We Decline to Publish
For those interested, here is another letter that was written to the editor of the New Zealand Herald, which they have not published. It was submitted last week. This is the third letter that I and my colleagues have written to news media in order to defend science and education. None were published.
Our motives are honourable. Indeed, we want to do the right thing in defending the integrity of our education system and protecting science from being reduced to the level of “other ways of knowing” of scattered communities of the distant past.
Misinforming the Public
We refer to an article in the Waikato Herald of 14 July 2023 - Can Māori knowledge of moon phases help farm resilience? Bay of Plenty farmers gather to learn (Smith, 2023).
