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From: Claire Amos, Principal (Tumuaki), Albany Senior High School, Auckland

Report finds children at Mossbourne Victoria Park traumatised by disciplinary measures ‘designed to humiliate’ Staff at a London academy instilled a “climate of fear” among pupils, with a drive for academic success likely to have harmed vulnerable children including those with special needs, according to a damning independent investigation. The report by Sir Alan Wood, one of the country’s foremost experts in children’s services, found that staff at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (MVPA) routinely used measures “designed to humiliate pupils”, frequently shouting at them and isolating them in corridors as part of “a harsh and damaging disciplinary culture”. Continue reading...

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Analysis: The new police commissioner will conduct a root-and-branch clean-out; the Government will want to prevent the contagion's spread beyond police, by cutting off any diseased branch, writes Jon...

In a thought-provoking discussion, Jon Stewart delves into the complex relationship between corporations and public goods during government shutdowns. He sheds light on how some corporations continue ...

As the Govt continues with its education reforms, the ministry’s acting head formally steps into the top job.

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The Government is swinging a wrecking ball through early childhood education — slashing essential regulatory requirements and rushing through a wave of harmful changes under urgency.  Every fami...

Aotearoa should be a place where everyone, regardless of their background, is respected and part of a vibrant connected community. Where everyone feels a sense of belonging and knows their children wi...

The majority of the nine pilot participants reoffended after returning to the community.

NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time....

Dame Anne Salmond sees red flags for New Zealand in this Government's Trump-like tendencies to favour entitled elites over ordinary citizens

This afternoon, the Minister of Education announced what she called a “transformational boost” in reading achievement, crediting the government’s mandated structured literacy programme and newly intro...

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“I want my old country back.”@robynjmalcolm says New Zealand has lost its way.“I remember in my old country, community mattered. You took care of the little person.”Roby says “growth and progression” have taken precedent over community. “We can be better.”She says her inspirations are Sonya Rockhouse and Anna Osborne, and their fight for justice. @pikeriverfilmCheck out my YouTube for the full interview. Link in bio. 💜🤙

Result would pave the way for the Netherlands’ first out gay prime minister and end far-right populist Geert Wilders’ time in power The liberal-progressive D66 party was on track to become the largest in the Dutch parliament, according to an exit poll, after a snap general election in which Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party was seen losing a third of its seats. The poll, with a one- to two-seat margin of error, gave the centrist party an estimated 27 MPs in the 150-seat assembly, possibly clearing a path for its 38-year-old leader, Rob Jetten, to become the Netherlands’ youngest and first out gay prime minister. Continue reading...

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