What it’s like to be made redundant by the Ministry of Education
The Spinoff Daily, Thursday April 18
Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily.
Today on The Spinoff: How to tell if your child is well enough to go to school or is in fact sick, the confessions of an unlikely petrolhead and a review of a new book that’s “a love letter to Wellington”.
But first: One of the hundreds of people who lost their government job this week explains how it played out.
“It is a Friday. I’m in the middle of an online Teams hui working out the finer details of a series of workshops we’ll be presenting next week. It’s a normal work day at 10am. Someone has just cracked a joke about how much money they’ve been saving by drinking instant coffee when the email comes in.
‘Oh, did you get an email?’ Everyone stops talking. We check our inboxes.
An email has been sent to every person involved in the NCEA Change programme: over 300 staff. The programme is supposed to be the biggest reform to NCEA since its inception.
We are being summoned to an urgent meeting at midday.”
An updated tally of the public sector job cuts
How to tell if your child is well enough to go to school or is in fact sick
We’re asking the wrong questions about treaty settlements
Confessions of an unlikely petrolhead
Checkered Flag director Natalie Wilson on her lifelong love of motorsport, and the allure of Pukekohe Park Raceway.
A love letter to Wellington: when i open the shop by romesh dissanayake, reviewed
Two wheels, to where? Exploring the North Shore by bike
Help Me Hera: My parents won’t help out with my kids
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