Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 9:36 am, February 4th, 2021 - 73 comments
Holy hell.
Because they are coming out with the most outlandishly stupid stuff.
Like Paora Goldsmith who thinks that as part of New Zealand history our kids should be educated about how Smith and Caugheys developed their business model, rather than how the Treaty of Waitangi and the subsequent egregious breaches are fundamental parts of our history that have shaped Aotearoa New Zealand society.
New Zealand’s first draft plan to teach our own history in schools has been slammed as “unbalanced” by the Opposition National Party.
The long-awaited draft curriculum for what are called “Aotearoa New Zealand’s Histories” is structured around just three “big ideas” – all about Māori and colonisation. They are:
Despite having different cultural backgrounds and experiences Indigenous composers with an Indigenous mentor, and a pianist descended from Anglo-colonial history it is nevertheless possible to create a project that can serve as a focus for unification and strength.
In our instance, the trigger was a relic of the past. Specifically, an historical object made at a time of great significance for Australia: a square piano built around 1770, housed in the keyboard archives of the School of Music at ANU.
Its place of manufacture was Alsace in western Europe, a small body of land that has at times been claimed by Germany, at other times by France. The disputed nature of the territory serves as an ironic parallel to our project.
Barnsley v Tranmere Rovers - FA Cup Third Round. Image: FA Player Tranmere’s FA Cup adventure is over for another season, after they went down 2-0 at Championship side Barnsley on Sunday afternoon. A goal from Michal Helik just before the hour mark and an injury time Cauley Woodrow penalty proved to be the difference between the sides, but it was an industrious shift from the League Two Birkenhead club, who had plenty of positives to take out of the game. Rovers had been expected to field some what of a scratch side after it was indicated on Friday that the squad was suffering with a combination of injuries and positive Covid cases.