So the teachers want a fight, do they? All because they say National Standards won’t work and will create league tables (so what? why shouldn’t I know how the Warriors are getting on?), and have been shown to be a miserable failure everywhere they’ve been tried. I’ve always said we can’t take too much from…

Dear Diary Saw Bill’s girl on the telly last night. She got 99% in an international exam. That’s much better than the 21% Bill got in his 2002 test. LOL! I just read about a Northland girl auctioning off her virginity for $45K. That’s a tidy sum to get for auctioning off your principles and…

Dear Diary Wow, what a busy couple of days! I just had to write! Had to take one of Anne’s jobs off her the other day. I told her she should focus on getting national standards for literacy and numeracy sorted out. I told the media this wasn’t a demotion. Hopefully they didn’t see the…

Dear Diary It‘s been a pretty busy few days. Went down the line to see some Maoris, and some old bloke got up and said I was doing really well. It’s a pity visiting the Marae is a bit of a drag. It’s all talk talk talk! I heard the Ratana people say they wanted…

Best day EVA!! I got to meet a real prince and shake his hand and stuff. He’s so cool. And all the cameras were there and everything. I got to spend like the entire day with him! And he has sooo many amazing stories! And he’s such a chilled out dude too. We had a…