Posts by Hilary Stace
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I remember the early morning news in 1999 when the NZ team lost to France. Was so pleased because it meant that the Government would probably loose the upcoming election. And they did.
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Catherine isn't on Health select committee so has no influence there unfortunately. The IHC complaint continues its slow progress through the legal system. They are not happy about delays http://www.ihc.org.nz/campaigns/education-complaint/
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Kirsty Johnston from the Herald has done some great journalism on this issue. Here is her latest contribution
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Access: Safe schools for everyone, in reply to ,
Steven, thanks for your comments and I do hope you send something into the committee. Date for submissions closes on Friday. What I suggest you do is that you write something very brief to the committee via the parliamentary website before that. You can then ask to make an oral submission and then you have a chance to talk to the committee in person in a few weeks' time, or you can also send in further information. Just register your interest by 2 October and then you are in the system.
In defence of my old school friend Catherine. It is a great victory for an opposition member to get such an inquiry as the government holds the majority on select committees so it is unusual such an opposition request is taken up by the committee. The government members would have limited and defined the terms of reference which is not as wide as some as us would like, so Catherine is encouraging people to tell their stories about any aspect of special education. She has been very busy in the last couple of weeks encouraging as many people as possible to submit to the committee so probably why she hasn't commented on the thread here..
Mainly because of her work the Greens had the most developed policy on inclusive education at the last election. However, National's simple policy of 800 more teacher aide hours got a lot more publicity. Labour's Chris Hipkins has been doing a lot of work behind the scenes too. The whole area of special education is very complex and even the language is contestable - eg special v inclusive.
So keep at it. The committee will learn a lot from hearing about your experiences.
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Access: Safe schools for everyone, in reply to ,
Just pointing out that words can be loaded with negativity when associated with disability. Also that numbers and diagnoses are contestable as knowledge and understanding changes. Hopefully, an outcome of this inquiry will be some effort to get some real NZ statistics. I am going to put that in my submission.
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Access: Safe schools for everyone, in reply to ,
These are all estimates, probably based on overseas studies. We don't have any definitive NZ data. Some people might have more than one of these conditions - again no idea how many. Co-morbid is the scientific term but it is generally disliked by those to whom it may apply.
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Hard News: The positive option of Red Peak, in reply to Bart Janssen,
What a good idea
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Hard News: The positive option of Red Peak, in reply to Bart Janssen,
That surely is a flawed argument. What about the law of nature that change is the only constant?
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Newsworthy (TV3) has created a Red Peak alphabet
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Can I suggest getting ‘Laser Kiwi’ and the Black & White ‘Girl in Profile with Silver Fern Ponytail’.
Thanks BerinthiaYes would consider those two but it is a matter of finding them made up into proper quality flags, which can also be quite expensive. Not sure whether they would look very good flying either.
Red Peak is now its own business.