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This section chronicles (it’s an epic!) my experience of taking action against religious education (indoctrination) classes at my Daughter’s school. I want to make it really clear that I am not against Christians, I just don’t want evangelical Christians to have access to primary school kids so that they can spread their beliefs.

This section is multi-part true story. If you want to read from the start of it, you can find the beginning here.

Going direct to the Secretary of the Ministry of Education

November 10, 2015 Dave 2

Voluntarily dealing with Government departments isn’t really my idea of a fun time, so it was with a heavy heart that I contacted the Ministry […]

Moving up the Ministry of Education chain of command

October 16, 2015 Dave 0

I wasn’t quite sure what to do next. I’ve been advising people on either financial decisions or internet marketing as part of my business for […]

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My response to the BOT response

October 16, 2015 Dave 0

So yeah. What can you say in response to that? This blog is part of a story about my experience with religious education in my […]

BOT response to proposal

Official Response from the Board of Trustees

October 15, 2015 Dave 0

So this is the response I got from the Board of Trustees, two months after the meeting. It’s almost as if they didn’t take in […]

What harm do religious education classes do?

August 20, 2015 Dave 0

After the meeting with the Board of Trustees, I thought that there were some things that were fundamentally misunderstood by them. So I put together […]

board of trustees meeting about re classes

How the BOT reacted to the proposal on Bible in Schools Classes

August 19, 2015 Dave 0

After the initial pleasantries, tea, biscuits and chat about the weather and how all schools have the same smell of squashed bananas and kids feet, […]

religious education proposal to BOT

Addressing the Board of Trustees about Religious Education Classes

August 19, 2015 Dave 0

The meeting with the Maungatapere School Board of Trustees went ahead on 19th August 2015. The last time I was in a school staff room, […]

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Where do Principals fit into Religious Education?

July 1, 2015 Dave 0

At this point, I really thought that the school was just uninformed about the facts and that if I was able to explain to them […]

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Who is responsible for religious education in primary schools?

June 29, 2015 Dave 0

My first point of contact was my Daughter’s teachers. I’ll say in advance that teachers are between a rock and a hard place when it […]

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Religious Education from Age 5

June 10, 2015 Dave 0

When my Daughter started at Maungatapere School, we filled in an enrollment form. I was surprised to see that there was a yes/no option for […]

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