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30 March 2015 by Jan Rivers

On not reporting on greenhouse gas emissions

The government has made a decision not to report on New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions as part of the package of statistical environmental reporting for the period starting 2015. The new reporting regime was announced today by the Chief Executives of Stats NZ and the Ministry for the Environment respectively, having been vetted by the […]

Filed Under: Government, The Environment Tagged With: Democracy

24 February 2015 by Jan Rivers

Universities and Scoop’s Licencing.

              In the National Business review last week a story covered Scoop Media’s innovative licencing arrangements, which have been in place for a number of years. Rather than a paywall that excludes everyone who cannot pay, Scoop’s licencing conditions make the extensive database of NZ and overseas news stories […]

Filed Under: journalism, Tertiary Education Tagged With: Democracy

16 February 2015 by Jan Rivers

The crisis in New Zealand’s civil justice system

Printed version Barrister Frances Joychild has given Public Good permission to re-publish her article which appeared last week on the Auckland District Law Society website and in other legal publications. Frances’ paper looks at the issue of fair access to representation in civil legal cases and her evidence demonstrates that the situation for civil litigants […]

Filed Under: Justice Tagged With: civil justice, civil law, civil litigants, Democracy, frances joychild, legal aid, winkelman

4 February 2015 by Jan Rivers

Needed: a public survey on social attitudes

I’ve just come back from living in England for six months last year. During the time I was there they had the referendum on Scottish independence. It was generally a pleasure to witness the quality of debate in print and broadcast media. Now we know the result of the referendum and while it wasn’t a […]

Filed Under: Government, Justice, Privatisation Tagged With: Democracy

21 December 2014 by Jan Rivers

Fanning the #StepitUp flame

Print version of post The last weekend of November saw a weekend conference take place in Auckland. Stepitup’s purposed was to build capacity, capability and new skills amongst progressive campaigners and organisers in NZ. The conference was based around “the simple idea that we can do more and win more through cooperation, sharing resources and […]

Filed Under: Government, journalism Tagged With: Democracy

20 December 2014 by Jan Rivers

Christmas Quiz – Characteristics of enlightened leadership

Printed version of this post Amber Blanco White was a writer, feminist and scholar who was born in 1887 and raised in Christchurch until she moved with her family to England in 1896. Her parents were the New Zealand social reformer William Pember Reeves and feminist and socialist Maud. At Cambridge she founded the University’s […]

Filed Under: Government Tagged With: Democracy

25 November 2014 by Jan Rivers

Airways Lite coming soon to airspace near you.

Ed Sims, the Chief Executive of State Owned Enterprise (SOE) Airways Corporation, was interviewed on the business section of Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report programme in 9 September (2014) and revealed the thinking at the centre of the government’s policy on public ownership. Airways Corporation provides New Zealand’s Air Traffic Control services but only 40% […]

Filed Under: Air industry, Privatisation, Public Sector Tagged With: Airways Corporation, Drones, flights, Light-handed regulation, state owned enterprises, user-pays

18 November 2014 by Jan Rivers

New Zealand’s industries have low productivity. Let’s help by privatising the public sector.

Attrib Sean MacEntee / Flickr

Printable version The Productivity Commission has been asked by the Government to review the Social Services Sector. Their brief is broad including social development, the education sector including schools, polytechnics and universities as well as hospitals and the wider health sector.  The Commission’s role is to look at the policy, regulations and legislation that hamper […]

Filed Under: Employment, Privatisation, Productivity, Public Sector, Sectors, The Economy

14 November 2014 by Jan Rivers

Are you happy with a ‘market for social services’ in New Zealand?

Image from the Productivity Commission’s issues paper. Printable version The Productivity Commission has been instructed by the government to work on delivering advice on legal and policy changes to support “More Effective Social Services”. The issues paper is open for submissions with a closing date of 2 December. The paper focuses on social services as […]

Filed Under: Health, Privatisation, Productivity, Public Sector Tagged With: Democracy

7 August 2014 by Jan Rivers

Is the quality of our democracy an election issue?

A well-attended conference in Wellington at the weekend heard and discussed a number of presentations which raised questions about the current quality of our democracy. The conference was hosted by the St Andrews Trust for the Study of Religion and Society and Public Good and the aspirations of many organisations and the approaches they are […]

Filed Under: Government, Public Sector Tagged With: 2014 Conference, Democracy

4 July 2014 by Jan Rivers

Speakers announced – Democracy, ethics and the public good

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The 2014 Geering Event (Details as at 24 July 2014) St Andrews on the Terrace Wellington Friday evening 1 August – 7.00 – 9.00 public seminar Friday evening’s speakers Rev. Dr Jim Cunningham is the interim Minister at St Andrews and the chair of the St Andrews Trust for the Study of Religion and Society. […]

Filed Under: Government, Justice, Public Sector Tagged With: 2014 Conference, Democracy

2 June 2014 by Jan Rivers

The Entrepreneurial State

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The Entrepreneurial State: A book review Mariana Mazzucato is a UK economist who has worked at Demos, the UK thinktank and is a professor at the University of Sussex. Her latest book The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking public vs private sector myths is written from the viewpoint that the state is the major, but often invisible, […]

Filed Under: Books, Employment, Government, The Economy

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