Yes, exactly. But not in the direction you are suggesting.
Pakeha have enjoyed privilege for almost the entire history of New Zealand. For some, any effort to correct this may look like an unequal situation, but when looking at the bigger picture it really isn't.
They are removing the wording, as far as I know, to make it "focus on all New Zealanders", which it was already doing.
Again, I can understand why Iwi feel this is attacking them specifically.
This is exactly the issue here. The original plan talks about racism against everyone, AND specifically mentioned colonial racism for Maori. To make it "fair" this government wants to remove the later part. I can understand why Maori feel like this is an attack specifically against them.
No he's absolutely right. Children do not exist in a vacuum. Kids bring illnesses home with them from school, then parents get sick. This is how it works.
So because that might sometimes be infected, we should do nothing?
God I hate this mentality. "Keeping kids at home doesn't completely remove the risk of teachers getting sick, so lets not even bother".
Sounds great, breaking up the monopoly. Of course, they products should have to meet our current regulations. If that isn't a part of this it could just lead to Leaky Homes 2: Electric Boogaloo
You know in other, arguably more civilized countries, it is the norm to stay home, or at the very least wear a mask, when sick even with a "little cold" right? The "fuck it they can go to school" attitude is not universal, and these other countries don't suffer from it.
Going to work sick or sending sick kids to school has always been stupid. It spreads disease, which kids take home and then infect parents, who go to work and spread it further. Having a cold greatly reduced learning and workplace efficiency.
Perhaps we should try something different, no?
I just love a government that ignores experts and simply does whatever it wants because "We KnOw BeSt". /s
Fuck Argentine ants. They bite too.
This government. Sigh.
I'm shocked. 😐
This does not pass the sniff test. Most of my sons' classmates are in school all term, bar the odd ilness here and there, or the odd early leaving for a holiday. If attendance was really that bad, you would expect classrooms to be much smaller.