But the PM said:Įarlier this week, the Prime Minister was adamant there was no predetermination. So this other Labour MP said that the secret caucus meeting was absolutely to predetermine what would happen to Sharma. This is purely just to get them where they want to be, which is for caucus to be aware that a decision will need to be made and that it will be, it’s gonna be to whack you,” the MP said. The MP tells Dr Sharma his fate was sealed at the meeting. Newshub knows the identity of the MP, but revoiced the recording to protect their identity. He’s also played Newshub a recording of another MP saying to him the outcome of the caucus meeting in which he was suspended was predetermined the night before. He’s accusing the Prime Minister and her office of a “cover-up” and says the Labour Party held a “Kangaroo Court” to decide his fate. The Hamilton West MP has come out swinging – in fact, he’s hit the nuclear button. They have managed a scheme that is costing $500 an hour! You are meant to get economy of scale, but this Government achieves the opposite – the bigger the buy, the less they get for it. “Normally counsellors charge about $150, so you’d have to ask: Where is this money going?” He said, given the 800 hours a month, it appeared the Government was spending north of $500 per session. So basically they have managed the equivalent of hiring five extra school counsellors!ĭoocey said it was also concerning how much had been spent per counselling session. That is 200 hours a week or 40 hours a day. This was meant to give them urgent help, yet they have had to wait two years!Īnd 800 hours a month is miniscule. In responses to National Party mental health spokesperson Matt Doocey, Tinetti said the programme had averaged 800 hours of counselling a month since November. This would normally be a huge scandal, but for this Government that is business as usual.Īgain in November last year, Tinetti released a statement about the Counselling in Schools Programme saying it would help 24,000 students who needed urgent help due to the pandemic.īut it’s unclear how many students have received counselling. So two years after they announced it, and 18 months after they said it would start, and it is delivering 90% less than what they promised.
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The Ministry of Education said it would deliver 100,000 hours of counselling each year, but going by actual delivery it looks set to provide just 9600 hours this year. The Government allocated $44 million to fund counselling at primary, intermediate and small secondary schools for four years. They said it would see 210 schools accessing the scheme from the beginning of 2021. A Government scheme to get counsellors in schools is on track to achieve less than 10% of the 100,000 hours of mental health support it was expected to deliver.