With the election just over a week away I thought I had better ask the National Party what their policy is on Te Wananga o Aotearoa. After all, I do want to keep my job after the election!!
Here's the first email I sent to them on 26 August:
From: Adam Claydon
To: hq@national.org.nz
CC: bill.english@national.org.nz
Date: Friday - August 26, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: Taxathon - Te Wananga o Aotearoa
Hi
I thought that I would send you an email today to say that I particuarly like your "Taxathon" campiagn. I agree that the Labour Party have been taxing us far too much.
I have been seriously considering voting National for the first time, however I received a copy of your Taxathon flyer and I was very unhappy to see my workplace, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, listed as one of Labour's "charities".
I am Pakeha and a university graduate and I tutor adult students in the National Certificate in Computing Levels 2 & 3 - an NZQA qualification. I feel that the course I am tutoring, along with many other courses at the Wananga, are of high quality and are very valuable to the local community. There may have been money wasting by some people here at the Wananga, but I am unaware of any of this, and it's not really a concern with my job. My job is to provide a course of the highest quality and I feel it is. I would not be working for Te Wananga o Aotearoa if I felt it did not provide quality education.
I would like to know the National Party's policy on Te Wananga o Aotearoa so that I can still consider voting for National this year.
Thank you very much
Adam Claydon
I received a response quite quickly:
From: Marsha Yamshikova
To: Adam Claydon
Date: Friday - August 26, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: RE: Taxathon - Te Wananga o Aotearoa
Dear Mr Claydon
Thank you very much for taking the time to write and share your concerns with us.
I have forwarded your e-mail to Gerry Brownlee MP, our Maori Affairs Spokesman.
If you give your Party Vote to National this election in order to change the socialist politically correct Labour government, we will be proud to count you among our supporters.
Kindest regards
Marsha yamshikova
Executive Assistant
I never heard any more about it until this email I received today:
From: Kirsty MacDonald
To: Adam Claydon
Date: Wednesday - September 7, 2005
Subject: RE: Taxathon - Te Wananga o Aotearoa
Dear Mr Claydon
Thank you for your email regarding Te Wananga o Aotearoa. Your concerns are best addressed by the National Party Education spokesman, Hon Bill English. Therefore I have forwarded a copy of your email on to his office for consideration and response.
Kind regards,
Kirsty Macdonald
Executive Assistant to Gerry Brownlee
Deputy Leader of the National Party
MP for Ilam
I wonder if I'll hear back from Bill English? I'll keep you posted...
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Who know doubt will forward it on to Mr Brash... as Mr English and Mr Brownlee cannot be sure of anything to do with the Wananga as National's policy depends on wether Mr Brash 'has left the building'.
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