So we should be looking with concern at what's happening in our education sector. In 2018, our performance in maths put us in the bottom half of OECD countries: 22nd out of 37. We used to be fourth. Our education standards have been falling under the watch of Chris Hipkins. Students who attend regularly pass NCEA. Students who are absent half of the time fail NCEA. We are getting very close to half of our school students not attending school nine days out of 10. Who are the worst with absenteeism? It is our Māori and our Pasifika students that are attending less than anyone else.