Willow Prime

So Associate Education Minister David Seymour denies principal’s earlier request to get out of a contract with Compass Group following several weeks of problems and “disappointing” service and now gaslights this principal!

Minister's claims a school trial is 'groundbreaking' is problematic says Maths professor. Minister asked for a please explain but when approached the Minister referred RNZ to the Ministry of Education. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

RNZ reports that principals say they are at an impasse with the government over its school reforms. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

“The exclusion of disabled children from the Stanford curriculum can be added to the list of problematic ministerial decisions in education.“ newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/19/edu…

@RichardHills_ Right!

All the school boards on the North Shore announcing their intention to continue to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. So good to see. 😍

@vomalley Ngā mihi! @vomalley

‘Reframes history’: fears Māori knowledge diluted in plan to revise New Zealand curriculum theguardian.com/world/2025/nov…

Pre-eminent historian Vincent O’Malley said “We were finally breaking the cycle of historical amnesia about our country’s past.” “And now we’re putting it all at risk.” theguardian.com/world/2025/nov…

Funding, contract wording “not a gag order” according to the Ministry… Also subject associations are “being asked to support curriculums they had not yet seen and had not even been written.” What is going on?! rnz.co.nz/news/political…

Charter School Agency signed sports school contract with non-existent trust rnz.co.nz/news/political…

Survivors say Crown apology proves ‘hollow’ 12 months on - Newsroom newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/12/sur…

“But a year on from the government's apology, many survivors feel the actions of the government are in contradiction to its promises for change.” rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Preposterous: how can a public school be threatened by a hostile takeover which aims to make it a charter school? NZ education system is being subjected to ideologically-driven structural & curriculum reforms which will do long term damage unless arrested. nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/ke…

“Well, that's just a bit silly” Stanford said she had seen criticism of the draft, including an open letter from 44 math experts labelling it as more political than educational. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Except they haven’t… They released the Minister’s PR and 2/6 of the curriculum areas they said they were releasing yesterday. rnz.co.nz/news/political…

“In a series of open letters, maths education experts have expressed "deep concern"; dance, drama, music and visual arts teachers said they had been "dealt a significant blow"; and PE teachers asked to pause the release of their draft curriculum.” rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Expecting teachers to prepare for major curriculum changes in eight weeks is not only unnecessarily rushed and stressful, it is also a risk to children's learning. rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-in…

More than 40 maths educators and researchers have written an open letter calling on the Ministry of Education and Minister of Education to pause the latest curriculum rollout immediately. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/28/new…

The government is celebrating the first recorded drop in harm in its facilities, but that's just one of four categories tracked by Oranga Tamariki. Labour's spokesperson for children, Willow-Jean Prime, told RNZ the minister was playing politics. rnz.co.nz/news/political…

The much-trumpeted announcement in May ignored the recommendations the Royal Commission made about a redress system. The govt is once again avoiding responsibility for the wrongs the state committed against children, young people and vulnerable adults. rnz.co.nz/news/political…

The fight to save outdoor education heads to Parliament | Stuff.co.nz youtu.be/fqDIBWoZa0M?si…