A Principal’s Lament
Principals are being asked to carry the blame while losing the freedom to lead. That isn’t reform. That is control.
National Party
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Te Tiriti Changes Threaten Ākonga Māori
This is not legal tidying. It is the Crown weakening protections for ākonga Māori, then pretending the harm is theoretical.
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Public Housing Rent Hikes Slammed By Advocates
The Government calls it fairness. Tenants will call it less food, less power and less fuel while landlords pocket the subsidy.
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Lying to mothers giving birth is probably as bad as it gets
Lying about maternity care is grotesque. New mothers were promised a right they do not yet have, and the Government calls it a mistake.
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Budget growth forecasts: even ZB isn’t buying it
The Government’s surplus fantasy relies on growth forecasts no one believes. When even ZB starts calling it fiction, the wheels are off.
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NZ Super: Younger Kiwis Should Be Furious
They got cheap houses, free education and the welfare state. Now propertied boomers want younger Kiwis to surrender NZ Super too.
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Move-on Powers: Govt Ignored Homelessness Warnings
Police, Justice, Corrections, MSD, Oranga Tamariki and Treasury warned them. The Government pushed ahead with move-on powers anyway.
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Plunket Funding Promise Forgotten in Budget 26
They promised to fund Plunket properly. Then Budget 26 arrived, and the nurses caring for our newborn babies were left waiting again.
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Matthew Horncastle Billboard Meltdown In Christchurch
Christchurch has seen enough wreckage. Now Matthew Horncastle wants to add a glowing billboard of rich-man grievance to the skyline.
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The Bradbury Group: Marama Davidson And Mike Smith
Marama Davidson, Mike Smith, John Tamihere, Matthew Hooton and Matthew Tukaki walk into The Bradbury Group. New Zealand politics may not survive the hour.
