Society is always under pressure to keep up – given the world around us is in a constant state of change.

Our education sector is no different.

Education officials are attempting to crack down on the use of artificial intelligence in NCEA exams, after a rise in substantiated breaches last year.

It’s an extra challenge for schools on top of other issues that have emerged since Covid – like a decline in students’ mental health.

Today on The Front Page, Newstalk ZB education reporter Jaime Cunningham joins us to discuss the multitude of problems facing the education sector.

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Only a few weeks after he had reportedly been in contention for the country’s top police job, deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming was suspended and put on leave.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority and New Zealand Police were investigating, but the nature of the allegations could not be reported.

Months went by without any developments.

That was – until last week, when McSkimming resigned after allegations surfaced of “objectionable material” being found on his work computer.

NZ Herald senior crime reporter Jared Savage broke the story back in December and joins us today on The Front Page to explain what is going on.

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Adolf Hitler. Joseph Stalin. Benito Mussolini. Pol Pot. Saddam Hussein.

Apart from being some of the most famous dictators in human history, they all have one thing in common.

They all had dramatic, violent, and disgraced downfalls. But, in almost every case, foreign powers played a major role in shaping the post-dictatorship future.

How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive by political scientist Marcel Dirsus delves into the vulnerabilities of authoritarian regimes and explores strategies for their dismantling.

Dirsus was recently in New Zealand for the Auckland Writers Festival, and joined The Front Page while here to discuss tyrants and whether we’ve learnt anything from the world’s darkest rulers.

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New Zealand’s Parliament is a ‘house of chaos’.

At least that’s how our own deputy Prime Minister has described the debating chamber.

The C-Bomb was dropped in Parliament last week by Brooke van Velden, quoting a Stuff column by Andrea Vance that was criticising the Government’s changes to pay equity.

It has muddied an already dirty debate over women’s pay that is set to overshadow the Budget this year.

And at the same time, Te Pati Maori’s co-leaders have been threatened with suspension from Parliament for three weeks, over last year’s headline-making haka.

Today on The Front Page, to help us make sense of the chaos, we’re joined by Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls.

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The ‘war on wokeness’ may feel like a new phenomenon, but in fact, it’s been around for centuries.

People have been ‘cancelled’, in one way or another, since the beginning of time – it's human nature to form tribes, create an ‘us’ and ‘them’, and serve as judge, jury, and sometimes literally, executioner.

But in recent years, the ‘culture wars’ have erupted between the left and right, progressive and conservative, the woke and anti-woke over everything from gender and sexuality to race and equal rights.

Discriminations – Making Peace in the Culture Wars is the latest work by British philosopher A. C. Grayling, where he delves into some of the biggest issues of our time.

He joins us today on The Front Page to discuss wokeness, who decides who gets to be ‘cancelled’, and understanding mankind’s inherent need to be right.

A.C. Grayling will be appearing at the Auckland Writers Festival from May 13–18. For more information and tickets, visit www.writersfestival.co.nz.

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If you’ve looked at headlines around the world lately, you’d be forgiven for thinking that immigration is the root of all our problems.

Perhaps the most vocal anti-immigration critic at the moment is the United States, with mass deportations happening against undocumented migrants.

Now the UK Government is vowing to fix a ‘broken’ immigration system with new policies, which are estimated to lead to a 100,000 drop in immigration per year by 2029.

The move comes after the rise of Reform UK, with a staunch anti-immigration policy that has become more mainstream in recent years.

So why are a lot of countries turning against immigration, and are those concerns valid or passing the blame?

Today on The Front Page, Massey University distinguished professor Paul Spoonley is with us to explore the realities and fiction of immigration policy.

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New Zealand’s on high alert – after an Auckland ferry worker tested positive for measles.

They were infectious while on board a number of Fullers360 sailings on May 5, at a Kelston supermarket, and Downtown car park.

Two days later, they were at Unichem New Lynn and Pak 'n Save Mt Albert.

The marine crew member had recently travelled to Asia, but they weren’t infectious on their flight home.

So, how concerning is this latest outbreak? And have we not learned anything from our days of Covid?

Today on The Front Page, University of Auckland senior lecturer and research virologist Natalie Netzler joins us to take us through the do’s and don’ts when it comes to measles.

After the interview was recorded, Health Minister Simeon Brown released updated Health New Zealand vaccination data.

Just over 80% of all kids are now fully immunised by the age of 2 – the highest rate since 2022.

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After a week of tensions, India and Pakistan have reached a ceasefire deal.

Tensions over the disputed territory of Kashmir were reignited after a massacre of Hindu tourists last month, leading to a series of bombings between the two countries that sparked fears they would return to full out war.

While the ceasefire deal is holding for now, many in the Kashmir region are hoping a permanent solution can be found.

Today on The Front Page, Auckland University Director of Global Studies, Chris Ogden is with us to explain the historical tensions between the two countries, and what is needed for permanent peace.

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