[vlasky]

You've hit the nail right on the head.

In the late 19th century, New Zealand raised one of the greatest scientists of all time - Ernest Rutherford, a pioneer of atomic and nuclear physics, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908. He is often referred to as "the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday".

Now New Zealand is introducing a new science curriculum that has no mention of physics or chemistry! Only last year the NZ government made Maori mythology part of science education.

I see this as another indicator of New Zealand's continued evolution into an impoverished agrarian backwater where social justice ideology is worshipped as the state religion.

I'm Aussie and am fond of New Zealand. It's our next-door neighbour. I enjoyed my brief visits there and found it to be a beautiful country with many good people. Unfortunately, their isolation and naïve idealism has made them complacent as hell about their economic future and their civil liberties.

We face similar regressive forces here in Australia, but I feel they've taken a far stronger hold in New Zealand. My heart breaks.