Monthly Archives: October 2022

New Zealand’s democracy faces its greatest challenge

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Peter Winsley

Racialisation and tribalisation, less government openness and more centralization are endangering New Zealand’s status as a western democracy. “The West” is not a geographic place nor a particular ethnicity, race or religion.  Singapore, Japan and South Korea are as much … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitutional and Treaty of Waitangi issues, Cultural issues, Learning, education and pedagogy, Maori, Politics, Russia, Ukraine | 4 Comments

What is really behind Creative New Zealand’s withholding of funding for a Shakespeare festival for secondary school students?

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Peter Winsley

Creative New Zealand has withheld funding for a Shakespeare festival for secondary school students that has been run successfully for around thirty years.  It argues that Shakespeare’s work focuses on “a canon of imperialism” and questioned whether “a focus on … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural issues, Learning, education and pedagogy, Maori, Politics, Shakespeare | 5 Comments