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30 August 2016 by Jan Rivers

A new ethics for the public realm? Lessons from the Second World War.

I’ve recently read A Faith to fight for” which was Left Book Club founder John Strachey’s lengthy letter to his daughter, written during The Blitz for her to read in 1951 (should she survive – luckily she did). Under this situation of duress Strachey felt compelled to look at the ultimate values by which to […]

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30 August 2016 by Jan Rivers

Rally for Democracy 10 September 2016

Press release reposted from It’s Our Future New Zealanders from all walks of life will come together on 10th September in a Day of Action that will affirm our democratic rights and support initiatives to build a fairer and more sustainable society. There will be rallies, marches, music and speeches, in family-friendly events that bring […]

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11 July 2016 by Jan Rivers

Walking for peace

20160619  Author Charmaine Pountney and Tanya Cumberland  Republished from Earthalk.co.nz http://earthtalk.co.nz/2016/06/walking-for-peace-andrew-judd-taranaki/ We’ve just been to Taranaki to join the Pakeha Hikoi for Peace– a walk from New Plymouth to Parihaka in support of Mayor Andrew Judd’s campaign for Maori representation on New Plymouth District Council. The council’s proposal to include one Māori ward for the […]

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5 July 2016 by Jan Rivers

ECO’s open government survey open to 26 July

What do you think is important about OPEN GOVERNMENT? ECO invites you to participate in a survey of people and organisations from civil society on what we want the government actions should be in the NZ Open Government Action Plan 2016-18. Please feel free to circulate the survey widely. The survey provides an option to […]

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27 June 2016 by Jan Rivers

Whistling While They Work:

Improving managerial responses to whistle-blowing in public and private sector organisations Public Good is pleased to work with a number of civil society organisations: HuiE!, Volunteering NZ, Community Networks Aotearoa to draw attention to and promote involvement in research by Victoria University into workplace whistle blowing policies. It is the biggest piece of research into […]

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25 May 2016 by Jan Rivers

The Conservative: An essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841

In 1841 Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote ‘The Conservative’. It’s an essay in rather archaic language about the wrong headedness of both progressive and conservative world views so it’s fairly even handed about the hazards of both inflated idealism and the deadliness of the status quo. However some of the statements about conservatism are prescient for […]

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25 April 2016 by Jan Rivers

Who owns our water?

Reposted from by Urban Earthtalk with permission. Author Charmaine Pountney. When I saw this heading in huge capitals on a one-page article in the NZ Herald… SHOULD ONE RACE CONTROL NEW ZEALAND’S FRESH WATER? my first thought was “could this be an article about how Pakeha colonists have taken over the country’s natural water sources […]

Filed Under: Democracy, Sectors, The Environment

22 April 2016 by Jan Rivers

The Select Committee and the arbitrators

I presented my submission on the TPPA’s National Interest Analysis to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Select Committee and hung around afterwards to see who was next up. A few speakers later the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand made their presentation. Unlike the private individuals who had 10 minutes apiece or […]

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21 April 2016 by Jan Rivers

On cutting the time available to the Waitangi Tribunal

This paper formed part of my presentation to the Foreign Affairs and Trade Select Committee on the TPPA treaty consideration Yesterday it was revealed that fast-tracking the report date for the Select Committee considering the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will have the effect of giving the Waitangi Tribunal three rather than seven weeks to produce […]

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4 April 2016 by Jan Rivers

The Panama Papers in New Zealand

Today journalists from across the world, and co-ordinated through the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists,  have started to publish stories from the biggest ever leak of commercial information. All the prospects are that the flood of information will continue over the days and weeks to come. There are more than 11 million documents which “show […]

Filed Under: Democracy

7 March 2016 by Jan Rivers

TPPA submission

This is a summary of the TPPA submission I have sent tonight. It may not make any difference to the outcome in NZ but there will be a time when, having rehearsed all the arguments about the value of the public sector and of legislation in the public interest, they come to mean something again. […]

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5 March 2016 by Jan Rivers

The answer is no. No time extension for TPPA consideration

Trade Minister Todd McClay indicated that he would be willing to have the time period extended for TPPA NIA consideration. My email to the committee on 11 Feb and the response about the decision made on Thursday 3 March when the time has almost run out is below. This decision will mean that many significant […]

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