Tansy Oliver

Guest writer

Tansy is a secondary school teacher who combines her passion for disability rights with teaching English to the best students ever and wrangling a very neurodiverse household.

Design: The Spinoff

Pulling a learn-to-read book with six kupu Māori is another educational assault

Restricting te reo Māori for tamariki learning to read further alienates Māori in the education system – and that has enormous consequences.

By Tansy Oliver | 15th August, 2025

An argument for the potential benefits of the new proposed English curriculum.

The new English curriculum is not the real enemy

'Explicit teaching and stronger guidance about when and what to teach is not inherently bad just because it has been designed by a curriculum panel we are critical of.'

By Tansy Oliver | 5th May, 2025