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[Noitall]

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I like the way Martin Bella thinks

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Those Pohutakawa trees were growing on a steep slope at an angle putting a lot of stress on the root system to just hang on.
Makes sense that stress will become more intense as they grow bigger & then drenched with the rain .Plus as you say the root systems compromised by underground springs. (Just my opinion & what I have experienced with these trees on the Thames Coast roads.)

Reality is every hill and cliff has the potential to slip. Mauao has slips every year because of its structure and just random luck it was this place this time.

Tragedy what has happened and as I said earlier… will the camp ever reopen?

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Rick - we've had 50 years of reform. Neoliberal reform. It's failed us.

We need big kahunas to grab democracy and power back from the oligarchs and hard right.

They're not going to help us, they haven't yet, no chance of them changing their minds now.

This government is in the thrall of big tobacco, industries pushing to privatise health, big oil, the roading lobby and the gun lobby.

Take a look at the actions of Nz First and Act and it's members over the last three years. Those policies haven't come from the people of New Zealand.

There has been some reform and some of it good. Generally instituted by Labour however, I can't think of anything remotely reformist in the last 20 years here. IMO Helen Clark was the last of the reformists.

When you mention grabbing democracy and power back, can you explain who it is going to and what they will do with it? I'd like to know as if it is sensible it would get my vote

Again I'll ask the question as to how Big Oil has the Govt in thrall? Genuinely interested and I may be able to help you out with some facts

Finally, last time I looked at polling, NZ First and ACT members appear to be New Zealanders ie, The People of NZ? Aren't they entitled to push their policies like any members a political party?

It seems to me it's only a democracy if everyone agrees with you

 

[MaybeTop8]

There has been some reform and some of it good. Generally instituted by Labour however, I can't think of anything remotely reformist in the last 20 years here. IMO Helen Clark was the last of the reformists.

When you mention grabbing democracy and power back, can you explain who it is going to and what they will do with it? I'd like to know as if it is sensible it would get my vote

Again I'll ask the question as to how Big Oil has the Govt in thrall? Genuinely interested and I may be able to help you out with some facts

Finally, last time I looked at polling, NZ First and ACT members appear to be New Zealanders ie, The People of NZ? Aren't they entitled to push their policies like any members a political party?

It seems to me it's only a democracy if everyone agrees with you

You didn't look hard enough. Plenty of information ftom me, others and the wider journalistic diaspora demonstrating the corruption through act and nz first.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Provisional data shows 57.3 percent of children attended school regularly in term 4 last year.

It's the highest term 4 figure since regular attendance hit all-time lows in 2022

This is the boring stuff that makes a massive difference in people’s lives long term. Well done govt.

 

[Noitall]

Provisional data shows 57.3 percent of children attended school regularly in term 4 last year.

It's the highest term 4 figure since regular attendance hit all-time lows in 2022

This is the boring stuff that makes a massive difference in people’s lives long term. Well done govt.

Why only single out term 4? What was the year like?

 

[Damo]

Provisional data shows 57.3 percent of children attended school regularly in term 4 last year.

It's the highest term 4 figure since regular attendance hit all-time lows in 2022

This is the boring stuff that makes a massive difference in people’s lives long term. Well done govt.

Geez even with the improvement 57.3% seems shocking?
What defines regularly?

 

[Inruin]

Geez even with the improvement 57.3% seems shocking?
What defines regularly?

Regularly is defined as attending 90% or more of the term from what I understand

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Why only single out term 4? What was the year like?

Increasing since the low in 2022 where we had low 40%’s. Every year starts high and drops away as kids leave school but it’s the highest term 4 level since Covid.

Still a long way to go to get to the 80% target but solid progress.

Term 4 2022 40%
Term 3 2023 46.7%
Term 3 2024 51.3%
Term 4 2025 57.3%

 

[Rick O’Shay]

You didn't look hard enough. Plenty of information ftom me, others and the wider journalistic diaspora demonstrating the corruption through act and nz first

Thanks for that and I am well aware of the lobbying that's done with politicians in NZ across all parties.

Going to do a JN here, You still haven't answered the questions I posed re your offhand statements.

 

[Noitall]

Increasing since the low in 2022 where we had low 40%’s. Every year starts high and drops away as kids leave school but it’s the highest term 4 level since Covid.

Still a long way to go to get to the 80% target but solid progress.

Term 4 2022 40%
Term 3 2023 46.7%
Term 3 2024 51.3%
Term 4 2025 57.3%

Auckland.Scoop » Provisional Data Shows Term 4 Attendance Continues To Rise

auckland.scoop.co.nz

While it’s something to be celebrated, I’m not sure why term 4 has relevance over other terms and would have thought the whole year overall was of better value than a few months? Indicators do point to an overall lift though I think in attendance? Haven’t looked at the year overall though?

School attendance shows early signs of improvement

More children have been attending school each day than at the same time last year, according to the latest data.

www.rnz.co.nz

This was a good article from early last year where Seymour praised schools for taking initiatives like having a certain percentage of attendance required to participate in fun things like sports. While it’s something to be celebrated, I think praise deserves to be spread

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Auckland.Scoop » Provisional Data Shows Term 4 Attendance Continues To Rise

auckland.scoop.co.nz

While it’s something to be celebrated, I’m not sure why term 4 has relevance over other terms and would have thought the whole year overall was of better value than a few months? Indicators do point to an overall lift though I think in attendance? Haven’t looked at the year overall though?

School attendance shows early signs of improvement

More children have been attending school each day than at the same time last year, according to the latest data.

www.rnz.co.nz

This was a good article from early last year where Seymour praised schools for taking initiatives like having a certain percentage of attendance required to participate in fun things like sports. While it’s something to be celebrated, I think praise deserves to be spread

I think term 4 was initially posted because it’s the one just finished with the most recent data

The kids are our future and we need to give as many as possible a decent chance at life with some sort of education.

 

[Noitall]

I think term 4 was initially posted because it’s the one just finished with the most recent data

The kids are our future and we need to give as many as possible a decent chance at life with some sort of education.

Yeah that’s fair enough, smart of the schools to initiate a level of participation to enjoy the fun things too don’t you reckon? Would imagine that’s one of plenty of initiatives directed at the fun things because I think that’s how you engage students. Learning can be fun, so much so sometimes you don’t even need to threaten that fun things aren’t allowed if you don’t turn up and kids do it willingly. Obviously school wasn’t somewhere that resonated with me, hence becoming a painter, but even I had teachers that I enjoyed attending their classes

 

[Damo]

Human remains found at the camp site, turned into a recovery mission now. Incredibly tragic

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Human remains found at the camp site, turned into a recovery mission now. Incredibly tragic

Found yesterday morning and taken away in a hearse. Infos very slow coming out…

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Yeah that’s fair enough, smart of the schools to initiate a level of participation to enjoy the fun things too don’t you reckon? Would imagine that’s one of plenty of initiatives directed at the fun things because I think that’s how you engage students. Learning can be fun, so much so sometimes you don’t even need to threaten that fun things aren’t allowed if you don’t turn up and kids do it willingly. Obviously school wasn’t somewhere that resonated with me, hence becoming a painter, but even I had teachers that I enjoyed attending their classes

School snot for everyone but it’s the kids disengaged at primary school that’s a worry. Who cares if you can’t do calculus. Basic reading and writing isnt being done with lots of families since Covid.

We developed a real culture of stay away from schools and the bugs at that time and those kids future is now screwed because they are so far behind they hall can’t engage again

 

[Noitall]

School snot for everyone but it’s the kids disengaged at primary school that’s a worry. Who cares if you can’t do calculus. Basic reading and writing isnt being done with lots of families since Covid.

We developed a real culture of stay away from schools and the bugs at that time and those kids future is now screwed because they are so far behind they hall can’t engage again

We’re also in a completely different time where typing is prioritised over writing because that’s largely the devices kids are using. We’re constantly in an evolving world and you have to keep up with the changes. It seems like we’re in time too where they aren’t sure what they’re going to teach, especially from a historical point of view