Anyway, Wyatt Creech didn't manage to achieve much in talking to secondary teachers in his new role as Education Minister this week. Actually, I lie. The fact that he was able to talk to them is an achievement in context. The teachers want a 21 per cent pay rise. This sounds a lot.
Teachers are underpaid.
Back in the feudal kingdom of Auckland, Les Mills and the CitRats have shown just how much integrity they have in announcing that the council will sell off most of its rental housing stock. And this happens when demand for council housing in Central Auckland has never been greater. The council will cash in on the prety market - and families paying rent in this city will get screwed even further into the ground. Oh well, at least there was a little diversion offered in the shape of revelations about High Octane Unleaded 96 - which, before long, we'll all be using. Seems it might be eroding rubber engine seals and causing leakage.