The real wealth extractors are in bunkers on their private island lairs where we'll never find them.
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I earn $100k and pay you $50k per annum. Government gets approx 30% so $50k pa.
I double turnover through using a new machine and earn $200k and still pay you $50k pa. Government gets approx 30% so $75k.
Our argument is about what the govt can afford. Irrespective of greedy wealth extractors, the govt income rockets up with productivity and GDP increases - with exactly the same tax rate.
Where has all the increasing govt revenue gone from the massive increases in GDP. They have chosen where to spend on improving society and could choose to lower retirement age (like they made first/ third year of university free).
Again it’s all a choice but we don’t need to increase retirement age and could chose to decrease it!
I double turnover through using a new machine and earn $200k and still pay you $50k pa. Government gets approx 30% so $75k.
Our argument is about what the govt can afford. Irrespective of greedy wealth extractors, the govt income rockets up with productivity and GDP increases - with exactly the same tax rate.
Where has all the increasing govt revenue gone from the massive increases in GDP. They have chosen where to spend on improving society and could choose to lower retirement age (like they made first/ third year of university free).
Again it’s all a choice but we don’t need to increase retirement age and could chose to decrease it!
Did you design and build the new machine yourself? If not, are you really an innovator?
Bruh I literally joined the military out of a sense of wanting to help others and I'm proud of the people I saved in Afghanistan.
Depends on the definition of social cohesion I guess. Stalin had a very different view of it to Roosevelt for example.
No matter what the society or the politics there will always be a group of guys/gals (this ones for you Gina) at the top who do ok. There is no answer to it because human nature drives the process and for every saviour of the world, there will be another despot (Is that Seymour?)
He certainly looks like Humpty Dumpty
Spot on again Rick. Who's Gina, is that Beastmode's new name?
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s press secretary resigns amid allegations of recording sex workers
The deputy chief press secretary to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has resigned after “serious and concerning” allegations were made against him.A Stuff report says Michael Forbes allegedly recorded audio and took photographs of women in compromising positions without their consent.
The Herald has asked Forbes for comment. In a statement to Stuff, Forbes apologised to the women and recognised the harm he had caused.
Wellington police criminal investigations district manager John Van Den Heuvel told the Herald police received a complaint from a Wellington brothel in July last year after a “client was found to have concerning images and recordings on his phone”.
He said it did not meet the threshold for criminal prosecution and the case was filed. He confirmed officers spoke with “the individual” as part of police’s investigation.
In a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday evening, a spokesperson said the office first became aware of the allegations by a journalist at 4pm on Tuesday afternoon.
Forbes has been temporarily working in Luxon’s office recently and had previously worked as press secretary for Social Development Minister Louise Upston during the time of the alleged behaviour.
“The matters were immediately raised with Ministerial Services and the Prime Minister was informed that evening,” said the spokesperson.
“The allegations were serious and concerning. They were discussed with the staff member on the evening of June 3 and it was clear their employment was untenable.
“It was agreed that the staff member was stood down that evening and they resigned the following morning. Had the staff member not resigned, we expect their employment would have been terminated after a short investigation.
“As this is an employment matter between the individual and Ministerial Services, the Prime Minister will not be able to comment further.”
According to the Stuff report, Forbes wanted to offer his apologies “to the women I have harmed”.
“In the past, I was in a downward spiral due to unresolved trauma and stress, and when confronted with the impacts of my behaviour a year ago, I sought professional help, which is something I wish I had done much earlier‚" he said, according to Stuff’s reporting.
Forbes said he had failed to make a genuine attempt to apologise and had tried to move on without offering the women accountability and acknowledgement
He said therapy had helped him reflect on his behaviour and address what had led to it.
“I understand that my past actions may have undermined the trust people place in me. So, I have resigned from my job to focus on the work I need to do.”
The allegations reported by Stuff include that Forbes allegedly audio recorded a Wellington sex worker when he went to shower with her at the start of a session.
The woman reportedly said Forbes admitted to the recording and she and other sex workers asked him for the PIN code to his phone, which he provided, and allegedly found more audio recordings of sessions.
There were also alleged to be pictures of women in what is reported to be compromising positions at the gym. There are also reported to be photos of a woman at a supermarket, a woman asleep or passed out, and a woman walking up the steps to the Beehive.
'Serious and concerning': PM's deputy press sec resigns amid allegations of recording sex workers
Police said they did not meet a criminal threshold.
Did you really join up primarily out of altruism and compassion, or were there other primary reasons too?
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Disgusting move.....
In the Budget, the Government decided to cut 109 Resource Teachers of Literacy (RT Lit).
The Ministry of Education says the move will release $39.2 million in funding over four years – about $9.8m a year – that will be “reinvested to develop in-school expertise and scale frontline services across the system”.
But the literacy specialists who will lose their jobs say the decision is “unjustifiable”.
In Hawke’s Bay, five specialist teachers support more than 200 students and dozens of teachers across schools in Hastings, Napier and Central Hawke’s Bay (CHB).
The announcement has left them “shocked and frustrated”.
“It was so disappointing to find out we were losing our jobs via the media,” CHB RT Lit Hayley Henderson said.
Described by local educators as a “low-cost, high-impact” programme, RT Lit are highly trained specialists, with postgraduate qualifications in literacy.
Henderson says they work directly with students experiencing complex literacy challenges, such as dyslexia or other learning disabilities, or children with traumas, as well as supporting classroom teachers through coaching and professional development.
She fears for the future of the children they support, especially those who aren’t learning in the classroom.
“I imagine those children will look at private tutoring if their families are in a position to do that, but the ones who aren’t, I don’t know,” Henderson says.
“So far, we haven’t seen any that are comparable to what we do.”
Hastings RT Lit teacher Jane Hill says while teachers had a broad knowledge of how to teach reading and writing instruction, the RT Lit was not a one-size-fits-all intervention.
“We’ve got in-depth specialist knowledge, so we do diagnostic assessments, and we really pinpoint where the gaps are and what we need to address, and we support the teacher to deliver that on a regular basis.”
Hill was a classroom teacher for many years before securing her “dream job” as an RT Lit five years ago.
“Last year I finished my post-grad study ... it took me two and a half years to get that.
“Now, it just seems like a bit of a waste,” she said.
Napier RT Lit Kate Elworthy said it’s hard to see how the Government decision would benefit students.
“They are replacing our roles with lower-skilled people.”
For her, a good outcome would be to redeploy them under the same conditions in a smaller number of schools and then make up the balance.
“Don’t lose us and our expertise. If you want us closer to the front line, put us in one school ... but we can handle more than one, we’ve certainly done that before,” Elworthy said.
“We’ve been promised that there’s lots of opportunities for us, but we haven’t been told anything yet.”
Pauline Cleaver, the acting hautū (leader) of the Ministry of Education’s curriculum centre, said school boards, as the employers of RT Lit, would need to manage the transition.
“We know that resource teachers literacy are highly capable and experienced literacy teachers and we expect many will find new opportunities back in schools,” Cleaver said.
“Options for RT Lit could include applying for new roles created through Budget 2025, redeployment to another role within their current school or another school for a fixed period, retraining to enhance the teacher’s current qualifications for a fixed period or long service or severance payments.”
By 2028, more than 1600 new fulltime equivalent positions will be created, including 673 learning support specialists, 649 learning support co-ordinators, 143 maths/pāngarau teachers for Years 0 to 6, 10 additional intern psychologists, 19 curriculum advisers, and 78 additional structured literacy intervention teachers, bringing the total to 349 in that category.
The RT Lit network would be completely disbanded.
“Evaluations undertaken over time have highlighted the RT Lit service is inequitably distributed, the level of support, practices and processes vary between schools, there are inconsistent approaches, and staff are covering multiple schools across large clusters and geographical areas,” Cleaver explained.
“We want to ensure expertise is close to the children who need it most, with timely and equitable access to targeted supports.”
Even before the Budget 2025 announcement, more than 6000 people had signed a petition urging the Government to retain the RT Lit service.
Hastings Central School principal Peter Ahern said the cuts would disadvantage children and schools across the region.
“The service in Hawke’s Bay is very well used,” he said.
“For our children with severe difficulties in reading or writing ... There’s nothing to replace them.
“The RT Lit are the only people within our education service who are educated enough to actually deliver that service to schools.”
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School literacy service axed in Budget 2025, leaving 109 specialists jobless
Students with dyslexia and learning difficulties that affect reading and writing are set to lose personalised support in classrooms.In the Budget, the Government decided to cut 109 Resource Teachers of Literacy (RT Lit).
The Ministry of Education says the move will release $39.2 million in funding over four years – about $9.8m a year – that will be “reinvested to develop in-school expertise and scale frontline services across the system”.
But the literacy specialists who will lose their jobs say the decision is “unjustifiable”.
In Hawke’s Bay, five specialist teachers support more than 200 students and dozens of teachers across schools in Hastings, Napier and Central Hawke’s Bay (CHB).
The announcement has left them “shocked and frustrated”.
“It was so disappointing to find out we were losing our jobs via the media,” CHB RT Lit Hayley Henderson said.
Described by local educators as a “low-cost, high-impact” programme, RT Lit are highly trained specialists, with postgraduate qualifications in literacy.
Henderson says they work directly with students experiencing complex literacy challenges, such as dyslexia or other learning disabilities, or children with traumas, as well as supporting classroom teachers through coaching and professional development.
She fears for the future of the children they support, especially those who aren’t learning in the classroom.
“I imagine those children will look at private tutoring if their families are in a position to do that, but the ones who aren’t, I don’t know,” Henderson says.
“So far, we haven’t seen any that are comparable to what we do.”
Hastings RT Lit teacher Jane Hill says while teachers had a broad knowledge of how to teach reading and writing instruction, the RT Lit was not a one-size-fits-all intervention.
“We’ve got in-depth specialist knowledge, so we do diagnostic assessments, and we really pinpoint where the gaps are and what we need to address, and we support the teacher to deliver that on a regular basis.”
Hill was a classroom teacher for many years before securing her “dream job” as an RT Lit five years ago.
“Last year I finished my post-grad study ... it took me two and a half years to get that.
“Now, it just seems like a bit of a waste,” she said.
Napier RT Lit Kate Elworthy said it’s hard to see how the Government decision would benefit students.
“They are replacing our roles with lower-skilled people.”
For her, a good outcome would be to redeploy them under the same conditions in a smaller number of schools and then make up the balance.
“Don’t lose us and our expertise. If you want us closer to the front line, put us in one school ... but we can handle more than one, we’ve certainly done that before,” Elworthy said.
“We’ve been promised that there’s lots of opportunities for us, but we haven’t been told anything yet.”
Pauline Cleaver, the acting hautū (leader) of the Ministry of Education’s curriculum centre, said school boards, as the employers of RT Lit, would need to manage the transition.
“We know that resource teachers literacy are highly capable and experienced literacy teachers and we expect many will find new opportunities back in schools,” Cleaver said.
“Options for RT Lit could include applying for new roles created through Budget 2025, redeployment to another role within their current school or another school for a fixed period, retraining to enhance the teacher’s current qualifications for a fixed period or long service or severance payments.”
By 2028, more than 1600 new fulltime equivalent positions will be created, including 673 learning support specialists, 649 learning support co-ordinators, 143 maths/pāngarau teachers for Years 0 to 6, 10 additional intern psychologists, 19 curriculum advisers, and 78 additional structured literacy intervention teachers, bringing the total to 349 in that category.
The RT Lit network would be completely disbanded.
“Evaluations undertaken over time have highlighted the RT Lit service is inequitably distributed, the level of support, practices and processes vary between schools, there are inconsistent approaches, and staff are covering multiple schools across large clusters and geographical areas,” Cleaver explained.
“We want to ensure expertise is close to the children who need it most, with timely and equitable access to targeted supports.”
Even before the Budget 2025 announcement, more than 6000 people had signed a petition urging the Government to retain the RT Lit service.
Hastings Central School principal Peter Ahern said the cuts would disadvantage children and schools across the region.
“The service in Hawke’s Bay is very well used,” he said.
“For our children with severe difficulties in reading or writing ... There’s nothing to replace them.
“The RT Lit are the only people within our education service who are educated enough to actually deliver that service to schools.”
'Unjustifiable': Dyslexic children to lose 109 specialist teachers after Budget cut
'For those with severe difficulties reading or writing, there’s nothing to replace them.'
Ask Frank, he will be able to give you a better synopsis than me.
And no I don't think she posts on here. More likely to be an AFL fan but hey, the Wahs seem to get a bunch of support everywhere.
I think Beastie is Beastie fortunately for us.
In saying that, wish I had met her on Tinder
You're lucky you didn't meet this degenerate on there, could have been compromising pictures of you at the Beehive.
Yeah that’s shithouseDisgusting move.....
School literacy service axed in Budget 2025, leaving 109 specialists jobless
Students with dyslexia and learning difficulties that affect reading and writing are set to lose personalised support in classrooms.
In the Budget, the Government decided to cut 109 Resource Teachers of Literacy (RT Lit).
The Ministry of Education says the move will release $39.2 million in funding over four years – about $9.8m a year – that will be “reinvested to develop in-school expertise and scale frontline services across the system”.
But the literacy specialists who will lose their jobs say the decision is “unjustifiable”.
In Hawke’s Bay, five specialist teachers support more than 200 students and dozens of teachers across schools in Hastings, Napier and Central Hawke’s Bay (CHB).
The announcement has left them “shocked and frustrated”.
“It was so disappointing to find out we were losing our jobs via the media,” CHB RT Lit Hayley Henderson said.
Described by local educators as a “low-cost, high-impact” programme, RT Lit are highly trained specialists, with postgraduate qualifications in literacy.
Henderson says they work directly with students experiencing complex literacy challenges, such as dyslexia or other learning disabilities, or children with traumas, as well as supporting classroom teachers through coaching and professional development.
She fears for the future of the children they support, especially those who aren’t learning in the classroom.
“I imagine those children will look at private tutoring if their families are in a position to do that, but the ones who aren’t, I don’t know,” Henderson says.
“So far, we haven’t seen any that are comparable to what we do.”
Hastings RT Lit teacher Jane Hill says while teachers had a broad knowledge of how to teach reading and writing instruction, the RT Lit was not a one-size-fits-all intervention.
“We’ve got in-depth specialist knowledge, so we do diagnostic assessments, and we really pinpoint where the gaps are and what we need to address, and we support the teacher to deliver that on a regular basis.”
Hill was a classroom teacher for many years before securing her “dream job” as an RT Lit five years ago.
“Last year I finished my post-grad study ... it took me two and a half years to get that.
“Now, it just seems like a bit of a waste,” she said.
Napier RT Lit Kate Elworthy said it’s hard to see how the Government decision would benefit students.
“They are replacing our roles with lower-skilled people.”
For her, a good outcome would be to redeploy them under the same conditions in a smaller number of schools and then make up the balance.
“Don’t lose us and our expertise. If you want us closer to the front line, put us in one school ... but we can handle more than one, we’ve certainly done that before,” Elworthy said.
“We’ve been promised that there’s lots of opportunities for us, but we haven’t been told anything yet.”
Pauline Cleaver, the acting hautū (leader) of the Ministry of Education’s curriculum centre, said school boards, as the employers of RT Lit, would need to manage the transition.
“We know that resource teachers literacy are highly capable and experienced literacy teachers and we expect many will find new opportunities back in schools,” Cleaver said.
“Options for RT Lit could include applying for new roles created through Budget 2025, redeployment to another role within their current school or another school for a fixed period, retraining to enhance the teacher’s current qualifications for a fixed period or long service or severance payments.”
By 2028, more than 1600 new fulltime equivalent positions will be created, including 673 learning support specialists, 649 learning support co-ordinators, 143 maths/pāngarau teachers for Years 0 to 6, 10 additional intern psychologists, 19 curriculum advisers, and 78 additional structured literacy intervention teachers, bringing the total to 349 in that category.
The RT Lit network would be completely disbanded.
“Evaluations undertaken over time have highlighted the RT Lit service is inequitably distributed, the level of support, practices and processes vary between schools, there are inconsistent approaches, and staff are covering multiple schools across large clusters and geographical areas,” Cleaver explained.
“We want to ensure expertise is close to the children who need it most, with timely and equitable access to targeted supports.”
Even before the Budget 2025 announcement, more than 6000 people had signed a petition urging the Government to retain the RT Lit service.
Hastings Central School principal Peter Ahern said the cuts would disadvantage children and schools across the region.
“The service in Hawke’s Bay is very well used,” he said.
“For our children with severe difficulties in reading or writing ... There’s nothing to replace them.
“The RT Lit are the only people within our education service who are educated enough to actually deliver that service to schools.”
'Unjustifiable': Dyslexic children to lose 109 specialist teachers after Budget cut
'For those with severe difficulties reading or writing, there’s nothing to replace them.'
Yes and yes
dont make me tap the sign *the sign is Maslows hierachy of needs*
I tend to lurch from misanthropy and disgust at our species to resigned indifference.
Are we sure Epstein is dead? Classic techniqueDisgusting move.....
School literacy service axed in Budget 2025, leaving 109 specialists jobless
Students with dyslexia and learning difficulties that affect reading and writing are set to lose personalised support in classrooms.
In the Budget, the Government decided to cut 109 Resource Teachers of Literacy (RT Lit).
The Ministry of Education says the move will release $39.2 million in funding over four years – about $9.8m a year – that will be “reinvested to develop in-school expertise and scale frontline services across the system”.
But the literacy specialists who will lose their jobs say the decision is “unjustifiable”.
In Hawke’s Bay, five specialist teachers support more than 200 students and dozens of teachers across schools in Hastings, Napier and Central Hawke’s Bay (CHB).
The announcement has left them “shocked and frustrated”.
“It was so disappointing to find out we were losing our jobs via the media,” CHB RT Lit Hayley Henderson said.
Described by local educators as a “low-cost, high-impact” programme, RT Lit are highly trained specialists, with postgraduate qualifications in literacy.
Henderson says they work directly with students experiencing complex literacy challenges, such as dyslexia or other learning disabilities, or children with traumas, as well as supporting classroom teachers through coaching and professional development.
She fears for the future of the children they support, especially those who aren’t learning in the classroom.
“I imagine those children will look at private tutoring if their families are in a position to do that, but the ones who aren’t, I don’t know,” Henderson says.
“So far, we haven’t seen any that are comparable to what we do.”
Hastings RT Lit teacher Jane Hill says while teachers had a broad knowledge of how to teach reading and writing instruction, the RT Lit was not a one-size-fits-all intervention.
“We’ve got in-depth specialist knowledge, so we do diagnostic assessments, and we really pinpoint where the gaps are and what we need to address, and we support the teacher to deliver that on a regular basis.”
Hill was a classroom teacher for many years before securing her “dream job” as an RT Lit five years ago.
“Last year I finished my post-grad study ... it took me two and a half years to get that.
“Now, it just seems like a bit of a waste,” she said.
Napier RT Lit Kate Elworthy said it’s hard to see how the Government decision would benefit students.
“They are replacing our roles with lower-skilled people.”
For her, a good outcome would be to redeploy them under the same conditions in a smaller number of schools and then make up the balance.
“Don’t lose us and our expertise. If you want us closer to the front line, put us in one school ... but we can handle more than one, we’ve certainly done that before,” Elworthy said.
“We’ve been promised that there’s lots of opportunities for us, but we haven’t been told anything yet.”
Pauline Cleaver, the acting hautū (leader) of the Ministry of Education’s curriculum centre, said school boards, as the employers of RT Lit, would need to manage the transition.
“We know that resource teachers literacy are highly capable and experienced literacy teachers and we expect many will find new opportunities back in schools,” Cleaver said.
“Options for RT Lit could include applying for new roles created through Budget 2025, redeployment to another role within their current school or another school for a fixed period, retraining to enhance the teacher’s current qualifications for a fixed period or long service or severance payments.”
By 2028, more than 1600 new fulltime equivalent positions will be created, including 673 learning support specialists, 649 learning support co-ordinators, 143 maths/pāngarau teachers for Years 0 to 6, 10 additional intern psychologists, 19 curriculum advisers, and 78 additional structured literacy intervention teachers, bringing the total to 349 in that category.
The RT Lit network would be completely disbanded.
“Evaluations undertaken over time have highlighted the RT Lit service is inequitably distributed, the level of support, practices and processes vary between schools, there are inconsistent approaches, and staff are covering multiple schools across large clusters and geographical areas,” Cleaver explained.
“We want to ensure expertise is close to the children who need it most, with timely and equitable access to targeted supports.”
Even before the Budget 2025 announcement, more than 6000 people had signed a petition urging the Government to retain the RT Lit service.
Hastings Central School principal Peter Ahern said the cuts would disadvantage children and schools across the region.
“The service in Hawke’s Bay is very well used,” he said.
“For our children with severe difficulties in reading or writing ... There’s nothing to replace them.
“The RT Lit are the only people within our education service who are educated enough to actually deliver that service to schools.”
'Unjustifiable': Dyslexic children to lose 109 specialist teachers after Budget cut
'For those with severe difficulties reading or writing, there’s nothing to replace them.'
He certainly didn't kill himself, or did he
Nah, he didn't. It was Diana's bodyguard. He had to redeem himself after a bit of a cock up in a Paris tunnel.
Yup, so the whole article is about 5 teachers in Hawke Bay in amongst a country wide group of 109?
And they wonder why trust in reporting is declining.
Ah, just realised, it's not national news, just part of Nanny Herald's franchise Hawkes Bay today
