Your voice counts! Its true – your voice really does count. If you were one of the nearly 26% of kiwis (the worst turnout in a century) who did not vote in the last election in 2011 then this post is about you. You may not realise it, but your vote is an important one….
Category: politics
Game of Thrones-esque Politics
Game of Thrones and political machinations – drama in real life!It’s been a shocker week in politics. Many media pundits might argue that it’s been far worse for those on the left than those on the right. Both major parties, as this Kiwi sees it, have been ‘tricky’. From ‘secret’ trusts, over inflated ‘dinners’,…
Inspiring Change – The Day of the Women
Today I saw a post from our Ex Prime Minster, Helen Clark (and if I say so myself, one of the best our country has ever seen, and a hero of mine). She made a post, to commemorate that today, the 8th of March, is International Women’s Day. She shared the UN’s (United Nations) ‘Progress…
Whose Responsibility is it?
Children’s day in NZ is tomorrow. It’s got me wondering. What do children need, and whose responsible for what they need? Sounds simple doesn’t it. On the face of it, the majority of people will say parents are responsible for everything. Perhaps. I started reflecting on the ‘perhaps’, and some of the variables…
Greenerrella and the Two Mean Min-is-Sisters
WARNING: This is satire – if you are allergic to satire please switch eyes off now. Once upon time, in the Land of the Long White Cloud, a young woman worked hard campaigning for the rights of those less fortunate than herself, and earnt herself a place within the countries Governing Palace. She belonged to…
What Teachers Really Want…
One of the concerns I always have with Government Policy, is that most often, it is designed by those who don’t work in the profession, and oftentimes, it is driven by forces that are so far away from the current realities of a classroom and the day to…
Len Brown and the Crusade of the Crucifying Counsellors
The Len Brown issue just won’t go away. Just when you think it has settled down and as a city we can move forward and let the man do what he does best, bam, the saga continues. It would appear now that his own counsellors have decided to turn against him and head down a…
The Naming of the GPS – A Political Comparison
Those who know us, know that I have had a love hate relationship with TechnoMans old GPS for quite some time. It is my experienced opinion that this particular TomTom is possessed. It has a mind of its own, and that mind, I am convinced, is determined to make me cross. There are many…
What I Wish For
What I wish for, that would make my job easier: That the ‘freedom’ to explore the beauty of our national curriculum was in fact a real ‘freedom’, not one watered down by mandates that essentially spoil the intent and purpose of our world class curriculum. That Politicians would spend a week on my classrooms, teaching…
The Week That Was
This weeks Brick Bats, Bouquet and Honourable mention for things that have cropped up in the news. Brick Bat: This is shared this week with the Government and the Minster of Education. Firstly the Government for not funding an important report on child poverty in the country that sets measures and targets, claiming it wasn’t…