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“Achievement rates are likely to decline… especially for Māori, Pacific and disabled learners and learners facing more socio-economic barriers.”— Cabinet Paper, 2025 engaginglearningvoices.com/post/the-true-… #1termgovernment

@HarrisonMooreNZ @NZMAGAMike You mean a Make Aotearoa Great Again hat?

@HarrisonMooreNZ A job.

@HarrisonMooreNZ @ZoomerHistorian Now Harrison. You are displaying a complete ignorance of the history of Māori and New Zealand. Read an actual book instead of riffing badly on X. I have some that I would be happy to lend you, then we can have informed debate.

The British built New Zealand. The Māori were a tiny minority who contributed absolutely nothing but were benevolently allowed to stick around for the ride since we’re pretty benevolent rulers, to our own detriment sometimes.

@HarrisonMooreNZ @RobinBGrieve I think you mean “they’re” it’s a contraction of “they are” Harrison. Be careful about that glass house. In Māori it would be “tō rātou reo” - their language. Most of us have no problem with it, in fact I find it really fun to learn a new language. Maybe you should try it.

The Maoris will have to invent a word for Swedish, as they have for restaurant and cafe.1news.co.nz/2025/12/31/ike…

@HarrisonMooreNZ I just imagine a world without all these silly religions tbh.

@gne2 @KeeganLangeveld Because politicians interfere.

@KeeganLangeveld Why are schools becoming political???

Have they considered pledging to increase achievement and literacy & numeracy rates? Or is it just virtue signaling yet again?

@au_border_force @TaxpayersUnion

@TaxpayersUnion dm if you want help writing better tweets

Every tax cut is framed as a “cost.” Funny, nobody calls higher taxes a “cost” to you. 🫢

@NZNationalParty This account is really starting to sound like a bot.

Labour wants to tax you more to feed their spending addiction.

@ElliotIkilei A handful!? There are 2500 schools in Aotearoa and as of today over 1000 had signed up saying that they would still give effect to Treaty obligations - that’s hardly a handful. No school mission statement mentions English or Maths. Have you even read one? #misinformation

A reminder why Hobson’s Pledge exists: This week, several schools proudly announced they’ll *keep* prioritising “giving effect to the Treaty” above everything else. Reading? Writing? Maths? Apparently not the top priority. These boards say their highest duty isn’t education — it’s the Treaty. We fought hard when Minister Stanford originally proposed making the Waitangi Treaty every school’s “paramount objective”. We said: wrong. You backed us. The government listened. The requirement was removed from the Bill. Now? A handful of activist principals and boards are openly declaring they’ll ignore the law and carry on anyway. Message: “We’ll take your funding, but not your rules.” Parents are furious — and rightly so. Kids deserve teachers focused on lifting EVERY child, not dividing them by race or playing politics. The new law is crystal clear: a board’s paramount duty is now: “to ensure every student attains their highest possible standard in educational achievement.” No one is banning the Treaty, te reo Māori, or history. We’re just putting kids and learning first. But some schools are still defying Parliament. The fight for equal education isn’t over. Stand for equality. Stand for democracy. Stand for a New Zealand where every child gets the education they deserve. He iwi tahi tātou. We are one people. Elliot

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/20-11… Erika Stanford is driving people away from teaching. Instead of listening to teachers from Aotearoa New Zealand she’s listening to a Tory.

@gaye_ess Can’t take seriously anyone who thinks that ACT is not ideological.

The drop of National's popularity in the polls and on X posts is very concerning. I get it of course, Luxon is hopeless, but please coalition voters - pick another coalition partner to vote for. FFS don't go with Labour. NZ First has delivered more of what they have campaigned on that any other coalition party. They are the only party that will work for us, to give us a government that is not woke and not based on ideology. They will always be my preference, but vote Act if you want to, just please please don't go left. #nzpol

@NZNationalParty The only thing National seems to be winning these days is the cringe tweets poll.

If you work hard, save and invest - you should be celebrated, not whacked with a capital gains tax.

@vcdxnz001 @KiwiStreamNZ Except for the fact that Māori language classes for adults are a totally chock full all around Aotearoa. And mostly full of Pākehā. There’s a lot of ‘utility’ in knowing some Māori in NZ and given the way our demographics are changing a little can go a long way.

@KiwiStreamNZ Except almost nobody would choose to learn it given an actual choice. There are so many other languages that are more beneficial to learn. It can’t compete on a level playing field with other world languages as it has no utility.

I support David on this issue. Schools deserve to have a choice. Its nothing about insulting Maori culture. Schools are there to teach the kids. There's nothing wrong with learning Maori, if you dont want to learn Maori, you should be able to choose not to.

@muriellondon @bennash Written by AI🤦🏼

People keep saying “AI art is theft” because models were trained on images from the internet. Let’s talk about that calmly, without noise or hate. 🎨 First, AI models don’t copy artworks. They don’t store or retrieve existing images. They learn patterns, the way colors blend, light behaves, or compositions are structured, exactly as an art student does when studying hundreds of paintings in a museum. 🎓 In fact, every art school in the world teaches by imitation. Students copy masters like Da Vinci, Monet, or Van Gogh to understand technique and style. That isn’t theft, it’s learning through observation. AI training works the same way, only with mathematics instead of sketchbooks. 💡 Art has always evolved through influence. Impressionists were accused of betraying realism. Cubists were mocked for destroying form. Digital art was dismissed as “not real art.” Every new medium begins as controversy before it becomes culture. 🧠 AI is not an artist. The human behind it is. Every piece of AI art starts with human intent, vision, story, emotion, composition, and countless hours of refinement. The machine doesn’t choose the subject, framing, or feeling. The artist does. 🔧 Creating AI art is not pressing a button. It’s a process of research, trial, and editing. We test hundreds of prompts, blend styles, correct flaws, upscale, animate, and build meaning from chaos. Just like a painter uses brushes and pigments, we use data and code. ❤️ Art is emotion, not method. If an image moves you, makes you think, or fills you with wonder, it’s art. Whether it’s made with a brush, a lens, or a neural network, what matters is the soul behind it. So no, AI art is not theft. It’s the next chapter in a very long story of human creativity. and those who embrace it are not replacing artists, they’re expanding what art can be.

@actparty No they’re weren’t. That’s just a flat out lie.

We're taking politics out of the classroom. Under Labour, schools were told to turn every subject into a Treaty workshop. Now, the Treaty mandate is going, and schools will instead focus on what matters: giving kids useful knowledge and skills.

Both parties seem to be struggling around the messaging on CGT in Aotearoa NZ. Aussie expert makes it quite clear that we are behind the rest of the world in this. rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

@dbseymour I read it today and what a joke. The Social Studies teachers were literally laughing at this prepackaged mess you’ve now spent tax payers dollars on. Maybe talk to some real teachers next time.

No longer will history classes indoctrinate young people for political purposes. Today the Government unveiled a new curriculum that restores balance. It celebrates the positives in our history while inviting critical thinking. It teaches that we’re all descended from people who crossed oceans – whether in wakas, steamships, or Airbuses – to build a better life together at the bottom of the world. The previous 'Aotearoa Histories' curriculum, introduced under Labour, drove a simplistic victims-and-villains narrative. Its so-called ‘big idea,’ that ‘Māori history is the foundational and continuous history of Aotearoa New Zealand,’ excluded most New Zealanders from the story. The second ‘big idea’ that ‘Colonisation and settlement have been central to Aotearoa New Zealand's histories for the past 200 years’ set New Zealand up as a nation of victims and villains. The third idea, that ‘The course of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories has been shaped by the use of power’ only reinforced that idea. I’m proud to say these dismal, divisive and overly political ‘big ideas’ are all gone. The new history curriculum also teaches young Kiwis to look outward. Instead of gorging on a restricted diet of local history, students will now also learn about Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, through to the Victorian Age. ACT has delivered a step away from politicised education, and a step toward a shared sense of citizenship based on common history, equal rights, and mutual respect.

Winston wants to outlaw the original name for this land, but has he discussed his plans with Shane yet?

@S1ngers1 @Parmjeet_Parmar So you didn’t read it either 🙄

@simp @Parmjeet_Parmar It doesn't matter what the job description says.

The divisive and racist policies at Auckland University need to stop. Here is a paid role in the graduate programme that excludes applicants on the basis of race. I am writing to the University requesting that they remove race from hiring conditions.