Erica Stanford’s Education Power Grab Explained
What children learn, how teachers are judged and who controls the profession could soon sit directly under ministerial authority.
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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IDF subcontracts sexual assault of Palestinian prisoners to dogs???
Testimony, leaked footage and human rights investigations are piling up around allegations of horrific abuse inside Israel’s Sde Teiman detention centre.
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NZ’s Migrant Labour Exploitation System Explained
For decades New Zealand relied on migrant workers to prop up the economy, while trapping many in a temporary visa system with little long-term security.
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Ben Morgan: Ukraine’s Tactical Drone Revolution
The future of war may already be here. Ukraine’s drone battlefield is changing military tactics faster than governments, generals or ethicists can keep up.
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ANZAC Day: Remembering the futility of wars for empire!
Anzac Day should not glorify empire — it should remind us of the devastating human cost of war and those who resisted it.
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Erica’s SMART Assessment System Isn’t Smart After All
Erica Stanford’s SMART assessment system promises clarity—but teachers say it means more paperwork and less education.
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“Why the Holocaust Centre is wrong to promote “exclusive” Holocaust education”?
Holocaust education should teach universal lessons about racism and genocide, not become a narrow political narrative.
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More Smoke and Mirrors from Erica Stanford
Erica Stanford says Year 8 maths is improving. The Ministry’s own numbers suggest the truth is more complicated.
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AI is exposing the failure of NZ’s knowledge curriculum
When AI can instantly generate essays and answers, the old education model starts collapsing fast. The real crisis isn’t students using AI, it’s politicians still pretending rote learning prepares kids for the future.
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Pacific Brief: Lots of activity in the South China Sea
The Pacific is entering a far more dangerous era. Japan is deploying missiles into the Philippines, Canada is rearming, and New Zealand is deepening military integration with Australia while China escalates pressure in the South China Sea.
