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Pākehā history teacher. Doing more research than actual teaching at the moment. Also interested in other things. Sorry about the typos.
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And already, this. Perhaps the government could experiment with occasionally thinking it through.

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

#nzpol Child poverty costs us morally, economically, and socially. It is corrosive to all that is good. Our children deserve security from the ills of poverty, and we can deliver that. We had an agreement to get there once. We can do it again. craigrenney.substack.com/p/its-a-sin-...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

If you want to direct your anger at Destiny Church, rather than sign multiple petitions on overseas websites, support the petition open at Parliament #nzpol petitions.parliament.nz/a22e0d59-7da...

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

If Erica Stanford wants to win over teachers, I recommend she continues to make her disdain for Seymour clear. She’s never been more relatable.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

So “how far” exactly does Luxon think Destiny Church should have gone?

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

I’ve been watching the schedule waiting to see when the inhabitants of the Ōwairaka fairy house will be going their Treaty Principles Bill submission #nzpol

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Watching TPB submissions today and my son thinks people are copying ideas from his submission. Reminds me that when I was his age I was convinced I'd come up with the lyrics to the Addams Family Groove before MC Hammer.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Explore books on Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi – available in schools, libraries, and bookshops across Aotearoa, as well as digitally through the BWB Collections. #NZHistory #TeTiriti

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

I just had this happen doing a submission with my son. Don't really trust someone to be in touch in time, so we just submitted again and it went through #nzpol

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

In "oh shit, there's another Bill that requires a submission" news, feedback on the Social Security Amendment Bill closes JANUARY 10TH. Here's my (very quick) submission, and the link. www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/mak...

submitted 55 days ago • 10 comments

Thinking about Dr Angus Macfarlane and his grieving whānau tonight. His contributions to mātauranga have impacted so many for the better. My fav is his work on the braided rivers model for the intersection of science and indigenous knowledge.

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments

This is so bad, and there will be more of it. This person was on the English years 0-6 curriculum writing group and now they are selling their services as experts in an aspect of literacy they wrote into the curriculum. The curriculum is now a vehicle for personal enrichment of a select few.

submitted 115 days ago • 3 comments

For Rā Maumahara, I wrote a short piece on te Tiriti and the NZ Wars on the NZARE blog: nzareblog.wordpress.com/2024/10/28/r...

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Even if the Treaty Principles Bill is stopped, that reading of ToW is still being persued by the govt. See the proposed changes to the Education and Training Act. Giving effect to te Tiriti is being moved from a primary objective, to a secondary objective when is supports "high student achievement"

submitted 168 days ago • 1 comment

People within the Ministry of Education expressed in writing their unease with the actions of the MAG led by Michael Johnstone and the writing group led by Elizabeth Rata.

submitted 190 days ago • 3 comments

I had hoped the ANZ history curriculum would help develop enough knowledge of NZ history that claims like the PM's - that Māori ceded sovereignty in 1840 - could not pass. Unfortunately, it was pretty clear after the changes to the draft that that kind of specific knowledge would not be included.

submitted 192 days ago • 1 comment

It's remarkably common for students, and others, to talk as though te Tiriti o Waitangi caused the NZ Wars (and conflict more generally). I wrote about this with my colleagues Maia and Alison and how it sits within a broader idea of te Tiriti as flawed link.springer.com/article/10.1...

submitted 202 days ago • 3 comments

There is a narrative being pushed that the ANZ histories curriculum is failing - often based on very little engagement with schools. This research (and my own) tells a very different story and illustrates why we should not rush into changes: www.nzcer.org.nz/blogs/school...

submitted 301 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone know if Luxon is also still collecting $45,000 a year for renting the electorate office he own mortgage free? www.newshub.co.nz/home/politic...

submitted 364 days ago • 5 comments

This is the cause Efeso was running for, raising money for fresh drinking water in the Pacific. I reckon sending some donations this way would be a wonderful way to do something with the sadness you're feeling. childfund.org.nz/childfund-wa...

submitted 373 days ago • 3 comments

Who knows where this aspect the coalition agreement will go, but I wrote something on my concerns with the agreement to “restore balance” in the history curriculum thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-...

submitted 449 days ago • 2 comments