Education
Maori Myth Is Not Science
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
Missionaries of Doom
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
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
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Are NZ Schools Guilty of Conversion Therapy?
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
A Superb Video Dissection of Critical Race Theory
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Last September President Trump issued an executive order which banned instruction in critical race theory in government agencies and institutions which had federal contracts. He wanted to combat offensive and anti-American race and sex stereotyping. On his first day
A Creepy Case of Grooming inside NZ Schools
Waikanae Watch has published two photos that they found on social media: allegedly, pages from a New Zealand High School. They contain creepy and disturbing questions not only about all the made-up non-existent genders but also making 13-14-year-old students question their own heterosexuality! 1. What do you think caused your
NCEA Change Programme
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Few parents are aware of the dire state of education in New Zealand. If they were, and if apathy were not so prevalent in our country, there would be a general public outcry about what is being foisted upon our children. It is bordering on
Discrimination of the Day
From a MOE e-mail sent to all staff yesterday by the Secretary for Education. […] [redacted] exemplified the importance and the strength of leadership when asked by the Committee, what stops other schools from not achieving for its Maori students, he said “they just need to make Maori achievement the priority
Podcast: A Battle with the MOE, Freedom, Wokeism Conversion Therapy and More
Alwyn Poole, from the Villa Education Trust, talks about his absurd battle with the Ministry of Education and the minister. It’s crazy! And we talk with Bob McCoskrie, the national director of Family First. We discuss freedom, education, wokeism, conversion therapy and more.
School Boards Should Be Able to Govern How They See Fit
Chris Baillie ACT Education spokesperson ACT supports school boards to decide how to their run own schools without interference. If MacLeans College, or any other school decides that a student telling a teacher to f-off after refusing initial instructions does not reach their standards and they want to suspend them,
National Backs Commerce Teachers’ Petition
The proposed removal of specialised commerce subjects at NCEA Level 1 is going to leave Kiwis without strong financial and economic literacy, National MPs Todd McClay and Paul Goldsmith say. Today Mr McClay will accept a petition urging the Government to reverse its decision to remove the specialised economics, business
Behind the Veil of ‘First Year Free’
Harry Hunt In 2017, the Labour party campaigned on making the first year of university free. It was a policy that turned many heads; both of newly eligible voters, and of parents. In 2020, they promised to continue fees free, in a world where they had already spent more than
Foolish Academics
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The utter foolishness of so many academics is constantly brought to our attention. But it’s never been more disgracefully displayed than by Auckland university hierarchy’s sheer mind-blowing stupidity in condemning five of their number for speaking the truth, namely, there’s no such
In Defence of the Free Expression of NZ Academics
Free Speech Union The Free Speech Union unequivocally supports the free expression of seven distinguished New Zealand academics who recently authored a letter to The Listener, titled, In Defence of Science as well as the free expression of their critics. We neither support nor oppose the argument in question, but
Gamers Know the Power of ‘Flow’ — What If Learners Could Harness It Too?
Simon McCallum Edward Schofield Stephen Dobson Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Simon has been teaching Computer Science since 1999 with Game specific courses from 2004. Edward is currently a professional staff member at Victoria University in Wellington, although he has a small Academic Background and completed postgraduate studies