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Overreach: When ideology replaces quality public services

In the last week the National government’s ideological approach has been heavily criticised by the  very organisations that should be the beneficiaries of the it’s proposed policy changes. Lowered regulation in housing construction On Monday Radio New Zealand reported that  the government is planning to allow builder self certification and that “New Zealand had “moved […]

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Online voting: “the risks to democracy are too great”

Grateful to web software developer Nigel McNie for his permission to reproduce this speech to Wellington City Council.  Nigel also writes on IT security  at at https://medium.com/@nigelmcnie.     He has written a recent mythbuster against online voting and his thought provoking submission to  the Justice & Elections Select Committee’s inquiry into the 2014 New Zealand […]

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Confirmed speakers for information, ethics and the public good.

Prior registration is preferable but you can also register at St Andrews using the registration form Conference St Andrew’s on the Terrace Registrations Friday 9 October 7.00pm – 9.15pm Unwaged $20.00 Waged: $40.00 Saturday 10 October 9.00 am – 4.00pm Under 25/student loan $10.00 Online Registration Conference Background Bookings Read about the purpose of the […]

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Information, Ethics and the Public Good: Who can we trust?

Mini-Conference at St Andrews on the Terrace – Conference Friday 9 /Saturday 10 October Save the date for a fascinating, involving conference and workshop. You can book and pay for the conference using Eventbrite registration Satrs conference intro leaflet to print for friends See the final list of confirmed speakers At last year’s conference Democracy, […]

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The Death of God and the War on Terror

Link to the video Summary This article attempts to give a flavour of a videoed talk by Terry Eagleton “The Death of God and the War on Terror” which was made at the How the Light Gets In festival in Wales in May this year and which is taken from ideas in his 2014 book […]

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TPPA progress harder from now on

Updated 4/8/2015 With the failure of the Hawaii TPPA round to make a deal, the next round of TPPA negotiations is going to be  more difficult, as well as more risky for the government. Internationally the Canadian government has been dissolved pending an election in October and all TPPA governments are managing widespread public concerns. […]

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Form follows function for the Cooperative Bank

Printable version Last Thursday at its AGM the NZ Co-operative Bank invited shareholders to adopt a new by  constitution  formalising the bank’s profit sharing arrangements, New Zealand ownership and representation arrangements. The changes have unfolded over several years. To 2012 and under the leadership of Girol Karacaoglu, (who has since moved to become chief economist […]

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TPP opposition widespread across all of NZ society

The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) if it is finalised will be signed and ratified by the Cabinet. Professor Jane Kelsey has shown that the Parliamentary Select Committee process is cosmetic. Much like the South Korea FTA, recently under discussion by the Foreign Affairs and Trade Select Committee, there will be no vote in parliament […]

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Rules reduction review: – An extraordinary attack on local government.

Duncan Garner recently wrote a story about an aggrieved property developer. The anonymous man, is apparently “scared” of council retribution if his details were published. Garner criticises the council the developer was dealing with but is mysteriously silent on details that would allow us to understand why the developer was building on a plot covered […]

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