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http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/77825339/Teachers-union-protected-Robert-Burrett-claim Alternate title: Union protected member from BoT who didn't want to follow due process and take a shortcut around employment law. I actually think the big problem is having schools essentially run by local volunteers rather than people with experience and knowledge of things like employment law, management etc.
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E-voted in the referendum. Felt good I guess
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Varkk posted:http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/77825339/Teachers-union-protected-Robert-Burrett-claim Yeah this is a good case of the very necessary safeguards against exploitation and mistreatment actually causing problems instead I think the BOT system is great but I also think there should be a ministry or teachers council rep on each board, for this kind of thing, and also to prevent boards with personal agendas against specific teachers/principals etc. Could go a long way to mediating some of the petty board-staff fighting that goes on in some schools.
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Mar 14, 2016 10:54
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Poor Mike, getting bullied online. http://i.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/77938319/Seven-Sharp-hosts-Mike-Hosking-and-Toni-Street-confront-the-trolls?cid=app-android
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Mar 16, 2016 01:44
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Goddamn it media, calling people names is not trolling.
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Mar 16, 2016 01:55
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In my day, trolling refered to people taking the piss outta you. Like making you fall for a joke. Not name-calling or being a prat.
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Some of the proposals for a change in school funding don't actually sound terrible. A National party education reform might finally have the support of the sector - I never thought I'd see the day. http://m.nzherald.co.nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11606172&ref=mobile TL;DR one proposal involves at least some funding to schools based on the number of students with one of four identified "risk factors": parents on benefit for a long time, jail or community service, abuse or neglect, and a mother with no qualifications. I don't think that'd be perfect, or that it's sufficient on its own, but it'd be a good part of a more fine grained and needs-based funding system.
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If anyone's curious, it's absolutely not a coincidence that those are the exact four "risk factors" that Bill English identified last year as "social investment" targets to "save taxpayers money in the long-run", which he admitted would require a Privacy Act overhaul to enable government departments to 'link' their information to each other and outside agencies in order to identify these "most at risk" citizens (read: every department can now look up whether you were ever molested and how long your parents spent on welfare, implicitly how long you've spent on welfare, and if you're lucky then private companies can too) and are the first step in a wider initiative that I will let him describe in his own words. "In the late ‘80s New Zealand was at the cutting edge of state sector reform. We can be again."
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Mar 16, 2016 05:30
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Ghostlight posted:"In the late ‘80s New Zealand was at cutting the state sector. We can be again." ftfy no jokes people who reflect on the late 80s/early 90s as a golden age for NZ (i.e. all of the Nats, ACT and still several Labour people) are the biggest problem in NZ politics
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fong posted:Some of the proposals for a change in school funding don't actually sound terrible. A National party education reform might finally have the support of the sector - I never thought I'd see the day. It's a much-needed change, but I have absolutely no confidence in our minister's ability to implement such sweeping changes effectively. Meanwhile, there's also a taskforce looking into teacher workload, and one of the PPTA people at my school said that they were actually finding that there are cases where it's actually worse than we'd imagined. The other focus area is on middle-management, as there simply aren't enough people who are willing to take on such a job (hint: the pay increase you get v. workload increase makes it something not worth doing).
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This whole "jihadi bride" bullshit is paternalistic and sexist and seems a lot like concern trolling. Its not the govts business to decide who you should marry or what political ideals you should hold.
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I agree, I've been struggling to understand why anyone should care if some stupid idiot wants to move to a warzone under a regime known to mistreat women in order to become a jihadi gently caress-toy, well go have at it love, and good luck with that.
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kris_b posted:I agree, I've been struggling to understand why anyone should care if some stupid idiot wants to move to a warzone under a regime known to mistreat women in order to become a jihadi gently caress-toy, well go have at it love, and good luck with that. Because that is where your family is? I mean yeah literally marrying a terrorist would make you a stupid idiot, but these jihadi brides were moving to places where the wars might happen to probably marry someone who - being a young male - might perhaps be part of an armed force that could be related to larger organisations that might be terrorists.... Women are mistreated here in NZ as well, so its not quite as cut and dried as you are making out.
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I'm pretty sure women aren't dragged out into the street by packs of armed militants and raped and killed on the reg here in NZ, but I haven't been to Auckland in a while so who knows what that lot is up to.
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:I'm pretty sure women aren't dragged out into the street by packs of armed militants and raped and killed on the reg here in NZ, but I haven't been to Auckland in a while so who knows what that lot is up to. Auckland is not yet a literal war zone so I'd say maybe its marginally better? I've only ever been to Auckland once and we stayed one night in a backpackers next to the creepiest park in the central city that apparently people are regularly mugged and raped in.
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Mar 17, 2016 07:54
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You mean Myers Park.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/17/new-zealands-cannabis-crisis-smokers-confirm-budding-shortage Any truth to this?
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Mar 17, 2016 09:16
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Nobody i know has any. Even the guy who was growing it on a vacant lot has run out. loving love the "punching above its weight" in the article.
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open24hours posted:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/17/new-zealands-cannabis-crisis-smokers-confirm-budding-shortage Can confirm. What I love though is the description of a 'chronic shortage' when it is in fact an acute shortage.
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Mar 17, 2016 09:31
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Pretty dry in Wellington too in my experience. Like, for a while.
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exmachina posted:Can confirm. It's an acute chronic shortage
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exmachina posted:Can confirm. It's an acute shortage of chronic /90s
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I know people in Christchurch and Dunedin who both have reliable supplies at the moment. I know the guy I used to buy from has been out for quite a while though.
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Mar 17, 2016 09:59
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In the last two days ive had two complete strangers ask me if i know where they can score.. Thats never happened to me before (Christchurch)
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504 posted:In the last two days ive had two complete strangers ask me if i know where they can score.. Maybe you didn't look like you smoked before?
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Mar 17, 2016 10:11
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Not quite the kind of cabbage patch I believed Christchurch to be.
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Taitale posted:I know people in Christchurch and Dunedin who both have reliable supplies at the moment. I know the guy I used to buy from has been out for quite a while though. well, help a girl out joking
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The Schwa posted:Pretty dry in Wellington too in my experience. Like, for a while.
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Taitale posted:Maybe you didn't look like you smoked before? Interestingly (well not really) the first time i was wearing untidy "its raining and im trying to find an office in a huge area i dont know at all" clothes and the second time i was wearing "Formal job interview" clothes. Maybe im dodgy.
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Hawkes Bay being a small world. Last couple of years, having smoko as you do. Guy mentioning new bike purchase, then me asking about how it is all going and such. Year on, reading an article and recognizing the name. Yep, Mongrel Mob Hastings president is a quiet and nice guy at work. But so many signs I've missed.
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So did Newshub just blur someones face out at their request for privacy, then show their full name and address a few moments later?
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Personally, I find the Wicked Campers brouhaha to be loving stupid, but there's a brilliant PR meltdown going on right now with said company now that Paula Bennett has decided they can go get hosed. And, when you find yourself writing quote:Bit of sexual violence never hurt anyone Paula. Your should try a bit .Lol . https://www.facebook.com/paulabennettmp/posts/10154034172069439?comment_id=10154034343534439&comment_tracking={%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22} 
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Mar 22, 2016 04:09
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More upset a grown adult in a position of authority speaking in a public setting uses loving "U" instead of you.
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Infotainment! posted:More upset a grown adult in a position of authority speaking in a public setting uses loving "U" instead of you. She's not mentally an adult, mind you.
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Infotainment! posted:More upset a grown adult in a position of authority speaking in a public setting uses loving "U" instead of you. Bit of textual violence never hurt anyone Infotainment. Your should try a bit .Lol .
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Mar 22, 2016 08:19
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Teh decline in spelling and grammer and stuff is a legitimate and grevius issue.
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Mar 22, 2016 08:39
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All sayleunt points
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Mar 22, 2016 08:54
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It takes a real effort to seize the moral low ground in an argument with a minister from the current government but this guy certainly achieved that.
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Varkk posted:It takes a real effort to seize the moral low ground in an argument with a minister from the current government but this guy certainly achieved that. A regular Hermes Conrad, he.
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