Francesca Rudkin: Parents, you're up

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Sep 25, 2025 · 2m · transcript

Yesterday, PPTA members —secondary school teachers— voted to make addressing online extremism an official policy, and are now pushing for Government action.

Teachers say they are seeing more misogyny from young boys, as well as xenophobia and anti-Māori rhetoric – and I believe them. Sit down with your teenager and ask them about Andrew Tate, Trump, trad wives —which were some of the complaints— and they’re all over it. And yes, it is driven by social media, algorithms, and their peers.

So, I do understand their concerns.

But it’s not for the Government to fix.

I’ll get to the teachers in a…