New appointments to Tertiary Education Institutions Councils

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1. Draco T Bastard 1

   16 April 2015 at 2:05 pm

   It’s an outright power grab by National. Quite simply, the government should not be appointing members to boards. That should be solely left to the organisation and it’s members.
   • Murray Rawshark 1.1

     16 April 2015 at 3:28 pm

     Tautoko 100%. I’m particularly worried by SERCO getting a foot in the door.
2. mickysavage 2

   16 April 2015 at 2:16 pm

   Wow, Serco, professional director, Deloittes, disability rep, mediaworks CE (bound to be a mate of Joyce’s), corporate lawyer I have never heard of, economic development worker and an ex F&P manager. I see there is a strong level of experience in academia /sarc
   • tracey 2.1

     16 April 2015 at 2:25 pm

     I have heard of the lawyer… had a client against her in a leaky home claim. Her client had made some undisclosed repairs to a leaky home and sold it as a non leaker. He then made himself bankrupt after judgment to avoid paying. She represents alot of folks of Asian origin.
   • tracey 2.2

     16 April 2015 at 2:27 pm

     They have the excuse I am sure that Polytechnics are involved in industry based training so having industry is important… BUT where are the Trades? Where are the Nurses? Business is well represented which is only 1 industry… of sorts, in training terms.
   • Sacha 2.3

     16 April 2015 at 2:52 pm

     Their backgrounds do seem to match what a tertiary board would need, and the specialisations of each institution. But I’m unimpressed with the whole centralised control-freakery of this govt in general.
     • Tracey 2.3.1

       16 April 2015 at 6:22 pm

       knowledge of students and academics and education you mean??
       • Sacha 2.3.1.1

         16 April 2015 at 7:02 pm

         I’m assuming other board members may already have that. Just saying the experience cited seems to at least be plausibly aligned with each institution. Could be worse.
         • tracey 2.3.1.1.1

           17 April 2015 at 4:53 am

           the lack of educational knowledge bothers me. i will look up the other board members so we can get a full picture.
           • Sacha 2.3.1.1.1.1

             17 April 2015 at 8:31 am

             That would be interesting. Thanks.
3. Hateatea 3

   16 April 2015 at 2:39 pm

   As one who has served twice on a Polytechnic Council and seen ministerial appointments clash almost constantly with the representatives of staff, students, trade unions and community, I am unsurprised by any of this.

   Our PCET institutions are being constantly pressured to move away from allowing us to choose what we would like to learn to equip us for life and employment towards only learning what the elite think we need to know to best serve their interests.

   Today’s appointments is just another step along the road to the ultimate goal which is most certainly not a well educated, thinking populace.
   • Sacha 3.1

     16 April 2015 at 3:01 pm

     “seen ministerial appointments clash almost constantly with the representatives of staff, students, trade unions and community”

     Mr Joyce has solved that problem by removing all the latter. Asshat.
     • tracey 3.1.1

       16 April 2015 at 6:28 pm

       I am on my phone so cant put this inside your comment but I write this as a moderator.

       if you are going to stoop to name calling have the decency to be clearer about why you are calling someone names or risk a banning.
       • Sacha 3.1.1.1

         16 April 2015 at 7:03 pm

         Sorry, I was calling Mr Joyce names. Feel free to delete the word if you have access.
         • tracey 3.1.1.1.1

           17 April 2015 at 4:55 am

           sacha. my fault. thanks for clarifying. long day befuddled my brain.
4. Lindsey 4

   16 April 2015 at 3:05 pm

   Judith Thompson is excellent. She chaired the Auckland Lotteries Community Committee some years ago under a Labour government.
5. Hateatea 5

   16 April 2015 at 3:09 pm

   Indeed. In fact the less the appointees know about the difficulties of running / working or studying in said institutions the better.

   The problem they had with me was that at one time I had been staff, then student and then an iwi representative. I was much harder to con than the accountants and lawyers who were the preferred category. The same was true of the union representatives.

   People who were very, very busy making money and counting it had less time to really delve below the surface of what management presented to them or the latest ministerial brainfart.
6. AmaKiwi 6

   16 April 2015 at 4:11 pm

   Complain all you want but we will be repeatedly screwed from above (the missionary position, face down!) until we can force our parliamentary dictators to relinquish some powers. The changes have to be imbedded, not able to be abolished by the next cabal that comes to power.

   Neither the Nats nor Labour are going to have a “Paul on the Damascus road” revelation that brings such changes. It’s up to us.

   P.S. NZ First is the ONLY party that ever endorsed binding referendums (long ago). The Greens might also be inclined to help.
7. Colonial Rawshark 7

   16 April 2015 at 4:23 pm

   Ms Rachael Tuwhangai, who is of Tainui descent, is an Education Manager with Serco and is developing the education programme for the new South Auckland prison.

   The private prison commercial complex is nothing more than a form of neo-slavery for profit, a funnel to shift tax payers cash to corporations.
   • Saarbo 7.1

     16 April 2015 at 10:22 pm

     For what its worth, Rachael Tuwhangai is Maxine’s little sister http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1308/S00326/waikato-tainui-appoint-new-te-kauhanganui-chairman.htm

     Good family from the Kawhia/Otorohanga area.
     • Sacha 7.1.1

       16 April 2015 at 10:50 pm

       And “She is a trustee of COMET Auckland, the former City of Manukau Education Trust” is good enough for me. They have done great work over many years.

       It’s sad how this government have eroded our trust as much as they have.
       • tracey 7.1.1.1

         17 April 2015 at 4:57 am

         thanks for delving deeper. the thing about families tho is they are cut from the same cloth but not the same pattern. so admiring or liking one family member isnt always a guide to how another would behave.
8. saveNZ 8

   17 April 2015 at 8:03 am

   Un-F-ing-Believable.

   Not a jot of education experience.

   The corporate welfare/takeover public services with cronies is reaching new levels.

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