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In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.

It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.

There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Fuck this smarmy, nasty little prick, he obviously has a sadism fetish and shouldn’t be allowed within 500 metres of children or policies affecting children 😡

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Lunch funding to be tied to attendance for hundreds more schools
Next year funding for school lunches delivered through the internal model will be tied to attendance.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Science, eh....
Well done team
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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It’s wild that the tradition of singing anthems before sports matches started with a Wales v NZ rugby match in 1905, as the Welsh wanted to drown out the haka.

The haka is a longer and more established tradition than pre-game national anthems. 🤯 No more moaning that the AB’s should stop doing it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Morning….
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Restricting the availability of puberty blockers to trans kids but allowing them for cis kids is a blatant violation of NZBORA (1990) and the Human Rights Act (1993).

This will undoubtedly end up in court - very quickly as the subject of a Judicial Review.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Worst NACT act of the week ? Passing the Regulatory Stds Bill into law despite 99% of 156,000 submissions opposed to a bill spearheaded by a party with just 8.64% of the people’s vote. This is not democracy and it really saddens me.

#nzpol
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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There were 159,000 written submissions on the Regulatory Standards Bill (on top of over 23,000 submissions last year) - numbers that are second only to the Treaty Principles Bill in NZ’s history.

More than 98% of public submissions were opposed.

There’s a word for this, but it’s not democracy.
Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
The bill got the backing of the coalition parties
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Small pleasures in a complicated world. This piece of plastic arrived in NZ from Netherlands in six days. My second cousin will be able to open the Van tailgate for safe camping in the South Island.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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She is a minor. He raped her.

Don’t dress it up as ‘services’.
Prominent executive admits to receiving commercial sexual services from underage girl
The man's employer said they will be taking appropriate action against him.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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But even without all that...

"It is possible to respect and value the place of the Mãori language and culture without artificially inserting it into every part of life."

To which I ask: Are Māori students an everyday part of NZ school life/classrooms?

Good. Then it's not "artificial".
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start

If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Keep these fucken ideological charlatans out of NZ education!

#nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
A new school built on ‘western civilisation’ is coming to Wellington
The former Free Speech union boss says he’s excited to have a school that could “remember the virtue of civilisation that has come from the West”.
www.stuff.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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October 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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SCOOBY-DOO

TAUGHT US THAT IN

THE END THE

MONSTERS WERE

ALWAYS PEOPLE.
October 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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The NActF obsession with destroying the public health system and encouraging private health insurance is one of the best reasons to vote them out next year.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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I’ve never seen it like this.
October 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Keep watching Till the goats
Even the animals aren’t safe….
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Remarkable dementia poetry by our friend Daniel C. Potts, MD

#Alzheimers #dementia #poetry
October 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM