"Hard to get facts on employee exploitation if the law deems it private enterprise, huh? Not at all. If the allegations go to migrant exploitation, then my understanding is they go to potential criminal activity under the Immigration Act. There is no-where...
"Those hot school meals look fantastic –" It must be a matter of taste. "Some o'f it just really isn't nice and I've often looked at it myself and thought, yuck!" Ollie's indifference towards the school lunches is not unique, with large amounts of food ...
In July 2023, Treasury published a report on the food in schools program that found: 1. As many as 10,000 lunches a day are left over. 2. no evidence of impacting attendance or benefiting ākonga Māori https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350034716/10000-...
Interestingly that has been one of the criticisms of the previous scheme. The concerned parent said the amount of single-use packaging was also 'mind-boggling' at a time when people were being encouraged to be conscious of their carbon footprint. https://...
"If you want to challenge the claims, then explain how and why." You're asking me to prove a negative. There is simply not enough evidence to justify her claims, particularly as she herself has claimed the context was the removal of section 7aa. https://...
"My point is that you haven’t challenged her claims." I have challenged her claims. There is no attempt to "remove ability to remain Māori" (your words I know), nor is there any attempt to remove Māori culture. If there was, I and many others would be ...
Did you read Karen Chhour's introduction to the bills first reading? Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill — First Reading - New Zealand Parliament (www.parliament.nz)
No-one is trying to erase or eliminate te reo from the public service.
I'm not sure what your point is. Her claims are serious enough to warrant challenging.
It's not that I don't like what she said. It's that is untrue. As I say, she's playing to an audience, that but you're right, that's politics.
TPM are playing to an audience, Weka. Nothing more, nothing less.
Yes I did listen to her speech. Not only is the use of the word unwise, it is entirely untrue both literally and in context. There is no attempt to "remove ability to remain Māori" (your words I know), nor is there any attempt to remove Māori culture. If ...
The standard of literacy in NZ has deteriorated significantly over recent decades, and we have to act to address that decline. During the formative years of my children's education, literacy teaching generally followed a whole language approach ((PDF) ...
What is your point? That two wrongs make a right?
Did you not read the first quote? " Structured literacy isn’t just a passing trend; it’s firmly grounded in research and evidence-based practices. Studies conducted in recent years have highlighted its effectiveness in teaching reading, particularly to ...
Exterminate: to kill all the animals or people in a particular place or of a particular type. EXTERMINATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary We've almost become immune to hyperbole, but this one takes the cake.
"Btw, did those Jonathan Rauch links @4.1.1.1.1.1 appeal? He is, after all, a strong proponent of free speech on University campuses, and imho makes a good case for decreasing disinformation, cancelling and particularly polarisation. The approaches he ...
" Structured literacy isn’t just a passing trend; it’s firmly grounded in research and evidence-based practices. Studies conducted in recent years have highlighted its effectiveness in teaching reading, particularly to individuals with dyslexia and other ...
Another excellent summary! At some point Newshub will be in touch with an offer for you to join their 6.00pm bulletin. There will be no remuneration of course!
This is a link directly to the piece on You Tube (without all the other news): Green MP Julie Anne Genter breaks silence | 1News - YouTube.
"In this case the managers of the venue came to a different view – eventually " No, they were bullied into that view by effectively 2 people. There's a big difference.
"Certainly that greater diversity will provide opportunities for (more) views to be aired, and differences (potentially) ironed out. " You are assuming that the additional participants add diversity of opinion.
I would very much doubt the presence of KQ will depolarise the conversation. But unlike the VSU, I won’t be trying to cancel her😀
Yes, one of the people added to the 'diversity of views' is one Khylee Quince, who wrote this: "I suppose it was inevitable that one of the old racist dinosaurs would make a pathetic squeal in an attempt to preserve the status quo…. Mr Judd and his “...
"10 area amalgamation came with the capacity to borrow and at lower cost. It also offered some of the advantages of the original 4 bodies in terms of greater scale and shared use of expertise." The final iteration of 3 Waters was better, but it still ...
"Then it might have been voluntary." Nothing about 3Waters was going to be voluntary. "What clearer motivation to include higher cost areas? Why would anyone do that voluntarily?" That's always an issue, whichever model is chosen. When Watercare was formed...
If that was really the case, 3Waters would have been an easy sell.
"Watercare does not want Northland for a reason. The same applied in all 10 areas." 3Waters was seen as undemocratic from the outset. There is now a much clearer motivation for councils to amalgamate water resourcing voluntarily. Whangarei DC have been ...
My view is the larger entities under the 3 waters model were far more attractive for privatisation.
"Separating councils from the water bodies allows them an asset they can sell to do other things/lower non water charge rate increases. In reality, Council's without separation can still sell off their water assets. It's just a process to work through.
"...seems designed to put small, local water-management entities into financial difficulty Thus making them ripe for privatisation and sale to asset-management companies..." In reality the opposite is true. Small entities have too low a revenue potential ...
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