Volunteers Needed for exhibition at Coastlands
Final year students from the School of Architecture at Victoria University of Wellington are currently exhibiting their proposals for a Kapiti Island Visitor Centre at Coastlands Mall. We need volunteers to mind the exhibition and sell the books until Sunday 25th March (9am - 5.30pm, and until 7pm on Thurs). If you can contribute half a day, or a whole day, that would be fantastic! One person at a time is fine, but if you can do it in pairs that may be easier (based on our experience so far). There are busy patches and it is hard to monitor the books, protect the fragile models from curious children, and explain the value of the exhibition all at once. If you can help out, please email sam.kebbell@vuw.ac.nz with the times you are available and he will send you more information (FAQs and handover notes).
There is an online calendar for the volunteer schedule where you can see what slots are still required. Click on the link below:
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If you can’t volunteer but can forward this request to people who might know somebody who can, or somebody that might know somebody etc, please do!
Poll: Have you ever been bullied?
People associate bullying with children in schools, but it can actually stretch beyond childhood to workplaces or neighbourhoods.
This Friday is Pink Shirt Day, which began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying after a new student was harassed for wearing pink. People across the globe are now encouraged to wear pink on this day to take a stand against bullying and promote inclusivity.
Have you or your whānau ever experienced bullying? Share your thoughts on Pink Shirt Day below.
Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the Conversations column of your local paper.
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80% Yes
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19.6% No
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0.4% Other - I'll share below
Government to Reintroduce Charter Schools
The reintroduction of charter schools in New Zealand seems little more than a sop to National’s right wing ideologues and will achieve little except the diversion of funds from the already financially stretched state schools.
There appears to be little, if any evidence that they especially benefit underperforming children, who indeed appear better off in a state system, provided adequate support is provided. Charter schools also foster conservatism, elitism, and in some instances religious fundamentalism, the cause of so much strife in the world.
It could be argued that of all children who might benefit from a broad state education and mixing with their community peers, it’s those from these conservative, elitist backgrounds.
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