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The RSE Curriculum Fails to Protect Our Children: Inclusion is Safety, and Exclusion is Betrayal

I write about why the newly released draft Health and Physical Education curriculum, including its mandated framework for relationships and sexuality education (RSE), is a disheartening retreat from the realities of young people's lives in Aotearoa.

It’s been a while!

So I've been super slack in the whole blogging thing. I guess i've not had enough to really make me ranty in a while... hehe, no that's a lie, just haven't had the TIME to be /longread/ ranty in a while! What have you lovely readers been up to? I thought i'd blog about my … Continue reading It’s been a while!

Travelling with teeny ones

Or: "How Air New Zealand beats Air Canada hands down" Those of you that follow me on twitter will know that while I have been excitedly looking forward to my North American Adventure (yes, Adventure, with a capital A) for a while, I have also been dreading the travelling part of the Adventure. Specifically a … Continue reading Travelling with teeny ones