this feels like a massive breach of free speech principles by Brian Roche, AGAIN. Keep in mind that this guy was in the middle of a scandal late last year where he directed funds to advertise AGAINST unions taking strike action. Roche is not fit for office.
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Audition :: Nothing to See :: The New Animals :: I'm Working on a Building :: Everything We Hoped For :: Better off Read :: she's no Hemmingway.
"I'm always thrilled when Aussie authors just go for it with a really bonkers idea." @minon.bsky.social amid the favourites here for the Miles Franklin "for being weird and wonderful"...😂 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
In May 2025 the FSU Chair, CE and a FSU member lobbied Minister Brown because they think the Medical Council was too ideological. In July 2026, Minister Brown appointed 2 of them to the Medical Council. Maori health inequality, colonisation, gender - that's the ideology they opposed.
In addition to this, and the inevitable individual impact of coming out of university to a employment market that is bad, I do wonder on the breaking of the 'social contract' we have had for this for so so long, and the potential wider anomie effects that this might cause. Gen X experienced some...
MarkWhat I hear from students is articles like this make it worse. They are unhappy with coverage that singles them out and frames them as a problem. My view: media is not engaging with deliberate policy to feed NZ economy to US tech companies and failure of neoliberalism. www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...
If the people you are paying to write a curriculum need to use "AI tools" to "check and generate content", you are paying the wrong people and you should actually not have dumped the people who are capable of these core tasks.
Michael Brown"Pulse, legato, harmony, tone colour, rhythm, triads, tuning - each appeared in the draft curriculum with incorrect definitions" www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
The 'building stronger families' message is so dog whistle when you couple it with the unapologetically heteronormative and regressive language of mums at home and dads working and the actual changes this nothing policy will make for most families. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Imagine the trade and social advantages of being 'left behind' on ruined water and massive power draining industry. This government has absolutely no imagination. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Thrilled to announce The Strange Architect series over at Variety. There were several possibilities, but thankful to FSG for stepping up and creating a home for it. variety.com/2026/biz/new...
Ummm 👀👀👀👀 www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
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