Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 26/9/24

Learning our sums from Stanford: $30m (for maths teaching) minus $30m (from te reo training) equals a new education initiative

Associate Education Minister David Seymour – committed to toughening up on the truancy that burgeoned when Labour was running the country – was encouraged by data released today which show increased school attendance in Term 2 of 2024. The numbers he highlighted show 53.2 per cent of students regularly attending school, an increase of 6.1 percentage points compared to the same term last year.

Hmm. Only around half of students regularly go to school.

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 25/9/24

No surprises – customary title is among issues tackled in new bills and a report tells us that towers will topple without enough nuts

Some of the government’s latest news deals with legislative intentions that have been well signalled and widely debated, but further wrangling – some acriminious – is inevitable as the bills proceed through Parliament.

NZCPR Weekly: Time for More Action on FASD

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This week we look at the huge problem that is being caused to children and society when women who are pregnant drink alcohol, our NZCPR Guest Commentator former Canadian Judge Brian Giesbrecht shares his thoughts on some of the devastating consequences of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Canada, and our poll asks whether you believe enough is being done in New Zealand to warn women about the dangers of drinking alcohol while pregnant.

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