National’s promises to you. #1.

Written By: - Date published: 1:57 pm, September 22nd, 2014 - 31 comments
Categories: national/act government, privatisation, same old national, vision - Tags:

National’s promises to you. #1.

1. “Lift student achievement by investing $359 million over four years to keep the best teachers teaching, encourage schools to work together and strengthen school leadership”.

Pay more to Teachers who toe the National party line, producing unthinking vocational cannon fodder.

Destroy the Teacher unions, because they oppose ideological child abuse.

Motivate Teachers by paying them less, and making their working conditions crap, because we need to to free up more money for the “executives”, so they will do their jobs..

Start more charter schools, because they have worked so well elsewhere they have been tried.

Give schools a bunch of highly paid executives, instead of more classroom Teachers, because that is just what education needs…

It has worked so well for power companies.

31 comments on “National’s promises to you. #1. ”

  1. adam 1

    Ideological waffle from national – expect a lot.

  2. Draco T Bastard 2

    Well, in three years, the entire left block will be able to say:

    We told you so.

    Because we did. National’s policies will destroy education in NZ. But I don’t suppose we should be surprised – their policies will destroy NZ.

  3. I hope that the teachers don’t give in and that they dig their toes in at the onslaught that is coming their way.
    The best thing that could happen is that this Govt ends up with a very serious shortage of teachers.
    We are in for a very interesting time indeed.

    • Stuart Munro 3.1

      The best thing that could happen to this government is a public interest coup d’etat like Bainimarama’s. There’s nothing democratic about the way #Teemkey operate and thus no loss using limited other means to remove them.

  4. Luke 4

    Sounds great! where do I sign up…..oh that’s right….already did along with the rest of centre NZ!!!!

    • KJT 4.1

      Buyers remorse is already setting in, in Australia.
      And in Sweden, where Charter schools have proven to be a costly disaster.

  5. Blue 5

    There are more teachers looking for work now than ever before, schools arent short of teachers either. We train too many due to the falling of roles – the demographic coming through is smaller still. There will never be a shortage of teachers (excepting Maths and Science), but I do agree there may be a shortage of quality teachers. Hence the investment by the Government in “Experts”. The hurt is strong in the left today.

  6. Antonina 6

    Neil Kinnock said it all when Thatcher got in.
    ‘I warn you that you will have ignorance- when talents are untended and wits are wasted, when learning is a privilege not a right’

    • aerobubble 6.1

      The internet changes everything. Schools are places to socialize, learn social skills, not places of learning, since learning happens to children quite naturally.

      Its the higher institutions that have been mauled into profit centers.

  7. Tony Parker 7

    The IES policy is not well understood I think. I don’t think parents realise how disruptive it will be to their child’s class if their child’s teacher is selected as one of these teachers. 2 days out of the classroom a week with relievers taking their place. Not conducive to the continuity of learning. Principals out of their school for 2 days a week placing pressure on the rest of the staff to maintain the running of the school.
    Of course this policy can not be implemented without a change to the teachers collective agreement as it involves changes in remuneration, something the members of NZEI have already voted against. So the only way would be to break the collective agreement which may not be a good look for the government and the Ministry.

  8. fambo 8

    I’m gonna start me a charter school, get the government to pay for the land with the ownership signed under my name, make sure it fails ,and flick the asset on at a tidy profit.

  9. Vaughan Little 9

    I love teaching. I’ve been doing it for about a decade. I lasted in the NZ public education system for less than ten weeks (temp contract), after two years of training. I still can’t believe the kind of bullshit I came across, starting at teachers’ college. Some teachers are thriving, but two years is shameful as an average before most new teachers drop out.

    A key source of stress for beginning teachers is lesson planning. New teachers still really don’t know how to pace content, how to arrange lessons interestingly, and they sure don’t have a handle on how to work with curriculum or NCEA standards. In my experience, teachers’ college gives you little more than a foreshadowing of these problems. You can’t build Rome in a day, and it takes teachers many years to get really good at this stuff.

    Why, then, do teachers have to spend so much time planning lessons? If I turn up to a school that has been around for decades, why don’t they have their lesson plans already on file, ready for me to pick up and adapt to my classes?

    I suspect the answer is the death of canonicity and the rise of a naff individualism. Within our culture, there is no respect for any kind of canon. “Here’s what students need to know – the stuff that our culture deems excellent or important.” You don’t often see a commitment to that. Instead there’s too much focus on student centred learning – being responsive to each student, focusing on their needs and their development. This style of teaching shows insufficient appreciation of a society that a student can go on and contribute to.

    A beginning teacher would be far less stressed if they rocked up to their first job and were shown exactly what to teach, as well as how. And after a few years of working through other people’s lesson plans, they’d be way more ready to contribute their own.

    • Tracey 9.1

      my very best friend left teaching 2 months ago following 27 years.

      she is still education but not in school.

      her experience knowledge and practical application is a big loss.

      she has been replaced in a year 1 classroom by a teacher with 1 year teaching. half of these kids arrive with no english.

      her comment on sunday morning? she would hate to be teaching in the next three years and noted a third of the staff at her primary school are actively seeking non teaching positions.

    • Richard 9.2

      If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. National meddling with education is just a way of distracting the voters from the real issues like their lack of economic skills with bumbling double dipper bill at the helm. National may be loathsome but they are not stupid. Tried and proven strategy.

      Now, they meddle with it, knowing teachers can’t strike like they used too, the backlash would be heinous if they did, as national would paint them as unionists and labourites as they do anytime teachers complain about off her trolley. It’s a big set up. To help make Labour look bad. National run a very deep strategy of dirty tricks, Time the left hardened up and got smarter.

  10. Richard 10

    Once upon a time a couple of decades ago or three, National would not have dared mess with teachers, or any unionised work force.

  11. Dramaticus 11

    Yes the National will now set sail on the Titanic of education
    And sink the future of our kids why does democracy allow party politics to wreck the rites of the educators to demand sense over this matter
    We cannot continue to give way

  12. sabine 12

    and anyone who complains about it and who voted National because they like Key, or stability or rock star economy or .com or any other fuckwit reason, should be told you voted for it, you own it.

    Make them eat crow every singly time.

    maybe when it hits them instead of the peeps that are addicted to welfare (i was told that yesterday), or the single women who should have made better decisions (told a day before election) maybe then they will realise that what goes around comes around, and that the society we live in is a shared environment.

    luckily for me I have no children, so don’t have a stake. I feel sorry however for the children.

  13. Clemgeopin 13

    I agree with your points. What the hell is wrong with the 48% of voters of this country blindly agreeing with the smiling assassin’s sweet sounding spin. What a historical tragedy for this country.

    • KJT 13.1

      Not their fault.

      The propaganda was deliberately and purposely planned to push peoples buttons.

      Labour at least tried to convince people with policy.

      Nationals campaign was a piece of very well funded, and cynical, “brand” advertising.

  14. repateet 14

    I read today that the Minister of Education got about 6,800 votes less than her electorate opponent. So they don’t want her but we’re going to have her and we’re going to get her bullshit idiot ideology. Yeah that makes sense.

  15. Jrobin 15

    The neo liberal theory on education is integral to re-programming and depoliticising the future workers/consumers. Education that makes people good critical thinkers is now another endangered species. This Election is up with the top ten worst experiences of my life. Poor children, dolphins, trees, farm animals, and workers. Capital Gains Tax wouldn’t have been that bad surely. Oh that’s right I forgot, now we have a NZ for all NewZealanders, except that is for…….the indigenous, the poor, the unemployed, the left, the environmentalists, people who have ethics, me, my family, my friends, people who read, think, care, love their country, don’t want the TPPA, appreciate free speech, think John Key is a little fibber……and so forth.

    • Jesus Wept 15.1

      Well said mate. I was a teacher for twenty years and simply asked kids (little kids, Primary) moralilty questions without any particular set-up.
      I was a very good teacher, long hair, guitar, madness and the wonders of language. I thought in my 20s innocence that adults were required to devolve acceptable code to their offspring and their students in my case. I guarantee you 48% of them did not vote fucking national in this election.
      We need to stay strong don’t we. Even the Scots couldn’t fuck the village idiots.

  16. Sable 16

    Oh well Air New Zealand should have a good 3 years. Although it will be one off business….

  17. Learn to fucking spell. “Nationals”. Jesus.

    Thanks, and much appreciated, for the proof reading.
    Want the job?
    You have to be available 24 hours a day between my work times and you have a few minutes to proof before I have to get on a plane, or lose the internet, for hours, or days! Oh, and wait five minutes for the page to reappear each time.
    While I have to stare at my mistakes with no way of getting on the site to correct them. Bugger

  18. dave 18

    New Zealand is the titanic I can only hope the next sawn off shot gun finds the right target because I can only see misery ahead

Recent Comments

Recent Posts

  • EV road user charges bill passes
    Transport Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed the passing of legislation to move light electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) into the road user charges system from 1 April.  “It was always intended that EVs and PHEVs would be exempt from road user charges until they reached two ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    9 hours ago
  • Bill targets illegal, unregulated fishing in international waters
    New Zealand is strengthening its ability to combat illegal fishing outside its domestic waters and beef up regulation for its own commercial fishers in international waters through a Bill which had its first reading in Parliament today. The Fisheries (International Fishing and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2023 sets out stronger ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    9 hours ago
  • Reserve Bank appointments
    Economists Carl Hansen and Professor Prasanna Gai have been appointed to the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee, Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced today. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is the independent decision-making body that sets the Official Cash Rate which determines interest rates.  Carl Hansen, the executive director of Capital ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    11 hours ago
  • Stronger protections for apartment owners
    Apartment owners and buyers will soon have greater protections as further changes to the law on unit titles come into effect, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “The Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Act had already introduced some changes in December 2022 and May 2023, and ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    13 hours ago
  • Travel focused on traditional partners and Middle East
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Egypt and Europe from this weekend.    “This travel will focus on a range of New Zealand’s traditional diplomatic and security partnerships while enabling broad engagement on the urgent situation in Gaza,” Mr Peters says.   Mr Peters will attend the NATO Foreign ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    13 hours ago
  • Keep safe on our roads this Easter
    Transport Minister Simeon Brown is encouraging all road users to stay safe, plan their journeys ahead of time, and be patient with other drivers while travelling around this Easter long weekend. “Road safety is a responsibility we all share, and with increased traffic on our roads expected this Easter we ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    16 hours ago
  • Cost of living support for over 1.4 million Kiwis
    About 1.4 million New Zealanders will receive cost of living relief through increased government assistance from April 1 909,000 pensioners get a boost to Superannuation, including 5000 veterans 371,000 working-age beneficiaries will get higher payments 45,000 students will see an increase in their allowance Over a quarter of New Zealanders ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    16 hours ago
  • Tenancy reviews for social housing restart
    Ensuring social housing is being provided to those with the greatest needs is front of mind as the Government restarts social housing tenancy reviews, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says. “Our relentless focus on building a strong economy is to ensure we can deliver better public services such as social ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    16 hours ago
  • Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary plan halted
    The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary will not go ahead, with Cabinet deciding to stop work on the proposed reserve and remove the Bill that would have established it from Parliament’s order paper. “The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Bill would have created a 620,000 sq km economic no-go zone,” Oceans and Fisheries Minister ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    17 hours ago
  • Cutting all that dam red tape
    Dam safety regulations are being amended so that smaller dams won’t be subject to excessive compliance costs, Minister for Building and Construction Chris Penk says. “The coalition Government is focused on reducing costs and removing unnecessary red tape so we can get the economy back on track.  “Dam safety regulations ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    17 hours ago
  • Drought support extended to parts of North Island
    The coalition Government is expanding the medium-scale adverse event classification to parts of the North Island as dry weather conditions persist, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced today. “I have made the decision to expand the medium-scale adverse event classification already in place for parts of the South Island to also cover the ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    18 hours ago
  • Passage of major tax bill welcomed
    The passing of legislation giving effect to coalition Government tax commitments has been welcomed by Finance Minister Nicola Willis.  “The Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill will help place New Zealand on a more secure economic footing, improve outcomes for New Zealanders, and make our tax system ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    1 day ago
  • Lifting economy through science, tertiary sectors
    Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins and Tertiary Education and Skills Minister Penny Simmonds today announced plans to transform our science and university sectors to boost the economy. Two advisory groups, chaired by Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, will advise the Government on how these sectors can play a greater ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago
  • Government announces Budget priorities
    The Budget will deliver urgently-needed tax relief to hard-working New Zealanders while putting the government’s finances back on a sustainable track, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says.  The Finance Minister made the comments at the release of the Budget Policy Statement setting out the Government’s Budget objectives. “The coalition Government intends ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago
  • Government to consider accommodation solution
    The coalition Government will look at options to address a zoning issue that limits how much financial support Queenstown residents can get for accommodation. Cabinet has agreed on a response to the Petitions Committee, which had recommended the geographic information MSD uses to determine how much accommodation supplement can be ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago
  • Government approves extension to Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care
    Cabinet has agreed to a short extension to the final reporting timeframe for the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care from 28 March 2024 to 26 June 2024, Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden says.                                         “The Royal Commission wrote to me on 16 February 2024, requesting that I consider an ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago
  • $18m boost for Kiwis travelling to health treatment
    The coalition Government is delivering an $18 million boost to New Zealanders needing to travel for specialist health treatment, Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says.   “These changes are long overdue – the National Travel Assistance (NTA) scheme saw its last increase to mileage and accommodation rates way back in 2009.  ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    2 days ago
  • PM’s Prizes for Space to showcase sector’s talent
    The Government is recognising the innovative and rising talent in New Zealand’s growing space sector, with the Prime Minister and Space Minister Judith Collins announcing the new Prime Minister’s Prizes for Space today. “New Zealand has a growing reputation as a high-value partner for space missions and research. I am ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • Concerns conveyed to China over cyber activity
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand’s concerns about cyber activity have been conveyed directly to the Chinese Government.     “The Prime Minister and Minister Collins have expressed concerns today about malicious cyber activity, attributed to groups sponsored by the Chinese Government, targeting democratic institutions in both New ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • Independent Reviewers appointed for School Property Inquiry
    Independent Reviewers appointed for School Property Inquiry Education Minister Erica Stanford today announced the appointment of three independent reviewers to lead the Ministerial Inquiry into the Ministry of Education’s School Property Function.  The Inquiry will be led by former Minister of Foreign Affairs Murray McCully. “There is a clear need ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • Brynderwyns open for Easter
    State Highway 1 across the Brynderwyns will be open for Easter weekend, with work currently underway to ensure the resilience of this critical route being paused for Easter Weekend to allow holiday makers to travel north, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “Today I visited the Brynderwyn Hills construction site, where ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • Speech to the Infrastructure Funding & Financing Conference
    Introduction Good morning to you all, and thanks for having me bright and early today. I am absolutely delighted to be the Minister for Infrastructure alongside the Minister of Housing and Resource Management Reform. I know the Prime Minister sees the three roles as closely connected and he wants me ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • Parliamentary network breached by the PRC
    New Zealand stands with the United Kingdom in its condemnation of People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-backed malicious cyber activity impacting its Electoral Commission and targeting Members of the UK Parliament. “The use of cyber-enabled espionage operations to interfere with democratic institutions and processes anywhere is unacceptable,” Minister Responsible for ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • NZ to provide support for Solomon Islands election
    Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins today announced New Zealand will provide logistics support for the upcoming Solomon Islands election. “We’re sending a team of New Zealand Defence Force personnel and two NH90 helicopters to provide logistics support for the election on 17 April, at the request ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • NZ-EU FTA gains Royal Assent for 1 May entry to force
    The European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill received Royal Assent today, completing the process for New Zealand’s ratification of its free trade agreement with the European Union.    “I am pleased to announce that today, in a small ceremony at the Beehive, New Zealand notified the European Union ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • COVID-19 inquiry attracts 11,000 submissions
    Public consultation on the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into COVID-19 Lessons has concluded, Internal Affairs Minister Hon Brooke van Velden says.  “I have been advised that there were over 11,000 submissions made through the Royal Commission’s online consultation portal.” Expanding the scope of the Royal Commission of ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • Families to receive up to $75 a week help with ECE fees
    Hardworking families are set to benefit from a new credit to help them meet their early childcare education (ECE) costs, Finance Minister Nicola Willis says. From 1 July, parents and caregivers of young children will be supported to manage the rising cost of living with a partial reimbursement of their ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    3 days ago
  • Unlocking a sustainable, low-emissions future
    A specialised Independent Technical Advisory Group (ITAG) tasked with preparing and publishing independent non-binding advice on the design of a "green" (sustainable finance) taxonomy rulebook is being established, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says.  “Comprising experts and market participants, the ITAG's primary goal is to deliver comprehensive recommendations to the ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago
  • Chief of Army thanked for his service
    Defence Minister Judith Collins has thanked the Chief of Army, Major General John Boswell, DSD, for his service as he leaves the Army after 40 years. “I would like to thank Major General Boswell for his contribution to the Army and the wider New Zealand Defence Force, undertaking many different ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago
  • Minister to meet Australian counterparts and Manufacturing Industry Leaders
    25 March 2024 Minister to meet Australian counterparts and Manufacturing Industry Leaders Small Business, Manufacturing, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly will travel to Australia for a series of bi-lateral meetings and manufacturing visits. During the visit, Minister Bayly will meet with his Australian counterparts, Senator Tim Ayres, Ed ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    4 days ago
  • Government commits nearly $3 million for period products in schools
    Government commits almost $3 million for period products in schools The Coalition Government has committed $2.9 million to ensure intermediate and secondary schools continue providing period products to those who need them, Minister of Education Erica Stanford announced today. “This is an issue of dignity and ensuring young women don’t ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    5 days ago
  • Speech – Making it easier to build.
    Good morning, it’s great to be here.   First, I would like to acknowledge the New Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors and thank you for the opportunity to be here this morning.  I would like to use this opportunity to outline the Government’s ambitious plan and what we hope to ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago
  • Pacific youth to shine from boost to Polyfest
    Minister for Pacific Peoples Dr Shane Reti has announced the Government’s commitment to the Auckland Secondary Schools Māori and Pacific Islands Cultural Festival, more commonly known as Polyfest. “The Ministry for Pacific Peoples is a longtime supporter of Polyfest and, as it celebrates 49 years in 2024, I’m proud to ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago
  • 2024 Ngarimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarships announced
    ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    6 days ago
  • Speech to Breast Cancer Foundation – Insights Conference
    Before moving onto the substance of today’s address, I want to recognise the very significant and ongoing contribution the Breast Cancer Foundation makes to support the lives of New Zealand women and their families living with breast cancer. I very much enjoy working with you. I also want to recognise ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago
  • Kiwi research soars to International Space Station
    New Zealand has notched up a first with the launch of University of Canterbury research to the International Space Station, Science, Innovation and Technology and Space Minister Judith Collins says. The hardware, developed by Dr Sarah Kessans, is designed to operate autonomously in orbit, allowing scientists on Earth to study ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago
  • Speech to the New Zealand Planning Institute
    Introduction Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today and I’m sorry I can’t be there in person. Yesterday I started in Wellington for Breakfast TV, spoke to a property conference in Auckland, and finished the day speaking to local government in Christchurch, so it would have been ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago
  • Support for Northland emergency response centre
    The Coalition Government is contributing more than $1 million to support the establishment of an emergency multi-agency coordination centre in Northland. Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell announced the contribution today during a visit of the Whangārei site where the facility will be constructed.  “Northland has faced a number ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago
  • Celebrating 20 years of Whakaata Māori
    New Zealanders have enjoyed a broader range of voices telling the story of Aotearoa thanks to the creation of Whakaata Māori 20 years ago, says Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka. The minister spoke at a celebration marking the national indigenous media organisation’s 20th anniversary at their studio in Auckland on ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago
  • Some commercial fishery catch limits increased
    Commercial catch limits for some fisheries have been increased following a review showing stocks are healthy and abundant, Ocean and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. The changes, along with some other catch limit changes and management settings, begin coming into effect from 1 April 2024. "Regular biannual reviews of fish ...
    BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz
    7 days ago

Page generated in The Standard by Wordpress at 2024-03-28T13:11:23+00:00