Posts by Hilary Stace
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There's also something strange going on with the Ministry of Ed's so called 'function' advisors paid at secondary principal rates to advise schools how to implement National Standards. Many have no teaching experience and one is facing a disciplinary hearing. On Radio NZ this morning, government-criticism-risk-averse Geoff Robinson implied that the Ministry of Ed had appointed without consulting the Minister. However, it is just as possible that this whole programme and the personnel are being overseen from the Minister's office. Some sunlight is needed on this story.
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to 3410,
Details on Red Alert and it is well covered on interest.co.nz, and of course, the Standard.
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Clare Curran wrote a post yesterday.
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Except that whole page has now disappeared!
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Hard News: Dropping the Bomber, in reply to Kerryn Pollock,
People commenting on the the Radio New Zealand Facebook page are pretty angry about it.
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Worrying that there has been a 30% drop in business confidence over the last month, and some are trying to blame the RWC.
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This is quite exciting. Next Saturday 15th there will be a range of Occupy NZ activities around the country. The 99% is welcome. Facebook (Occupy New Zealand etc) and twitter eg occupywelly will have details.
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The Occupied Wall Street Journal - print your own for posterity.
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Merger of the Occupy Wall Street movement and Steve Jobs
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Yesterday I overheard a young person say, 'I don't know how FPP works'. It was as if it was just strange system from the past.
I guess it just seems weird to me that never once in my life have I spoken to anyone who is poor, elderly or disabled who has actually got anything useful from approaching the local MP
I think there would be a few people in Wellington Central who would challenge that, including me. I have personally approached Grant and before him Marian Hobbs about assorted disability issues and they have always been helpful. The staff in the Labour electorate office are flat out helping people with hundreds of different issues but many poverty, disability and age related covering problems around housing, immigration, employment, Work and Income, disability services, educational support etc.