Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 12/08/2026"The New Zealand Taxpayers' Union aims to influence government spending, through public campaigns, media engagement and direct lobbying" Civics, Year 8. NZ’s knowledge rich curriculum. 041
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 03/07/2026The point and purpose of education isn’t what parents get but what happens day after day in the classroom. And for that to go well you need pros, not programmes. 181
Reposted by Bevan HollowayAbe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 19/06/2026“Why are they not up in arms at the squandering of their children's vitality, curiosity and their righteous indignation?” This. How much of Ss affect for learning is dictated by framing? Do we teach the curriculum to kids, or teach kids with the curriculum? The framing absolutely matters. 121
Reposted by Bevan HollowayAbe Moore @arbay38.bsky.social · 14/06/2026A lot of wasted $$$. All those resources and programs are now gone. Complete 180 to child-focused pedagogy and systems from leaders who actually have backgrounds in education. 041
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 13/06/2026The 80% isn’t a research finding — it’s an arbitrary number that everyone, including the people issuing it, knows is arbitrary. 80% is a confession, not a finding. The number exists to make compliance auditable and deviation punishable. It is a loyalty test. open.substack.com/pub/aecnz/p/... 2113
Reposted by Bevan HollowayShell @risu.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Words 13 -15 year olds didn’t know this week : Facilities / impeccable/and difference in pronunciation between nobly and knobbly. Because no one reads to children and they all get told to use online tools not books. We have to bring back books and JOY into education 2123
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 07/06/2026How does a student get something to say? By reading and playing and experimenting and talking and imagining and observing and questioning and listening. By being in the world. By feeling. By being wrong. By being right. 13111
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 06/06/2026Just finished Chloe Dalton’s book Raising Hare. What a beautiful, sympathetic, touching and wise book. www.chloedalton.uk/raising-harechloedalton.ukRaising Hare | Discover & Protect Hares – Read More — Chloe DaltonExplore Chloe Dalton's Raising Hare, an award-winning international bestseller about wildlife, nature, and slowing down 021
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 04/06/2026At what point does information become propaganda? And if you were a listener, would you have wanted to know about the deep connection to the Minister’s office?substack.comSchool Shorts, Stanford's Office, and the Necessity of Parent PersuasionHow the lines between policy communication and podcast content were blurred 020
Reposted by Bevan HollowayDr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026The Atlas will have whole teams of lawyers poring over the constitutions and laws of target countries to find vulnerabilities to exploit, and ways of running soft, slow or fast coups against democratic norms and any restrictions or limits on fossil capital. 2158
Reposted by Bevan HollowayDr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 02/06/2026HOW IT STARTED I was interviewed by @mihiforbes.bsky.social on Mata Reports/TVNZ (Jan 2024), & warned Kiwis of the assault on Maori, the constitution (Treaty of Waitangi) & climate policy to be expected from the oily #AtlasNetwork's infiltration of NZ govt. Pls watch! www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/m...rnz.co.nzMata Reports: Episode 5 - Trick or TreatyThe fate of the Treaty of Waitangi is teetering on the brink of a popular vote, as the new coalition government pledges to introduce a Treaty Principles Bill, potentially triggering a referendum. 26139
Reposted by Bevan Hollowayᴋʟᴀᵾs @tinyklaus.com · 01/06/2026"As the song ends, a quote appears across the screen. 'I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible' – Peter Thiel, chairman of Palantir." novaramedia.com/2026/06/01/m...novaramedia.comMassive Attack Is Taking Aim at PalantirLegendary trip-hop group Massive Attack is using an artistic rendering of notorious spy-tech firm Palantir’s own product against it. Gary McQuiggin reports. 411361459
Reposted by Bevan HollowayAndrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The more this kind of behaviour happens, the stronger the case for ensuring that a regulatory regime for lobbying doesn't just apply to ministers, but also to officials. Got to think about the cost-benefit analysis, but if there's untrustworthy behaviour, possibly friction is a price worth paying? 1249
Reposted by Bevan HollowayCool Hand Fluke @nzrossvideo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The coalition is intentionally trying to hide their corruption. They know how bad it is and don’t want anyone to know it #nzpol 0177
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 02/06/2026Time for us all to brush up on these. snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyrannysnyder.substack.comOn TyrannyTwenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century 161
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 02/06/2026Just days before giving a Dame-hood to Elizabeth Rata, Erica Stanford's inspiration, Michael Gove, signs off on this for the magazine he is editor of. 183
Reposted by Bevan HollowayNinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Rata’s version of a knowledge-rich curriculum precludes critical thinking. Having your kids learn from a workbook designed by a corporation, not involving your children’s teachers, is a fucking nightmare. I will never teach to a textbook. They’re a tool, not a curriculum #nzpol 03711
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 01/06/2026A child won’t tell you what they really need if they don’t trust you. And they only trust you if they feel safe with you. And they feel safe with you when they know that you see and accept who they are. And this happens when who they are – their culture, background, interests – is visible and valued 14510
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 01/06/2026Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Dame Liz.open.substack.comRecapturing the Senior English CurriculumWho swapped Māori and Pacific authors for Shakespeare? 53014
Reposted by Bevan HollowayCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Correction to my previous post, giving Elizabeth Rata a Damehood for services to Education is like giving Andrew Wakefield a Knighthood for services to Vaccines. 18720
Reposted by Bevan HollowayRachael Ka’ai-Mahuta @rachaelkm.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Dame Elizabeth Rata now. White supremacy pays dividends under this government. 1358
Reposted by Bevan HollowayBevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 30/05/2026At what point does information become propaganda? And if you were a listener, would you have wanted to know about the deep connection to the Minister’s office?bevanholloway.substack.comSchool Shorts, Stanford's Office, and the Necessity of Parent PersuasionHow the lines between policy communication and podcast content were blurred 01112
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 31/05/2026Here’s how I sum up the Budget for education. Hundreds of millions are being spent on things that are lifeless: workbooks, kits, strategies, assessment. Nothing on relationships and connection. 2213
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 30/05/2026At what point does information become propaganda? And if you were a listener, would you have wanted to know about the deep connection to the Minister’s office?bevanholloway.substack.comSchool Shorts, Stanford's Office, and the Necessity of Parent PersuasionHow the lines between policy communication and podcast content were blurred 01112
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 29/05/2026Kids are really being ripped off when the best the Budget can do for them is music kits and workbooks. 071
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 19/05/2026Any reporters asked Nicola Willis if she recognises this toaster? 021
Reposted by Bevan HollowayNinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Now my time has freed up considerably, I’m going to give myself a short breather then I’ll be cracking my knuckles to see what I can do and where! #nzpol 1281
Reposted by Bevan HollowayLauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I'd add: these people are ripping the wiring out of our country. Inertia in the system has prevented a lot of the damage from showing yet but what they're doing won't be popular and it's not structurally sound. We are will have opportunities to push back IF we're ready to take them #nzpol 0105
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 19/05/2026It's easy, as democratic backsliding accelerates, to feel overwhelmed and hopeless. This is exactly the time when we need to get tight, get organised, get coordinated. That’s how we gain the power to say No, not on our watch. That’s how we can feel hope. 12810
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 19/05/2026Stanford said she takes the Treaty very seriously. But in the Bill she has just introduced to the House giving her unlimited power to create curriculum, there is not one reference to Te Tiriti in the section that grants her that power. Nothing that directs her to act as a partner. Nothing. 1308
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 19/05/2026More tricks from Stanford in the House, this time to sneak in a change that makes all members of the Teaching Council ministerial appointees. What is taught, how it's taught, what counts as good teaching, and who is fit to teach — On 6 July, these are all under direct political control.bevanholloway.substack.comWhat just happened to the curriculum and the Teaching CouncilTL/DR: almost total power in the hands of the Minister 11610
Reposted by Bevan HollowaySam @samuelhlowe.bsky.social · 28/05/2025A lady asked me if I really needed the glasses I was wearing to see. I said, “No, I just wear them so I can take them off and rub my eyes with my palms in exasperation when someone says something really stupid.” I then proceeded to take off my glasses and rub my eyes with my palms in exasperation. 12613133
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 16/05/2026So ... The curriculum had to be rewritten because achievement wasn't high enough, but NCEA has be replaced because achievement is too high? 13814
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 16/05/2026Sunday Watch: Guy Claxton - Bodies of Learningsubstack.comSunday Watch: Guy Claxton - Bodies of LearningThis conversation with Guy Claxton looked to dive into the issues around the direction of curriculum in Aotearoa and why embodiment science is better placed to connect curriculum with the type of citi... 020
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 16/05/2026This new(ish) UI feels very chummy. So chummy that I want to raise my eyebrows each time I open the app. 010
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 15/05/2026newsroom.co.nzAnne Salmond: Free speech, but only one way to thinkThinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, writes Dame Anne Salmond 034
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 15/05/2026Despite the Waitangi Tribunal's judgement, the govt is full speed ahead with this because apparently it's too confusing for adults to deal with more than one phrase about Te Tiriti, which is ironic given everything they say they're doing with education. 062
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 14/05/2026The only way I can make sense of the way ministers in Cabinet ignore official advice is that they are operating from a position of • I have an idea and it is good, therefore let's get it done. Whereas, good governance requires something more like • I have an idea. Is it good? Let's check. 1102
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 14/05/2026The first of what hopefully are a few wins coming.nzeiteriuroa.org.nzEducators win Government u-turn on unrealistic curriculum change…In a significant win for teachers and school leaders, the Minister of Education has pushed back the curriculum change implementation timeline following a… 24719
Reposted by Bevan HollowayTe Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 13/05/2026Not to mention munt the system that creates expert knowledge by shifting the goal to making profits. (This is about the public research system and the universities.) #NZPOL 072
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 12/05/2026Aotearoa, we’re going through a seismic, systemic shift. Whether it's the courts or the classroom, the goal is the same: bypass the "middlemen" of expertise and local autonomy to create a direct line of Ministerial control.open.substack.comThe boundaries are dissolvingGoldsmith stops a Supreme Court case mid-flight. Stanford legislates the Minister into the curriculum. The pattern is the concentration of power. 14225
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 12/05/2026In June 2024 Erica Stanford endorses Prime Maths in an interview with Newsroom. In August, the Maths Action plan is announced. In September 'Requests for Proposals' are sent to a small group of providers in a closed tender process. 131
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 11/05/2026Could it be that an education system founded on the premise that individuals keeping up with excepted levels of achievement is the most important thing, is also an education system that tells students: focus on yourself, don’t let others drag you down. 121
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 11/05/2026The saying that knowledge sticks to knowledge isn’t quite right. In my experience, it’s more accurate to say that knowledge sticks to curiosity. 030
Bevan Holloway @bevanholloway.com · 10/05/2026Mind’s in a bit of a fug today. Got all these ephemeral, ghost-like beginnings surfacing that dart away when I try to grab them. They’re insisting on staying formless no matter how hard I try to force them to still. Maybe I’ve overdosed on info and need some settling time. 120
Reposted by Bevan HollowayGood C**t @c-u-next-time.bsky.social · 10/05/2026After a while you run out of words to describe how much of shithole government we currently have.....🖕🏾🖕🏾🖕🏾 #nzpolrnz.co.nzCommittee recommends disestablishing Environment Ministry despite public oppositionThe Environment Select Committee received 588 written submissions in relation to a bill to axe the ministry. All but five submissions opposed it. 38925
