“It will just end up leaving children out. I don’t see how it can be a good thing.”
Rob Gittins
Advisor
Wellington
“I can’t understand why the Government is attacking education … The last thing our children need is larger class sizes there is absolutely no benefit there at all.”
Joyce Evans
Secretary
Wanganui
“Our children are our future - these are changes we don’t need. We absolutely don’t need fewer teachers and bigger classes.”
Annette Cox
Photographer
Wanganui
“Smaller classes help our children. I find it very difficult to understand that the Government could make these terrible changes to education. Don’t they see the suffering this will cause. Kids really need a good foundation. These changes won’t help them.”
Kirsty Shaw
Mother
Wanganui
“More students in classes will mean less quality feedback and teachers will be compromised. Less teachers and bigger classes is terrible. If National had said they were going to do this to education at election time they wouldn’t have been voted in.”
Faye Holloway
Teacher
Wanganui
“Teacher quality was better with smaller classes. Now they’re going backwards on what was working.”
Rex Jackson
Sickness beneficiary
Masterton, Wairarapa
“I think it’s bloody ridiculous. I can remember being at school during the war and classes were all increased. They couldn’t reach all the children.”
Ewen Peat
Retired
Masterton, Wairarapa
“I don’t agree with it. They have good class sizes now. Make them bigger and children who take longer to learn will lose out.”
Pat Britton
Retired
Masterton, Wairarapa
