Concerns over National eduction policy focus on basics

The National Party's plan to overhaul the way primary and intermediate-aged students are taught has brought our country's declining numeracy and literacy testing numbers into focus. The plan, called Teaching the Basics Brilliantly, would see children spending an hour a day on each of reading, writing and maths, which party leader Christopher Luxon says would be prioritised "over everything else". In a moment we'll speak with his deputy, Nicola Willis. But first, our producer Matthew Theunissen spoke to some experts concerned about what the policy will do.