15-03-2024, 06:10 PM
A student involved in the Haka spat at the ground near David Seymour's feet.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/511...igh-school
"A student spat on the ground in front of ACT leader David Seymour during a school visit in Palmerston North.
Seymour was visiting Freyberg High School on Thursday in his role as associate education minister.
A video shared online showed students performing the haka Ka Mate as he came outside.
At the conclusion of the haka, a student holding a tino rangatiratanga flag approached Seymour and spat at the ground by his feet.
School staff could be seen creating a human barrier between the students and Seymour.
Students then followed him to his Crown car.
Seymour had gone to Freyberg to meet with school leaders about "the impressive work they're doing around attendance", he said."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/students-a...7CQEYEGBU/
"Stuff reported that Seymour’s Crown car was also kicked as it drove out of the school’s gate.
Seymour told Stuff the spit did not hit him.
He said the student spat at the ground in front of him and called the incident a bit “theatrical”.
The protest came just over a week after Seymour described free school lunches as “wasteful” public spending and argued that the new Government should cut them.
Freyberg High School receives free school lunches as part of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako, programme.
Seymour attacked free school lunches during the election campaign, describing them as “wasteful”, “unaffordable”, and a “marketing stunt”. He urged National to abandon the programme if it got back into power.
As the minister responsible for the policy, Seymour told the Herald: “I take the issue of free school lunches extremely seriously, and it is under consideration as part of the Government putting together a Budget."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/511...igh-school
"A student spat on the ground in front of ACT leader David Seymour during a school visit in Palmerston North.
Seymour was visiting Freyberg High School on Thursday in his role as associate education minister.
A video shared online showed students performing the haka Ka Mate as he came outside.
At the conclusion of the haka, a student holding a tino rangatiratanga flag approached Seymour and spat at the ground by his feet.
School staff could be seen creating a human barrier between the students and Seymour.
Students then followed him to his Crown car.
Seymour had gone to Freyberg to meet with school leaders about "the impressive work they're doing around attendance", he said."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/students-a...7CQEYEGBU/
"Stuff reported that Seymour’s Crown car was also kicked as it drove out of the school’s gate.
Seymour told Stuff the spit did not hit him.
He said the student spat at the ground in front of him and called the incident a bit “theatrical”.
The protest came just over a week after Seymour described free school lunches as “wasteful” public spending and argued that the new Government should cut them.
Freyberg High School receives free school lunches as part of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako, programme.
Seymour attacked free school lunches during the election campaign, describing them as “wasteful”, “unaffordable”, and a “marketing stunt”. He urged National to abandon the programme if it got back into power.
As the minister responsible for the policy, Seymour told the Herald: “I take the issue of free school lunches extremely seriously, and it is under consideration as part of the Government putting together a Budget."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)