Secular education

Ombudsman persuades 424 schools to reveal their religious programmes

Maori schools give stronger support to Christian karakia By David Hines, 1 June, 2022 (900 words) Thank God for the Ombudsman's Office!...

Three kinds of Christian bias in state schools Christian religious instruction programmes in state schools have taken a dive, with only...

Update March 3: Encouraging news from the Ombuidsman Back in October 2021 I complained to the Ombudsman's office that the Ministry of...

For years, members of the Secular Education Network have been trying to find out what kind of religious programmes their schools have...

David Hines 6 November 2021 P:reliminary results from a survey of state schools show that only 9% of them are using Christian religious...

The Ministry of Education sent me this tip-off Why would the Ministry of Education send me an email this week saying they expect to...

David Hines August 8 2021 Main points 1. After a year of waiting I have full details of a request from a group of religious leaders to...