Shades of the ferries and Dunedin hospital and the polytechs. Scrap the existing programme without warning or planning, create an expensive muddle, then replace it with something less good and more expensive. All for the sake of ideology. #nzpol

Manafacturing an NCEA crisis while ghosting the cost of living crisis they were supposedly elected on. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Based on an excellent arctic;e by Bail Haque thedailyblog.co.nz/2025/09/30/q...

This needs to be investigated.

This is an excellent chat between two eloquent and informed people. I stayed up way past my bedtime last night watching it.

This is a brilliant interview. Chloe has to be the most economically literate politician in AONZ right now. youtu.be/zl_LgDjpzxE?... #nzpol

Even the landmark 2022 Peter Ellis case that recognises tikanga as the first law of Aotearoa is up for legislative debate.

You may not find it on the front pages - or even sports pages - of the four big local media companies, but Niamh Fisher-Black won the silver medal in last night’s women’s road race at the world champs in Rwanda. And yes, that’s a big deal.

The junior maths curriculum is being rewritten in England.

The gulf between Arden and Luxon is light years wide

Can’t wait for the Ian Taylor “letter to Jon” think piece 🙃

Tomorrow is the Rapture! Take an old pair of shoes, put a piece of dry ice inside each. Have fun.

Also, is this the “significant announcement in Auckland” that meant Stanford had to cancel her speech at the PPTA conference because the day clashed? Because if so, this is the wrong day.

Is it really "fast-tracking" or "accelerating" when it's basically restarting some of the 100-odd projects you iced a year ago, putting the construction sector into a nosedive? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Do we as a country want this to happen?

For those of you who've not yet voted in your local body election

More of my ponderings...

Plunket: So the way to do that is get the Treaty, get all this Treaty stuff, out of education, right? Stanford: In one go.

Sir Brian Roche saying that teachers should have held their strike in the school holidays to cause less disruption My dude, the whole point of striking is to cause disruption, this is the power the workers hold - withholding labour! #NZPol

This

One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.

My latest rant

My cartoon in today's www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608... Erica Stanford & her ministry are axing Art History in Aotearoa for senior school students. This cartoonist wouldn't be the person I am without it. I thank all those who've come before me, who work now, and to future artists.

Don’t park across footpaths or this guy will mess up your car.

Another article from moi...

On NRT: Who to vote for in Palmerston North (2025) - norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/09/who-...

I've been writing again

Here I go again...

Public Service Commissioner points out that by withdrawing their labour, primary school teachers will demonstrate the importance of their labour to society in general.

She should have stayed, I'm sure she would frighten the Russians away.

She clearly doesn't know what she is talking about

So where is the 10 year jail sentence for the CE and the $100m fine?

"We're operating in a tight fiscal environment and tough decisions had to be made," Goldsmith…' Who overspent on rich landlords and lobbyists, creating the tight fiscal environment? Who always gets hurt by tough decisions and who never does? #nzpol #oneTermGovernment

“sometimes you can misdiagnose the problem and think it's a ... we need to be more cultural, that will help with our reading and writing” Erica Stanford, June 2025, echoing Rata, on stage in Florida in a plenary session hosted by an American Enterprise Institute fellow.

Racism is rife in Stanford's education agenda

Blowing shit up in the backyard transcends cultures. Dudes rock.

Nicola Willis knew Neil Quigley and the RBNZ leadership lied about Adrian Orr's departure, until the Ombudsman stepped in on Thursday. Willis actively covered for him, allowed him to lie to Kiwis and sidestep scrutiny. Is a cover up like this at the highest levels deemed acceptable in this country?

Expect the coalition to push more toxic bills under urgency every Parliament sitting week between now and next year's elections. Their legislative panic is an indicator of the coalition realising they will be occupying the Opposition benches following the elections. #OneTermGovernment #nzpol

My latest article on The Daily Blog

A MAG’s purpose is to provide independent advice to a minister on a specific aspect of their portfolio. Stanford agreeing to amendments to the terms of the curriculum MAG that gave them oversight of a curriculum development team in the Ministry, fundamentally changed its purpose.

I've been writing again...

another article

another excellent must read article

excellent article to clear your mind of the nonsense spouted by Erica Stanford and Elizabeth Rata over te Reo words in junior readers

“Sweet Jesus, I absolutely refuse to be told off for feeling poor by the Chief Scrooge of the, ‘I’m Wealthy And Sorted’ Government who’ve single-handedly overseen the longest recession in NZ’s living memory.” www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

My latest article on The Daily Blog

Can't help but notice that very few of the people who think teachers have an easy job with generous pay and luxurious holidays have decided to do the rational thing and retrain as teachers

Why running a country isn’t like running a household youtu.be/sAKr55O7qaU?... via @YouTube This needs to be shared widely given this is exactly what the current government is trying to do.

After a multi-year legal battle, I've been granted a restraining order against the notorious white supremacist Phil Arps Arps fought this every step of the way (with legal aid) and I've been left with a hefty legal bill, I'm fundraising to cover the last part of the cost ko-fi.com/byroncclark/...