1/ Seymour claimed 150,000 more kids attending school regularly. John Gerritsen @RNZeducation checked the math. Actual number: ~135,000. But even that's misleading. The school roll grew so ~65,000 of the "improvement" is just more kids existing. But wait, there's (a lot) more 🧵
A few thoughts on this Holocaust Memorial Day
My Granny told me that she first realised that something was wrong when someone in her local grocers ordered “A kilo of potatoes, Heil Hitler” and no one laughed.
My Grandpa - a doctor in Berlin - recalled the letter from a patient who said that he hoped Dr Rosenberg would understand that he could no longer be seen coming through the front door of his surgery but he would now come in through the back where he couldn’t be seen. What he didn’t say - of course he didn’t - was that he was quite prepared to allow a Jew to treat him and potentially keep him alive but he was not prepared to put himself out to protect a Jew.
The year was 1933.
For the past 3 years Anthony worked tirelessly on writing a book on “Auckland’s Changing Climate” tracking Auckland’s (past, present and future) climate.
Written for the intelligent lay person in a chatty friendly style.
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