In our electorate it’s a constant struggle replacing damaged signs. Faces cut out with knives, frames wrecked, signs ripped off. Doing it almost every day. A local electorate has had over 40% of its signs destroyed.
This might help the situation with rentals in Queenstown. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/27/new-york-airbnb-renters-cities-law-ban-properties?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
It isn’t compulsory to teach. We stick to what our BOT authorises. In consultation with our community.
For the sake of power; principles, policy, and personal feelings will be compromised. Seymour hasn’t come this far to sit on the cross benches. Winston will do anything to stay relevant.
They live in their own bubble, Patricia. The rest of the world can burn, but as long as they’re ok. Who cares.
As a teacher we find it really annoying. The kids never do the online work set, and hardly ever catch up. Just more gaps to fill further down the line.
From The Conversation. It’s about the cycling situation in Australia, but very much pertains here. https://theconversation.com/fewer-of-us-are-cycling-heres-how-we-can-reverse-the-decline-212260?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%...
The only group/person that Winston is looking out for is Winston. Baubles of office for meeeeeeeeeee!
Our media seems to be falling into the same trap that USA media did. Anything that Trump/Seymour does gets reported, thus providing $$$ worth of free publicity. Which in turn feeds the Trump/Seymour narrative. It did not end well for democracy.
Cheeeeeeese! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/25/ten-dollars-for-a-block-of-cheese-who-is-making-the-supermarkets-do-this?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Let’s hope the new commissioner makes a difference.
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/national-is-going-all-nanny-state-on-us QFT ”Rather than addressing the real concerns of schools, after six years in opposition the National Party is offering mandated teaching hours, mandated testing, mandated reporting and ...
We all love a good foreign policy scrap. Pablo not mincing words regarding Helen Clark’s latest comments. https://www.kiwipolitico.com/2023/08/benign-strategic-nostalgia/ “If I were to be charitable, I would simply say that Clark and her fellow travellers ...
QFT
Nick, my analysis was based on the presumption that Labour will make gains in England and Wales. But I don't think they will make a massive breakthrough in the home counties nor in the so-called red wall seats especially those in the Midlands. Thus Starmer...
Have you read the Stuff story? Should be self explanatory from there.
This really pisses me off. https://www.stuff.co.nz/bay-of-plenty/300922764/the-not-fast-and-the-very-furious-30kph-limit-plans-for-nz-towns I’m a baby boomer, live next door to a school, have children, and grandchildren. The sheer entitlement and fucking ...
The election is unlikely to be decided in Uxbridge but in Scotland where a hardline unionist Labour Party needs to make a breakthrough in SNP-held seats. As they hold a pathetic solitary seat and are John Bull to the core, it's hard to see the Red Tories ...
Knee jerk reactions come from all quarters, and teachers are not immune. Just because the words "chemistry" and "physics" aren't explicitly mentioned doesn't mean they won't be taught. Of course they'll be taught. But in the context of "the Earth system, ...
As someone who may well be teaching the new science curriculum, I’m excited. Of course the regular sciency stuff will be taught. In terms of the holistic approach you can’t avoid the chemistry, biology, physics etc. The whole argument reinforces what Weka ...
Law and order are going to be a major policy plank for the Nats etc. So I went looking for answers to the issue society is having with youth crime. Looking at the range of articles I found on Google Scholar, we are not alone. https://link.springer.com/...
I’m beginning to wonder if our business community is all that fussed about diversifying away from China. Labour has led delegations to Europe and the UK. Yet the growth in those markets is not growing that rapidly. Why?
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/concern-over-chinese-scholarship-drive-in-pacific?utm_source=Newsroom&utm_campaign=0012316572-Daily_Briefing+26.06.2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_71de5c4b35-0012316572-47886425&mc_cid=0012316572&mc_eid=49bcaeb6a5 I would have ...
Proof of my own theory. A large chunk of inflation is caused by business greed.
Is this interfering with the judiciary or am I overreacting.
Thanks, Ian.
Replying to tW at 11. Herman Melville tells stories about sperm whales behaving the same way in Moby Dick.
In reply to DF at 2. (Can’t reply on iPad) In China it is as its always been since the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE). The Emperor is absolute ruler, until he loses The Mandate of Heaven. Currently the Mandate is held by Xi.
Election 2023: Herald’s poll of polls has Labour edging National - coalition with Greens, Te Pāti Māori well ahead I don’t pay the premium. Anybody got the numbers?
Guns for Gangs!
Under the latest offer , a beginning teachers starting salary is $55358. Still 10k under that of a nurse. With the discipline issues in schools being hampered mostly by whiny parents, why would a graduate bother.
Let’s work towards a Labour/Green coalition. And the Greens make a wealth/land tax a non negotiable.
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