If It Is Not One National Minister It Is Another

This time it is Education and Immigration Minister Erica Stanford. One of the hardest working and I THOUGHT EFFECTIVE Ministers from the National Party component of the Coalition Government.

There have been rumours that she was not fully on board with de escalation of the Maorification of the Public Service and in particular the Education Curriculum from – Year 1 to Year 13. I did not give the rumours much credence putting down to jealousy of a hardworking, seemingly effective Minister with a nice media manner and dare I say – a pretty face.

Well I saw something to day on Kiwiblog General Debate about Minister Stanford slipping through some additions to the Education Curriculum that promoted Maorification and possibly extending in some areas to Co Governance and also including what has become known as Gender Identity Politics. Then I came home from work at 7.15pm, flicked to my emails and found this from Eliot Ikilei of Hobsons Pledge – have a read it is concerning stuff as it seems National are running two agendas.

This being exhibit two after the exposure of Simon Watts Ute Tax last week.

When leader Luxon is away the activists in the party will play and it seems to hell with Coalition Agreements.

Here is what Hobsons Pledge say:

While everyone was distracted, National’s wokest minister, Erica Stanford, quietly introduced a radical rewrite of our school governance laws — and now it has been pushed to a select committee with barely a whisper of public attention. It’s innocuously called the Education and Training Amendment Bill No. 2, and yet the changes buried within it — specifically in the rewritten Section 127 — represent one of the boldest attempts yet to entrench co-governance and identity politics in the classroom. Erica Stanford has slipped this radical section into the legislation — and yes, she did it quietly. No fanfare, no press release, and certainly no warning to the public. Just a quiet move that will force every school board in the country to reflect “local tikanga Māori, mātauranga Māori, and te ao Māori” in their policies, plans, and classroom teaching. The Bill even goes so far as to require that schools take “all reasonable steps” to provide instruction in tikanga and te reo Māori. This is not a minor amendment. It is a full-blown cultural mandate. Worse still — this comes after the coalition parties (National, ACT, and New Zealand First) all campaigned on rolling back co-governance, not embedding it. We’re calling it what it is: Stanford’s Sneaky Sell-Out. If passed in its current form, this Bill would fundamentally shift the purpose of school governance away from academic excellence, toward ideological instruction. Have we learned nothing from New Zealand’s steady slide in international rankings for literacy, numeracy, and science? Instead of putting all their focus on lifting educational standards and supporting struggling schools, this government seems content letting woke ideology dominate the agenda — even in classrooms. So we’re asking you to act now. The submission process may have closed, but this Bill hasn’t passed yet. There’s still time to make it clear to Erica Stanford — and to the leaders of National, ACT, and New Zealand First — that this is not what New Zealanders voted for.  EMAIL THE MINISTER & PARTY LEADERS NOW Just like with previous campaigns, we’ve made it easy: click the button above to open our email tool, select the key reasons you disagree with this Bill, and your email will be sent straight to Erica and the Government party leaders. Here are just a few of the reasons you might include: Tikanga and te ao Māori are vague and legally unclear: There’s no universal definition, and what is considered “local tikanga” can vary dramatically. Embedding these into law creates confusion, not clarity. Equal outcomes are not equal opportunity: Attempting to guarantee equal educational outcomes for every student is unrealistic, misleading, and fundamentally unfair. It’s a misuse of limited classroom time: Students are already behind on essential subjects. Mandating cultural content further dilutes focus on the basics. School boards should be focused on academic excellence, not navigating ideological minefields.Let’s be clear: we support students learning the true history of our country — but that’s a far cry from force-feeding children random tribal customs and spiritual beliefs dressed up as education. What we don’t support is ideological capture of our school system. Section 127 is totally out of step with the promises this government made, and families, teachers, and students deserve better.  We’ll be campaigning hard on this issue. But right now, we need your help to stop this Bill before it becomes law. Please send your email now here.  Let’s remind the Minister and her colleagues that New Zealanders voted for change – not cultural mandates in schools. We’ll be in touch again soon. He iwi tahi tātou / We are one people,Elliot Ikilei Trustee Hobson’s Pledge https://www.hobsonspledge.nz/ Hobson’s Pledge Trust Unit 6, shed 24 143 Quay Street, Auckland Central, Auckland, 1010.

You can either use what Hobsons Pledge offer for your emails or you can always construct your own email and send that to the Party Leaders, Ministers and any other MP’s of your choice. I always include my Electorate MP Catherine Wedd in these type of emails but, I wonder why I bother because while her staff acknowledge receipt no follow up is ever received.

Get to it and get your emails away.

I will do mine tomorrow.