Photo: Tim CollinsAnalysis: Sir John Key has a powerful presence at National's annual conference, the government's latest maths initiative runs into controversy over student assessment, Health NZ's new supremo warns it could go broke and Shane Jones shakes up the energy market. National Party members felt the strong presence of former Prime minister Sir John Key at their annual conference in Auckland at the weekend. Stuff's Thomas Manch said the legacy of the Key era - nine years of electoral success - literally lingered in the room. Key spoke to RNZ at the conference and was generous with his comments about Luxon. Although the statistics were undeniably awful, the primary teachers union NZEI said there was concern about the rapid pace of change in the maths curriculum and the short time for training teachers.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 08, 2024 23:06 UTC