As kids and parents face weeks away from school, the Government remains vague on the reality of education under lockdown, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “Education Minister Chris Hipkins admitted to a Select Committee this morning that the Government doesn’t have a clear idea of how many
Family First Bob McCoskrie National Director The latest Government advice regarding booking COVID-19 vaccinations for children is a real concern. It explicitly says: “as a 12 to 15-year-old, your parent or guardian’s permission is not required if your health care provider is confident you are deemed competent to give
David Seymour ACT Leader The Government’s decision today around Alert Levels will come down to how prepared it’s been. It should be open and transparent about the numbers traced and tested, and what numbers it needed to make a decision. People want a Government that is accountable to
A nurse rose as they entered and came to attention before the Director. “What’s the lesson this afternoon?” he asked. “We had Elementary Sex for the first forty minutes,” she answered. “But now it’s switched over to Elementary Class Consciousness.” Aldous Huxley, “Brave New World” Every day, it
As I’ve written several times before, Australia seems to be simultaneously cursed and blessed with two Scott Morrisons. On the blessing side, there’s Scott Morrison the international statesman, resolutely standing up to China’s bullying. But the curse is his evil twin, the Scotty from Marketing of domestic
Christopher Ruthe I was convenor of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for 13 years, (20 of my decisions are in the NZ law reports). I also sat on the Weathertight Homes Tribunal. I am a polymath with a strong interest in the philosophical underpinnings of society – a bit of a
Dear Editor Just thought I’d write and let you know the details about the stabbing that happened outside Waitakere College last week. My child is in year 12 there at the moment and we were emailed about this incident happening at around 4 pm right outside the school gate.
Every day, it’s as if Einstein and Orwell collaborated on a pithy quote: “Two things are infinite: the universe and the ability of intellectuals to believe foolish things”. The latest — though certainly not the last nor, sadly, the least moronic — eructation of academic cretinism is a proposal to scrap
Free Press ACT Party The Haps ACT has reached another polling high, of 13 per cent according to UMR. David Seymour is preferred Prime Minister for 14 per cent of voters. The Government has questions to answer about Afghanistan. Who decided what when? Were the translators’ applications rejected for good
Family First familyfirst.org.nz Children as young as four will be able to change their gender at school without their parents’ consent under guidance introduced in Scotland. Any pupil who decides they want to switch gender must be supported by teachers following recommendations given by the Scottish Government. Primary
Once upon a time, a high school diploma was something to be proud of. After all, most people left school well before finishing a diploma because there was a plethora of well-paying jobs available without one. It’s no exaggeration to say that a high school diploma had back then
Ross Meurant hobsonspledge.nz Ross Meurant, B.A M.P.P. resigned from the police at inspector rank in 1987 to enter Parliament as a National MP. Today he is Honorary Consul for Morocco and trustee and CEO of commercial assets owned by absentee Russian investors. As a former detective
Why do our children want to self-harm, commit suicide and need the help-lines? Most of the problem for our youngsters is the ill-informed parent, the garbage constantly being announced from the government, irresponsible news broadcasters, a woke education department and the misinformation flow of lies and false claims from the
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Are New Zealand schools potentially in breach of the Ardern government’s proposed ban on “conversion therapy”? As revealed by Waikanae Watch blog, and reported on The BFD, two photos of classroom materials used in at least one New Zealand high school are decidedly creepy. The material, given to 14-year-olds
