31 October 2001 Media Advisory

Early childhood strategic plan

Education Minister Trevor Mallard will tomorrow release the Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Education which has been presented to Government.

Work on developing the plan began in August last year with a large working party, reflecting the diverse range of groups within the early childhood sector. In the last few months a smaller group refined the plan to identify key priorities and goals.

The Government’s response to the report will be incorporated into next year’s Budget process.

The group has been chaired by educationalist Dr Anne Meade.

Details of the release are as follows:

Time: 10.30am

Date: Thursday 1 November

Place: Beehive 7.2

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>