Eric Crampton • Feb 22, 2017 •
The push for more localist approaches to policy problems in New Zealand continues to gather steam. Earlier this month, the McGuinness Institute argued for what they’re calling Demarcation Zones for policy trials. Their formulation differs a bit from what we at the Initiative proposed in 2015, but the core idea is similar: let local communities take on additional … Read More
Sarah-Jane O'Connor • May 28, 2016 •
Dr Ben Goldacre’s collection of columns and essays, I think you’ll find it’s a bit more complicated than that, is a snackable read for anyone interested in science and how it’s used and misused in media, policy, and everyday life. I must first admit to being a bit sucked in on this book. I picked it up in a bookstore thinking … Read More
Peter Griffin • Oct 22, 2015 •
Canadian scientists and journalists will be breathing a sigh of relief this week with the change of government in Canada. Justin Trudeau The Harper Government’s protocols governing scientists’ interaction with the media were widely criticised. I remember attending the World Conference of Science Journalists in Qatar a few years back where a session featured a panel of Canadians venting … Read More
John Pickering • Sep 30, 2013 •
Dear District Health Board Candidates Soon I and thousands like me will cast our votes to choose our District Health Boards. Given the huge budgets of DHBs and the huge potential to influence health outcomes I want more information from you than a couple of paragraphs I received with the voting packs. Below are two … Continue reading → … Read More
Bill Kaye-Blake • Sep 09, 2013 •
In the recent book Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis, Jonathan Boston has a really useful chapter. It probably should have started the book as a way of laying some intellectual groundwork, instead of being Chapter 5. It raises the same point as Matt Nolan does at TVHE, quoting Amartya Sen, but with more detail. Here’s Boston: […] … Read More