In my post Fifty Shades of Green, I mentioned that I had been to the NZPF (New Zealand Principals) Conference, where I had heard some fabulous speakers. This is the first post in a series, with my key takeouts from the conference. In an effort to consolidate my own thinking and learning in a variety…
Imagine If…
I have been wandering through a variety of social media sites in the last few days. You can tell it’s term break because I rarely have the luxury of time to randomly float around in social media sites aimlessly, usually I am researching or looking for something specific. It is however, aimless rambling that more…
Fifty Shades of Green
In the last week, I have been down in Southland for the NZPF Principals Conference. I will blog more about some of the fantastic speakers (in particular Patti Dobrowolski and Richard Gerver) we had and the workshops I attended, in posts to come. …
Air New Zealand – Clever Buggers
Air New Zealand are clever buggers really. I have just finished watching their latest air safety video, featuring Bear Grylls. It’s captivating, amusing and most importantly, it caught my attention and I felt compelled to watch. Prior to it starting, the hostess (do we call them that anymore – I suspect they may have a more…
And so it is done…
Here I sit, at my laptop, listening to music, wondering about the world. It is a miserably wet Sunday afternoon, post election. Out the window, the heavens have let forth and it is pouring down, on and off as if it can’t decide which way to go. One moment there is sun, the next…
The Voter – Which Type are You?
I have been wondering. Politics is an interesting beast and right now in NZ, its akin to watching a ship that keeps on crashing onto the reef. In the last week or so, I have run into a wide gambit of the public who would be placed all along the political spectrum, and some who,…
National Debt Clock – Whats Your Countries Debt?
As I type, our county owes $86,873,707,076. By the time I finish this post the country will have clocked up an extra $135 a second – thats right a second – in interest alone. It works out to be about nearly $20,000 per person. Unfortunately the debt calculator widget won’t embed itself into this…
Left or Right — What Kind of NZ Do You Want?
Politics. Love it or loathe it, all of us are caught up in the political fall out one way or another because as citizens of our country, what happens when those polls close will have an impact on us all. Some will be happy, some will be disappointed and some probably won’t care too…
The Paradox of Pseudo Consultation
This week, the Primary Teachers Union NZEI has released its results on the IES vote. 93% of teachers and principals voted they had NO CONFIDENCE in the policy. 73% voted to dismiss the policy outright rather than go back into the ‘pseudo consultation’ tent to renegotiate. In the last few days there have been…
What do I want for my child?
This election you have a choice. You can choose Neo liberal policy from the right or Child Centred policy from the left. Today I watched the Current Education Minister Hekia Parata and Education spokesperson for Labour Chris Hipkins on The Nation, go head to head. They both debated their aspirations for students in New…