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Michael Laws and Elizabeth Rata on the Indigenisation of Universities



Elizabeth Rata describes the looming indigenisation of Auckland University and who specifically is behind the push.


Michael Laws broadcasts at The Platform weekdays 10am to 1pm


Please note: The full interview link is here. The YouTube version is incomplete.

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kenmartin44
a day ago

I would like to see the coalition government apply a targeted financial squeeze on the University of Auckland, aimed at getting rid of or reducing the influence of their academic He Puapua activists. This evil cabal may be tenured. Buy them out. Expensive, but part of the price to preserve NZ democracy. It would be good to also deter other NZ universities.


There appear to be many radio stations peddling separatist and dogmatic propaganda. If they are government-funded, squeeze them out too.


Labour set the precedent of financially bailing out media if they promoted government policy. Our present government could do something similar. If they had the guts to do so. That may be too big an ask, though.

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Tiglath Pileser
Tiglath Pileser
4 days ago

I'm 80+ and wondered who the hell Taylor Swift was/is. ... he/she/it .... [must not forget the pronouns...] Done a search. AUT..... is stupidly running a communications course on a twentysomething pop music dolly-bird. Dear God..... the World Is Mad... BUT..... Remember our dearly beloved previous PM did a degree in "Communications" 🙄😴😥

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Macademia
Macademia
3 days ago
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Yes, I commented about that a bit earlier here, I'll repost it for you in case you didn't see it: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/taylor-swift-aut-to-launch-australasias-first-university-course-studying-swift/VBTXC3JGXNCI7GX2UV6SOND72Y/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nzh_fb&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawFE0ulleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfOxk9VfPB3lbFi34wOopkLzZ_C3ORiGfwmkZCjjZYXxmumlDCShT-Wciw_aem_t-AQewxyKLXmlgO2VWKJ-Q#Echobox=1725411073 "Calling all Swifties: you may want to consider signing up for summer school (insert Cruel Summer pun here).

While there are many self-proclaimed authorities out there on all things Taylor Swift, not many can say they are a certified, university-educated Swiftology specialist - but you could be one of them.

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has announced it will be launching a brand-new class, Taylor Swift: Communications Professional, this summer - Australasia’s first university-level course studying the star.

The new summer school course, offered by AUT’s School of Communication Studies, will analyse Swift’s 18-year career through the lens of communications…

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I tend to respect most other people and also their ancestors.

We should not judge people of the past by the standards of the present they knew nothing about. Many beliefs and behaviors that we regard as unusual, cruel and wrong were accepted as normal by our ancestors. Much of what we regard as normal was abnormal in the past. It is likely that some of our current beliefs and behaviors will be regarded as wrong by future generations. Time passes and things change but we only live in the present. We can evaluate things of the past or speculate about the future but we can cannot change them. Changes tend to occur by revolution or evolution. In revolutions we dispose of current systems and structures…


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Tall Man
4 days ago
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One of the contributory reasons for the fall of the Romans was their growing reliance on the production and effort of the "non Romans" who eventually rebelled.


With all our labour immigration are we falling into the same trap?

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pat.j.dyer
pat.j.dyer
5 days ago

Stuff that. If I had children I'd send them overseas for their Uni education.

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Tall Man
3 days ago
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I think you may be right. The advancement of genetic assessment could mean that proactive treatments will become the norm, budgets permitting. The downside is that insurers and employers will start utilising that information and not always to our advantage.

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kenmartin44
6 days ago

Just a thought. About difficulties experienced by some to comment. I think fixing any fault/bug whatever is in the too hard bin. Important posts by the founders of BBH and other important influencers are still posted with no apparent problem. Comments appear to not matter. Just like feedback about poor service at supermarkets and big box stores. No comment or response. A black hole. Apathy.

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Janine
3 days ago
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Hi Lindsay. I did toy with changing my email preferences. However as the email "likes" are the only way to ascertain whether bona fide people agree with my comments. I left the setting in place. As my intentions were only to maintain the integrity of the site, I raised the issue of disruptive commenters gaining access to your site. Apparently, some commenters are reading my motives wrongly. Sorry if that's the case.

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