Christopher Luxon, New Zealand Prime Minister 2023

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#3226182 3-May-2024 19:32

Then they came for the Statisticians

Of course you cut Mathematics and IT departments.

Cash-strapped Waikato University has paid former cabinet minister Steven Joyce nearly $1 million
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/491859/cash-strapped-waikato-university-has-paid-former-cabinet-minister-steven-joyce-nearly-1-million

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Cash-strapped Waikato University has paid nearly $1 million to an advisory firm run by former National Party cabinet minister Steven Joyce.
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Vugler said that over the past three years the university had been under significant financial pressure and staff had to accept salary settlements well below inflation, reduced numbers and increased workloads.
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Last week Waikato University confirmed it planned to cut 11 staff in its IT and mathematics departments.
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#3226184 3-May-2024 19:35

Education Minister Erica Standford says reading recovery programs are ending because new teaching methods being introduced means reading recovery programs are not needed:

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/05/stanford-confirms-end-of-reading-recovery-programme-in-schools-doesn-t-rule-out-job-losses.html

This is concerning. No matter what teaching method is used you're going to get some kids that need something extra from time to time.

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#3226187 3-May-2024 19:39

gzt: Education Minister Erica Standford says reading recovery programs are ending because new teaching methods being introduced means reading recovery programs are not needed:

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/05/stanford-confirms-end-of-reading-recovery-programme-in-schools-doesn-t-rule-out-job-losses.html

This is concerning. No matter what teaching method is used you're going to get some kids that need something extra from time to time.

I guess you read the bit of the article that said there would be intervention for kids who aren’t achieving? It’s reading recovery by another name.

We will be getting rid of reading recovery, using that same funding and putting that into what we call tier two and three interventions which are small group and one-on-one for the very few kids who fall through the cracks," she told AM.

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#3226188 3-May-2024 19:44

Yes got it thanks for posting I was momentarily fooled by the headline. "Erica Stanford confirms end of reading recovery programme in schools, doesn't rule out job losses"

"We will be getting rid of reading recovery, using that same funding and putting that into what we call tier two and three interventions which are small group and one-on-one for the very few kids who fall through the cracks," she told AM.

sounds good to me, I really don't want to see a gap or otherwise while they change over.

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#3226200 3-May-2024 20:10

ezbee:

Then they came for the Statisticians

Of course you cut Mathematics and IT departments.

We duh...we know dairy is the backbone of the country...

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#3226208 3-May-2024 20:34

freitasm:

I'm not sure the "rest of the country" had large pay rises in the last five years.

I reckon, I don't remember getting a pay bump at Luxon's new level at anytime over the last 5 years - I must have missed that meeting!

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#3226209 3-May-2024 20:36

quickymart:

freitasm:

I'm not sure the "rest of the country" had large pay rises in the last five years.

I reckon, I don't remember getting a pay bump at the level at anytime over the last 5 years - I must have missed that meeting!

So you are earning the same today as you were in 2017?

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#3226277 4-May-2024 07:20

https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/04/the-secret-diary-of-coalition-sheriff-luxon/

Steve is back with his Secret Diary, and this week he takes a rather humourous look at Luxon and his poor polling results in the week that was (not paywalled anymore either!).

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#3226286 4-May-2024 08:29

HelloThere:

We'll be lucky to have any stats shortly if most of the staff take the offer.

Stats NZ staff offered voluntary redundancies

A PSA spokesperson confirmed the union understood all Stats NZ staff were receiving the offer.

Statistics NZ has grown from 960 people in Q218 to a (census) peak of 1,700 people in Q322. It now stands at 1,491 people (q423). Thats phenomenal growth given little improvement or innovation in product coupled with the poor collection and analysis in the Census (despite the millions of $$$ increase to undertake).

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#3226579 5-May-2024 07:56

Cut now, pay more later...its the same everywhere -

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/04/spending-cuts-are-often-false-economies-that-end-up-costing-society-dearly

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#3226608 5-May-2024 10:36

rb99:

Cut now, pay more later...its the same everywhere -

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/04/spending-cuts-are-often-false-economies-that-end-up-costing-society-dearly

The great and wonderful "deferred maintenance" is one of those , we have a building that has suffered that and it is now too expensive to bring up to MPI compliance so it will be abandoned.

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#3226614 5-May-2024 11:27

Looks like the Government Statistician has got the clear message from those in charge. :-)
https://www.stats.govt.nz/help-with-surveys/list-of-stats-nz-surveys/

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In early 2024, the Government Statistician made the decision to discontinue Living in Aotearoa.
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#3226622 5-May-2024 12:49

ezbee:

Looks like the Government Statistician has got the clear message from those in charge. :-)
https://www.stats.govt.nz/help-with-surveys/list-of-stats-nz-surveys/

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In early 2024, the Government Statistician made the decision to discontinue Living in Aotearoa.
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I'm sure they will have a better life overseas!

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#3226638 5-May-2024 14:30

Rikkitic:

ezbee:

Looks like the Government Statistician has got the clear message from those in charge. :-)
https://www.stats.govt.nz/help-with-surveys/list-of-stats-nz-surveys/

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In early 2024, the Government Statistician made the decision to discontinue Living in Aotearoa.
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I'm sure they will have a better life overseas!

Could mean they died.

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#3226645 5-May-2024 15:16

SJB:

Could mean they died.

Gotta love someone that committed to the bit.

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