There are NO compulsory topics in RSE “Schools and kura have the flexibility to design their local curriculum, including their RSE curriculum. This means that while RSE is guided by the national curriculum, it will differ from school to school and there are no compulsory topics that must be addressed”. Read Appendix A of an […]
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https://youtu.be/NP9JfeLfT1g?si=uAodMqxHHqk3kP0K The Ministry of Education’s Relationships & Sexuality Education Draft Framework consultation discussion made it into the news. Penny Marie was invited by Kate Nicol-Williams from 1News to share from Let Kids Be Kids’ point of view. Watch the 1News item The full conversation Our Substack X post
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Elisabeth Cave, referring to the work of Psychologist Dr Steven Stosny, developed the ‘Identity Pyramid’ to explain what is happening with our children who have disrupted identities. Download a free copy of our flier, feel free to print out and share. Get flier Complete the form below and you will receive an email from us.
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Even though the NZFirst party has stated that RSE in it’s current form will be gone from schools at the end of Term 1 2025, we hear from many parents that their teachers and schools are entrenched in teaching the RSE topics that carries much concern. The Education & Training Act 2020 Section 51 state
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Have you heard of GoodSpace? And also the HEEADSSS Assessment. (If you haven’t, Let Kids Be Kids has been talking about it since 2024 – check out our videos and report here, as well as a template t communicate with your school principal.) GoodSpace Schools is presented as a schoolwide support system that “empowers school
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Featured on KiwiBlog, by David Farrar Rodney Hide has a tale that should be in a Monty Python comedy, but sadly is the reality in too many schools. He wanted to address the school board over his concerns that the relationship and sexual education curriculum the school was using, was inappropriate for 13 year olds.
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Summarised by Centrist Bob McCoskrie’s Family First lost their charity status due to alleged political activity in 2022 for advocating conservative social policies. Recently, Brian Tamaki’s Destiny Church is facing calls to have their status revoked after recently engaging in conservative political activism. Yet, New Zealand’s rainbow advocacy groups—many of which openly lobby for policy
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In the wake of Rodney Hide’s recent situation at Wakatipu High School, Penny Marie and Rodney chat with Maree Buscke on Reality Check Radio. After 10 months of trying to speak at his daughter’s school board meeting, Rodney got to the door but they would not allow him to speak if he was recording himself.
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Former MP and current host on Reality Check Radio Rodney Hide has publicly criticised Wakatipu High School for age-inappropriate sex education content aimed at his 13-year-old daughter, a Year 9 student. Hide, a parent at the school, was denied the opportunity to present his concerns to the school’s Board of Trustees after nearly 12 months
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Elisabeth Cave and Rodney Hide tackled the concerning shifts in modern education during an eye-opening conversation that exposed how psychology-based teaching is harming children’s development. Elisabeth revealed how she witnessed happy, well-adjusted kids becoming obsessed with gender and sexuality issues after exposure to certain school programs. Rodney shared how this discussion “rocked him to his