear of the death of British Conservative MP Sir David Amess last week. It is a sobering reminder that we live in times where there
The Government is wrong to keep most children out of school in Auckland, possibly for the rest of the year, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith said today. While we welcome a return of senior students, the risks of continuing to deny 5-14 year-olds a proper education outweigh the risks
As Chris Trotter wrote for Insight, many moons ago, universities were long part of an unspoken compact: “The workaday world paid for the universities and accorded them a large measure of autonomy, and in return, the universities supplied the expertise and advice that kept the workaday world ticking over”. For
[…] Trevor McIntyre told board colleagues at Haeata Community Campus and principal Peggy Burrows on Monday that he was stepping down with immediate effect from his role at the school and from an advisory role with the Ministry of Education. His message was sent at 5.30pm, just 90 minutes after
Currently, we have a number of groups of people, such as teachers and those in the healthcare sector, who are unaware of their legal rights. The key is to get good legal advice and to form support groups with others in your industry. **The following information is general in nature,
Dr Peter Ridd has lost his High Court challenge to his sacking by James Cook University. But the scientist has every justification for stating that he has “lost the battle but will continue the war”. It might even be said that he has ensured his final victory. On the other
Scott Kennedy Guest post on sojournal.co.nz I am not an emotional person. In the last 20 years of life, I believe I can count on the fingers of one hand the times I have wept. Not that I think this is a virtue, it just seems part of
Education Sector in Chaos after COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Howick Primary School principal Leyette Callister says she has no idea what to tell teachers who’d rather quit than get the jab. “They’ve just blurted it out like a big knee-jerk reaction,” she told Newshub. “It completely reduces – or decimates
After seven weeks of lost school time, Aucklanders need a plan to get their children back to school, says National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith. All we know is that schools won’t reopen on October 18, but no one has any idea when they will reopen or what the
Ed U. Cayshun Teachers have been treated very badly by this government “mandate”. In 2020 they were told by the PM that there would be no compulsion or penalties. In March the NZ government was alerted to two things. 1. The availability of high-quality treatments/therapeutics. 2. That the Pfizer
Alwyn Poole During the last few years of the previous National government, Labour, the Greens and Tracey Martin used both the existence of Charter Schools and the imminent closure of Salisbury residential school in Nelson as whipping tools against Hekia Parata. One of their main, and erroneous, claims was the
Liberty Baker Hey, government! Leave us teachers alone! Up until two or three days ago, the mainstream media had published articles stating that the government was not considering vaccine mandates for teachers. Now, the latest news is that indeed, a vaccine mandate may be imminent. One teacher I have heard
The Government should move heaven and earth to make sure schools reopen in Auckland on October 18, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. Auckland students have endured seven weeks out of the classroom, they need to get back to school after the holidays. Unlike other countries, the Government has
