Fact checking Hipkins’ claim that I’ve refused to meet with Ginny Andersen. July diary release: Ginny Andersen Thursday 23 July 2026 at 3.30pm Fact: It took 1 text and 3 emails from my office to Willow Jean Prime and Chris Hipkins to get a final reply saying she declined my invitation to meet. Hipkins is trying to re-write history with complete lies and has no idea what his own MPs are up to.

An hour a day of maths was a key recommendation of the 2021 Royal Society Maths Report that was commissioned BY HIPKINS. He sat on that report for 2 years and did nothing. We implemented an hour a day in our first 100 days and used the rest of the recommendations as a blueprint for our 2024 Maths Action Plan. We now have 6% more students at curriculum expectations in maths at year 6. Hipkins sat and watched maths results tank while ignoring the answers right in front of him and he is still refusing to keep an hour a day in tonight’s debate. National listened to the experts and early results are improving for the first time in many years as a result. Our kids deserve a world-leading education and National are delivering it.

The visa created for the Indian free trade deal, predominantly for highly skilled green-list workers, will not allow for partners or children. I have immense respect for Mr Peters but I want to be clear that what he claimed in his state of the nation speech is incorrect.

Labour want to mandate their Common Practice Model of how teachers should teach in our schools. Just a reminder of what the latest common practice model says about maths…..

Back on Track meeting with Chris Luxon at AUT University. Full house with overflow in the lecture theatre next door. #BackOnTrack101

Completely unbelievable that Labour have just said that they aren’t going to support Nicola Willis’ members bill to allow mums and dads to take their parental leave at the same time should they wish.

New data shows that the percentage of school leavers attaining NCEA Level 2 has consistently fallen under Labour Just 59% of Māori students attained Level 2 in 2022 - a 10% drop since 2017. Labour have erased years of progress achieved under the last National Government.

Labour’s failed experiment in rewriting the science curriculum will put Kiwi kids at a massive disadvantage. m.facebook.com/story.php?sto…

Jan Tinetti is responsible for the educational outcomes of hundreds of thousands of kiwi kids and a $17 billion budget. Today she was found to have acted with a high degree of negligence. Questions need to be asked if she is up to this task.

The PIRLS international reading study released tonight shows the reading ability of our Year 5 students continues to decline. NZ recorded its lowest score since the study began in 2001. Without urgent change, our literacy and numeracy standards will continue to decline

This is a resounding vote of no confidence in Jan Tinetti & Labour on education Chris Hipkins spent half a decade as Education Minister overseeing a decline in achievement A National Government will Teach the Basics Brilliantly to set every kid up for success later in life.

New classrooms will sit empty if Labour continues failing to get kids to school and learning the basics Only 1/2 of kids are attending regularly Rather than excuses and empty classrooms National will restore confidence in the education system by teaching the basics brilliantly

Instead of being helpful and supportive of his constituents, Greg O’Connor reportedly accuses a young Sri Lankan resident student of being from a corrupt country and having corrupt intentions. PM needs to haul Greg in for a please explain. ericastanfordmp.co.nz/post/p…