This is a survey on Workplace Bullying posted on behalf of Ada Cecilia Magadia Umali, a Masters student in Public Policy at Victoria University of Wellington. Given what has been in the news about staff in emergency units in public hospitals recently this is a live issue but Ada is collecting data from across the […]
A Mind Map of the mental health tsunami.
Late last year an article in the Guardian newspaper by George Monbiot discussed a recent report about the level of mental health problems among young people in the UK. I made a mind map of the ideas in the article as part of a submission to the suicide strategy. With the release of the […]
Scoop and Action Station do “Kai and Korero”. Can you come?
The Scoop Foundation invites Scoop’s friends and supporters to celebrate Scoop’s 18th birthday in style. Eighteen – the age to vote so we have planned a timely election year celebration. Join us after work on Friday 11 August from 5.45 – 8.00 pm at St Andrews on the Terrace for Kai and Korero, based on […]
Has the Suicide Prevention Strategy been side-lined?
Warning: This article is about suicide and may be distressing to some readers. There has been much negative coverage of the proposed NZ Suicide Prevention Strategy since Mike King left the suicide advisory group a few months ago saying that it was “a master class in butt covering”. We have recently heard that the government […]
Election hustings and other related events in Wellington
These meetings are taking place in Wellington in the lead-up to the election. Most, but not all, are specifically related to the election. Information is provided on a best efforts basis and we suggest you check with the website to confirm the information supplied before committing to an event. End Child Poverty Political Forum: Wellington […]
Housing mindmap
Research Mapping with Research Resources for Scoop’s Hivemind debate The HiveMind debate is online on the Scoop Website at this address. If you would like to help this by editing the document please email info@publicgood.org.nz
Human Flourishing Conference
Registration are open for the 2017 St Andrews Trust for the Study of Religion and Society (SATRS) / Public Good Conference, at St Andrews on the Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand Friday 5 May: 7.00–8.30pm (tea and coffee from 6.30pm) Saturday 6 May: 9.30am– 3.30pm (Registration from 9.00) HELP ALL HUMANS FLOURISH Join a creative mob […]
Human Flourishing: A series of events at St Andrew’s on the Terrace
Thursday 27 April 12.30 – 2.00 Winton Higgins and the Politics of Decency The tide of xenophobia, misogyny, prejudice and callousness towards ‘the Other’ is rising. This is the politics of indecency, so how do we create a sea wall that will turn it back? Winton is a secular Buddhist, academic and novelist based in […]
Supercharging Scoop’s Election Journalism
Scoop is opening its election year coverage with an exciting initiative and would appreciate your support. The Open News Project is Scoop’s attempt to ensure political news coverage this election year leads to better outcomes for our society and all New Zealanders. We believe political coverage should focus less on the political game and more […]
Tony Alexander’s free reign at the BNZ
I read in the news recently that the BNZ’s chief economist Tony Alexander has made some demeaning remarks about young people wanting to buy houses and has been stretching the boundaries of his reporting by providing investment advice in the BNZ newsletter. I am afraid to report that his ability to insult and […]
Open the algorithms
Whose responsibility is to to make sure that workers are paid their holiday pay? Not government it would seem, nor employers, nor payroll providers. Since a 2010 law change estimates indicate that more than 700,000 New Zealanders who work shifts or irregular hours may have been underpaid by more than $2bn. Sometimes the hours and […]
Universal Basic Income: A debate worth having
In March 2016 the Labour Party held its Future of Work Conference. Notable speakers were Guy Standing, author of The Precariat and former Clinton-era Secretary of Labour Robert Reich. The idea of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) was raised in a discussion paper as being potentially the single most popular idea being discussed internationally to […]
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