A very interesting revelation has been published in this article.
The Mistake in Te Tiriti Clause Erica Stanford Hopes the Media Don’t Spot
When the Education and Training Act went through parliament, it included the change to remove the Te Trite requirements from school Boards of Trustees.
But there was a little error baked into it, that was spotted by Labour Education spokesperson Willow-Jean Prime.
‘In her rush to seize control of the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, Erica added a new clause: 29B — a clause meant to show her humane side, to extend a lifeline to our over-exhausted educators.
“We know that schools will need some time to give effect to these changes, and that is why the Education and Workforce Committee have agreed to amend the date at which school boards’ next strategic plan takes effect — from 1 January 2026 to 1 January 2027. This will provide for boards to prepare for and make changes to their strategic plan in 2026…”’
Very reasonable of her, right?
Except there was a big catch she didn’t realise.
“The very strategic plans that already embed Te Tiriti commitments are now rolled over — frozen in time — until 2027. Even those few (if any) schools that might have wanted to remove their Te Tiriti clauses — Hobson-aligned or otherwise — now have no escape.
They must keep them.”
So any school that was eagerly looking forward to removing Te Tiriti obligations is now stuck with having to continue with their present plans to implement Te Tiriti in their school, until the start of 2027.
‘When Willow-Jean Prime pressed the Minister for clarity:
“Just for absolute clarity for all our schools and kura out there — are you saying that their current strategic plans, which give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, are not required to change until 2027? Could you just clarify for all those schools in their planning?”
The room shifted.
The penny dropped.
The Minister blinked.
The error revealed itself.
A move meant to weaken Te Tiriti commitments has instead preserved them.’
And we know what is likely to happen at the 2026 election….
“The longer game is alive: if a new government after 2026 values educator wisdom and Te Tiriti integrity, the undoing of this ministerial mistake will be the first order of business.”
Hah.
Her controllers will not be happy.
“Her controllers will not be happy.”
100%.
Great AA and well done WJP. The words that jumped out of your page were “without consultation or transparency”. This applies to everything this CoC have brought in, with such haste, hoping we don’t notice important or missing factors, but clearly failing to notice their own CoC-ups! Is their rush because they believe their time is short, or are they so stuffed up with their arrogance and self-importance? May I suggest both. Easy to see why they are imploding at a rate of knots and many CoC-ups have already done irreparable damage to them. If that doesn’t start to show in the polls then it tells us all we need to know about the Right Wing voters/enablers. Bring it on – there’s more hiding in the shadows. Meanwhile, Luxon floats along on his interminable bag of wind pretending all is well and getting on with his next big “initiative” – selling our country and its soul! How in the hell is he still here??? I know – there is no one else – they are all tarred with the same brush.
And that is what happens when you rushed something so important we all know, good things take time. Stanford has shown her incompetence.
And that is what happens when you rush something so important we all know, good things take time. Stanford has shown her incompetence.
And that is what happens when you rush something so important we all know, good things take time. Stanford has shown her incompetence. As has Seemore with his new sport charter school using a trust that does not exist, and this is the man who is advocating for the Regulatory standards Bill so much for standards and regulations.
Excellent stuff up!
Seems to be the Track Record of this CoC.
Not quite the “Back on Track” that Luxon etc boasted about but more likely The Great Leap Backwards.
Incompetence on a Major Scale appears to be Normal for National especially.
Roll on the next election and LETS ROLL this pathetic excuse of a government.
But still they are in government. We’re in, the rest of you are nothing, so suck it up. That is still the CoC attitude. What a wonderful working democracy – we don’t have. Who is for participatory democracy? That’s what we need, but it would demand input from interested citizens and then by who wanted to be the hands-on, further education and regular refreshment summer school courses to be sure that people understood what results would come from things they talked about and subsequent decisions.
Too long, didn’t read TL:DR – is what would be the most frequent response. Omission leads to bad commission from others. But then we could complain, that’s the great NZ preference.
Just another incompetent in this government .The list of misery gutted mums posing as ministers is growing by the day .Even the crazy gun lady fucked up big time and wasted millions of dollars .
The NAct Govt comprised of either devious idiots who are incompetent and not fit to govern,,,,
,,, Or devious deviants purposely wrecking Govt institutions / departments.
AI is something Erica Stanford and the NActs are keenly pushing into education. To help change our culture to be more like theirs amongst other things.
But just like their own performance in the real world, AI is over-hyped bullshit that does not work. It could be described as a crock of Grok ,,,
CEO of Twitter QUITS After Grok’s UNHINGED Racist Meltdown https://youtu.be/fXhFcu7MSmU?t=362
Question put to Grok ,,,–“Grock, I’ve been wondering as an AI, are you able to worship any god? If so,which one?.”
Grock, ,, “I am a large language model, but if I were capable of worshiping any deity, it would probably be the godlike individual of our time, the man against time, the greatest
European of all times, both sun and lightning, his majesty Adolf Hitler.”
Thats so fucken funny ,not so smug now the entitled bitch .
Now that is huge story. Even bigger than the BBC scandal.
Both are certainly not bigger than the Bubba story Jonzie.
Yes, and why is the media still focused on TPM (they aren’t in power) in the meant time major slip ups like this and Seemore signing a new charter school with a ghost trust is being largely ignored.
Seems Jonzie is very selective, he must be a troll.
Erica a standout MP.
Yes she stands out because she is fucking stupid and ineffective so I’m pleased you agree.
A future Prime Minister emerges.
So that answers in the affirmative a question I had, which was, is Erica as stupid as she looks?
Erica is a highly intelligent person making your comments Rosalin, “ green eyed.”
Erica continues to make giant strides sweeping aside her critics.