> In Term 1 of 2010 we went on a bus tour from Kaitaia and Bluff to Parliament, to raise community awareness of the potential negative impact of National Standards and call for a trial. We visited over 250 communities and returned to Wellington, tired, sunburnt, but fired-up.

> In February we conducted a UMR poll of New Zealanders that showed emphatic support for a trial.

> On March 31st we delivered to Parliament over 1000 school community statements, calling for a trial of the standards from schools across New Zealand.

> On June 22 we presented our community petition to MPs at Parliament, signed by more than 37,000 New Zealanders, expressing their deep concern with the government’s National Standards.

> On June 27 The Auckland Primary Principals’ Association called for a boycott of National Standards Training, snowballing the opposition against the standards and capturing the media’s attention.

> And the campaign continues…