Has the Waitangi Tribunal ever summonsed another Minister to appear before them? If so, what was the result? There have certainly been other instances where the WT have felt that crown policies were against the treaty (Foreshore and Seabed Act, for example...
Education vouchers will be resisted to the death by the residents of the 'double Grammar zone' (and the equivalent in other areas). Their house prices are predicated on automatic qualification for one of the 'top' schools (just look at the real estate ...
Or those schools who want to offer this, could become charter schools.
Well, absent a time machine, it will never be clear that the same pupils would achieve similar results at different schools. However, the overwhelming statistical reality is that - on average - students perform much more poorly at state schools than in ...
It certainly doesn't make things better for the state schools. Since most of what they're doing doesn't 'work'. When you have 2/3 of the kids graduating within the state school system who are not qualified to go onto tertiary education (UE) - it's an ...
Not sure where you're going with these examples - I'd be surprised if any of the schools you mention had any interest in going 'charter' -they're already successful under the current rules. The push is more likely to be from special situation schools - ...
Quote from your article This year’s top 10 was made up of six private, two state and two state-integrated schools – the highest number of state schools in the rankings so far. Hardly a ringing endorsement for state education - given that the number of ...
In the future expect greater use of the power to summons Cabinet Ministers. If this is the case, I would expect the government to be rapidly enacting legislation to return the legal position to the previous default (de facto, if not de jure). Where the ...
Perhaps you could explain the connection to left politics or society in this comment - because it is certainly not apparent. If you just want to talk about sports - perhaps your own social media would be a better venue.
I suspect that a chunk of those schools will be those previously charter schools who were forcibly converted to integrated under the previous government. I doubt that Auckland Grammar is likely to be one of them. They effectively operate as a private ...
I mean comparing a Decile 3 school against results from other Decile 3 schools.
Guess that might be true.Although there doesn't seem to be any way around reporting of NCEA results - these are publicly available. There seems to be zero consequences for State schools reporting a multiple decade failure to actually teach kids. https://...
Would you trust State schools to truthfully report their students achievement?
So, has to be 30 years or longer ago. There haven't been nuns actively teaching in schools for quite some time. And, corporal punishment was equally as common in State schools during that period. Meanwhile, the current crop of Catholic schools are ...
Nope. It's achieving top results as a special character integrated school. I struggle to think of any State schools which are achieving above average decile level results. Perhaps you can contribute some.
What evidence would you accept? There is little point in providing any evidence for those people who have the default mantra of 'charter bad' Have a look at Vanguard - which was initially a charter school and has now transitioned (as required by the last ...
Ah, yes, those moderate people who are the core of our society. Who know that 'order' matters on a real day-to-day basis, while 'justice' is an abstract concept - that alters depending on your perspective and over time.
Well, they might have nothing to do with the wellbeing of the child. However, in many cases, there are reported instances where people raised very significant safety concerns with OT - who either did nothing, or acted ineffectually. It's not the odd one ...
News reporting of the cases. It's difficult to recall one which was the result of abuse, where there was not an OT report. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/133215639/baby-ru-homicide-uncle-says-he-made-a-formal-complaint-to-oranga-tamariki-almost-a-year-...
we don't even know statistically if moving children in the first place to adoptive places outside of their wider family ever confers any real benefits over the long-term. Empirically, we do know. The long tail and shameful tail of kids murdered by their ...
Good to know this was fake news then, and these hydrogen trucks (in NZ since 2020) are entirely a figment of our imagination /sarc/ https://newsroom.co.nz/2022/06/02/new-zealand-third-in-world-as-hydrogen-trucks-hit-the-asphalt/
Perhaps you can point to the payment that EV owners (the ones benefiting from the subsidy) - contributed to growing the national grid. Because, as far as I can see, it was sweet FA. Note: people qualifying for the EV subsidy were certainly not on the bones...
However, the wealthy people who took up the EV subsidy - could certainly afford to pay for the electricity generation that their cars required. Adding to the generation capacity of the country, rather than using it up.
Well, if you're waiting for train to become the NZ transport mecca - you're going to be disappointed. Perfect is the enemy of good. The only question is whether you want to replace the current diesel truck fleet with a hydrogen powered one. Or keep on with...
nothing in there to suggest that staying with a Pākehā foster family is better for the child than her going to live with a Māori family. It is much better for any child to continue with a family with whom she's extablished close connections over many ...
Well, here's an empirical example of where OT placed the cultural 'well-being' of the child above all other considerations - in pulling her out of a stable home, purely because the caregivers weren't Maori. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/131476321/...
ATM hydrogen seems to be the answer to non-oil power for heavy trucks - or at least that's what it seems to be used for in NZ. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/green-hydrogen-fuelling-has-arrived-in-the-north-island-for-heavy-transport/...
Well, it would be nice if it happens. It doesn't. And I don't see any mechanism for making it happen (there is already a cost advantage for charging during low use periods - but if that doesn't motivate wealthy EV owners, why should they accept controlling...
My understanding is that hydrogen has been implemented (at least in NZ) for trucks - for which there is currently no battery option. Nor does your article discuss the eco-costs of creating the batteries (mining for minerals, etc.) However. The point ...
Friends in the South are hoping for aurora views this evening - though may be hampered by cloud-cover (not as cold as last night, but less visually exciting) Sadly, we're not likely to see them in Auckland; both because we're likely too far north - but ...
Why don't you go and find out - rather than casting around unsubstantiated slurs.
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