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School Donations: Rich get Richer…

Original Article:  About $140 million was donated to New Zealand schools in 2017 – and more than half of that went to just 10 per cent of schools. Wellington College received the most money of any state school, banking almost…

Email from the Minister

———- Forwarded message ———- From: “The Right Honorable Minister” <HerMajestyParata@ministryofed.govt.nz> Date: 4/02/2016 7:26 PM Subject: Ongoing Expenditure and Orders To: “Accounts” <MrFudge@ministryofed.govt.nz> Good morning sir, However, it is a short lived good morning as this morning has not been good at…

Ministry website ‘gold-plated’?

The Ministry of Education has spent a whopping $1.2million on a new website. Source: Ministry website ‘gold-plated’? I am dumbfounded. Absolutely speechless. For once, two of my main passions collide for the first time since designing and building our school…