Comments on: By The Numbers

By: A Mother

A Mother — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:29:03 +0000

@David
Is the best thing for kids someone with post grad or someone with no qualifications?

And talking of Post grad, someone that could get a degree in anything then a year to learn the curriculum, or someone that has been taught HOW to teach and the current practices around that (then possibly a post grad in say special education)

Also with the 20% that are so called failing, you do realise the new curriculum was published in 2007 and came into play in 2008? How can someone say that the new curriclum isn’t good enough and failing children? It has only been out for 3 years.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:05:21 +0000

National are in the process of ruining out education system and not a squeak on here? What the hell is going on in Labour right now? All of you should be making one big noise about this – unless of course you support it. Quite frankly- useless.

By: Alby

Alby — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:39:09 +0000

Speaking of failings George looks like National have given the go ahead to asset strip the SOL line, I wonder if Fay dabbled in a consultancy role. It’s back to the future with the state of the tracks with all the proposed job cuts. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be a train driver, its akin to Russian roulette when they come off the rails!

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:49:02 +0000

@George The Union Steamship Company was owned by P & O for a very long time so hadn’t been Kiwi Owned for years.

By: George

George — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:37:37 +0000

“7000 – Rotting railway sleepers ….” is the least of it.
When it comes to transport infrastructure New Zealand is now a failed state.
Bring back the Ministry of Works.
Bring back the New Zealand Railways Department (including Road Services).
Bring back the Union Steamship Company.
Bring back the real Air New Zealand,
Bring back taxi regulation.
Bring back the Manawatu Gorge.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:23:45 +0000

KiwiRail has been “done” by a dodgy supplier, these are rotting from the inside out !

By: Paul B

Paul B — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:38:13 +0000

@ former person
Steady does it mate. Now that the slippery obfuscationist has escaped prosecution the Banks/Dunne/Key party will last awhile yet . No sense peaking early.

By: former Labour supporter

former Labour supporter — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 08:48:26 +0000

Polls not too flash tonight, kiddies.

Could’ve grown a socialist spine post-election instead of going in for a rebranding exercise so subdued it seems to lack a pulse.

Don’t want to rile the rusty rogergnomes still sleepily nesting on the benches though do we.

By: al1ens

al1ens — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 04:30:26 +0000

Which is a warning to any Labour party that out torying the tories is 100% reap what you sow.
Still doesn’t make Boris anything more than a whacky uncle figure, often seen in the funny bit at the end of the news.

By: softstarter

softstarter — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:10:27 +0000

As opposed to the festering rot left by the labour party in the UK, Al1ens, I’d go for a con-lib coalition any time.