by NZARH Admin | Jul 27, 2012 | Schools Campaign
You may have thought that public schools in New Zealand do not include religious indoctrination. The fact is that over 40% of public primary schools run religious instruction classes run by outside volunteers from churches. Schools have no obligation to ask parents...
by NZARH Admin | Jun 20, 2012 | Schools Campaign
Press Release from the Secular Party of Australia Governments should not promote religions in the minds of children at taxpayer expense. The Secular Party thus welcomes the finding of High Court that the Commonwealth’s funding of the National Schools Chaplaincy...
by NZARH Admin | Jun 20, 2012 | Schools Campaign
Note: The following article has been censored in order to avoid identifying individuals. The article was originally removed after receiving a request from the Human Rights Commission. We are now removing names to protect the privacy of individuals. Other than this the...
by NZARH Admin | Jun 2, 2012 | Schools Campaign
Interfaith educator Jean Holm says the present Bible in Schools programme is inappropriate and needs to be replaced. Ms Holm says the problem with Bible in Schools is that it assumes the truth of Christian beliefs and this is inappropriate for a programme that...
by NZARH Admin | May 18, 2012 | Schools Campaign
All Children Deserve an Education in Values The Secular Education Network has been established to support parents who believe that Values are important in the education of all our children. That Values education should be provided on a non discriminatory basis. Values...
by NZARH Admin | May 13, 2012 | Schools Campaign
Talk to Your Child Find out what is being taught in these classes, and which children are opting out. Find out where the opting-out children go and what activities they do during that time. Those children’s parents are ones most likely to be your allies. Talk to...
