Bevan Holloway
@bevanholloway.com
Democracy begins in the classroom.
Investigation into NZ’s education and curriculum changes: bevanholloway.com
Investigation into NZ’s education and curriculum changes: bevanholloway.com
And just in from Seymour.
This is the intent. Forget whatever flowery words Erica uses. They want your child growing up in a NZ that is blind to its history. That’s not learning, it’s indoctrination.
This is the intent. Forget whatever flowery words Erica uses. They want your child growing up in a NZ that is blind to its history. That’s not learning, it’s indoctrination.
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
And just in from Seymour.
This is the intent. Forget whatever flowery words Erica uses. They want your child growing up in a NZ that is blind to its history. That’s not learning, it’s indoctrination.
This is the intent. Forget whatever flowery words Erica uses. They want your child growing up in a NZ that is blind to its history. That’s not learning, it’s indoctrination.
Wore this all day and now I have to wear it every day for the next week or so I guess.
October 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Wore this all day and now I have to wear it every day for the next week or so I guess.
Erica’s accusations of union bullying seem to be based on not much more than a text agreeing with her.
But that text had five “o”s in it, so I guess case closed.
But that text had five “o”s in it, so I guess case closed.
![Hon Willow-Jean Prime: Why did she claim that unions are bullying when it's educators who have voted to strike?
Hon ERICA STANFORD: Those comments that I made this morning about unions who were bullying were in relation to conversations that I have had with teachers and principals who have spoken out in the media with a different view, and who have then had enormous pressure put on them by the union. In fact, that was backed up by a text message from a principal that I received after I made-[Interruption]
SPEAKER: No, stop. Start the answer again, and people will listen quietly.
Hon ERICA STANFORD: I made those comments in relation to a question that I was asked this morning, when the presenter, Ryan Bridge, made the comment that perhaps principals and teachers weren't speaking out because they felt like they were bullied, and I agreed with him. That was from a conversation that l've had with teachers and principals who have come out in the media with a different perspective on things and who have had enormous pressure put on them by the union. I would also say that that was backed up by a text message from a principal that I received after I made that comment, saying that my comments were so true-and the word "so" had about five
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October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Erica’s accusations of union bullying seem to be based on not much more than a text agreeing with her.
But that text had five “o”s in it, so I guess case closed.
But that text had five “o”s in it, so I guess case closed.
Says the biggest bully in the education system.
October 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Says the biggest bully in the education system.
Also interesting that just over a year ago Elizabeth Rata was feeding Seymour talking points about this very thing.
September 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Also interesting that just over a year ago Elizabeth Rata was feeding Seymour talking points about this very thing.
Reading this, and a recurring motif seems to be the huge number of missed opportunities to punch back taught Putin what he could do.
September 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reading this, and a recurring motif seems to be the huge number of missed opportunities to punch back taught Putin what he could do.
Pluto doing his bit.
August 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Pluto doing his bit.
No daily dispatch today. Bit busy with a last minute arrival
August 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
No daily dispatch today. Bit busy with a last minute arrival
From Terry’s NZJES article
August 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
From Terry’s NZJES article
What does Erica know about education? What Michael says.
This is what ideological capture looks like: a minister getting her ideas not from the ministry, but from a think tank employee.
This is what ideological capture looks like: a minister getting her ideas not from the ministry, but from a think tank employee.
June 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
What does Erica know about education? What Michael says.
This is what ideological capture looks like: a minister getting her ideas not from the ministry, but from a think tank employee.
This is what ideological capture looks like: a minister getting her ideas not from the ministry, but from a think tank employee.
😂
They keep telling me this in their OIA response letters, but why does every batch of OIA docs I get about the MAG tell a different story?
Why is this official story so important to them?
#democraticbacksliding
#institutionalcapture
#competitiveauthoritarianism
They keep telling me this in their OIA response letters, but why does every batch of OIA docs I get about the MAG tell a different story?
Why is this official story so important to them?
#democraticbacksliding
#institutionalcapture
#competitiveauthoritarianism
June 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
😂
They keep telling me this in their OIA response letters, but why does every batch of OIA docs I get about the MAG tell a different story?
Why is this official story so important to them?
#democraticbacksliding
#institutionalcapture
#competitiveauthoritarianism
They keep telling me this in their OIA response letters, but why does every batch of OIA docs I get about the MAG tell a different story?
Why is this official story so important to them?
#democraticbacksliding
#institutionalcapture
#competitiveauthoritarianism
Yep.
Look at the out of scope coordination going on here.
So much for statutory limits eh.
The MAG was a facade, providing legal cover for the execution of a plan.
This is how democracy dies.
Look at the out of scope coordination going on here.
So much for statutory limits eh.
The MAG was a facade, providing legal cover for the execution of a plan.
This is how democracy dies.
June 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yep.
Look at the out of scope coordination going on here.
So much for statutory limits eh.
The MAG was a facade, providing legal cover for the execution of a plan.
This is how democracy dies.
Look at the out of scope coordination going on here.
So much for statutory limits eh.
The MAG was a facade, providing legal cover for the execution of a plan.
This is how democracy dies.
A quote from his talk …
The nurturing of these dispositions is essential in the age of AI. If an education system fails to do so, it is a system of intentional neglect.
The nurturing of these dispositions is essential in the age of AI. If an education system fails to do so, it is a system of intentional neglect.
May 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A quote from his talk …
The nurturing of these dispositions is essential in the age of AI. If an education system fails to do so, it is a system of intentional neglect.
The nurturing of these dispositions is essential in the age of AI. If an education system fails to do so, it is a system of intentional neglect.
Off work this week, recovering. Missing the classroom.
Drew this for my Year 13s about Pan’s Labyrinth as part of a prompt for their own explorations of the film. Trying to ‘reach through the reliever’ and help them be curious, imaginative, thoughtful.
Felt good to put pen to paper.
Drew this for my Year 13s about Pan’s Labyrinth as part of a prompt for their own explorations of the film. Trying to ‘reach through the reliever’ and help them be curious, imaginative, thoughtful.
Felt good to put pen to paper.
May 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Off work this week, recovering. Missing the classroom.
Drew this for my Year 13s about Pan’s Labyrinth as part of a prompt for their own explorations of the film. Trying to ‘reach through the reliever’ and help them be curious, imaginative, thoughtful.
Felt good to put pen to paper.
Drew this for my Year 13s about Pan’s Labyrinth as part of a prompt for their own explorations of the film. Trying to ‘reach through the reliever’ and help them be curious, imaginative, thoughtful.
Felt good to put pen to paper.
Pluto hard at work supporting my recovery from surgery.
May 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Pluto hard at work supporting my recovery from surgery.
I’ve been playing around with ‘lesson letters’, like this. Much more fun to create than ppt!
May 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I’ve been playing around with ‘lesson letters’, like this. Much more fun to create than ppt!
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
In the dispositions cards, we say that mental playfulness is the key to imagination. It is the inclination and ability to play with ideas in your head, which helps you formulate and explore new ideas in the test-bed of your own mind.
#edusky
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In the dispositions cards, we say that mental playfulness is the key to imagination. It is the inclination and ability to play with ideas in your head, which helps you formulate and explore new ideas in the test-bed of your own mind.
#edusky
🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
In the dispositions cards, we say that mental playfulness is the key to imagination. It is the inclination and ability to play with ideas in your head, which helps you formulate and explore new ideas in the test-bed of your own mind.
#edusky
🧵
In the dispositions cards, we say that mental playfulness is the key to imagination. It is the inclination and ability to play with ideas in your head, which helps you formulate and explore new ideas in the test-bed of your own mind.
#edusky
🧵
I read The Every last year and thought it excellent. So time to dive into The Circle.
I know I’m reading these the wrong way around! I’m curious about how my mind will make connections between them because of that.
Who else has read them? Thoughts?
I know I’m reading these the wrong way around! I’m curious about how my mind will make connections between them because of that.
Who else has read them? Thoughts?
April 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I read The Every last year and thought it excellent. So time to dive into The Circle.
I know I’m reading these the wrong way around! I’m curious about how my mind will make connections between them because of that.
Who else has read them? Thoughts?
I know I’m reading these the wrong way around! I’m curious about how my mind will make connections between them because of that.
Who else has read them? Thoughts?
I know I shouldn’t be surprised by this email, but every time I read it I want to shake my fists.
Here’s the education MAG clearly in curriculum writing mode by 19 January 2024.
This latest tranche of emails are leading to so many questions as I work on a part 2 to the first report about the MAG
Here’s the education MAG clearly in curriculum writing mode by 19 January 2024.
This latest tranche of emails are leading to so many questions as I work on a part 2 to the first report about the MAG
April 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I know I shouldn’t be surprised by this email, but every time I read it I want to shake my fists.
Here’s the education MAG clearly in curriculum writing mode by 19 January 2024.
This latest tranche of emails are leading to so many questions as I work on a part 2 to the first report about the MAG
Here’s the education MAG clearly in curriculum writing mode by 19 January 2024.
This latest tranche of emails are leading to so many questions as I work on a part 2 to the first report about the MAG