Judy Gill: A Sacred Lie - The Rise Of Spiritual Politics In NZ Education

I am not a political figure. I have never stood for office, never joined a party, never published in any mainstream outlet until recently. I am simply a parent living on Waiheke Island, trying to raise my son in peace, in reason, and in freedom. I do not want my son to attend a Christian school, nor do I want to homeschool him. I want what used to be normal in NZ: a secular, neutral education free from religious or spiritual instruction.

And yet, today, that is no longer available to my child.

Judy Gill: OPEN LETTER - Stop Indoctrinating Our Children

Why are toddlers being taught to worship gods from a political mythology, under the guise of “culture”? Why are teachers preaching belief in atua — Māori gods — to children who still believe in Santa Claus?

This letter takes on Jessie Moss of NZEI, one of the ideologues behind the push to replace academic excellence with emotional ideology and religious instruction in New Zealand schools and kindergartens.

Read what’s really happening in early childhood centres.