Posts by Sacha
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McCully's latest statement (released in writing and reported identically by RNZ and Fairfax) shifts ground slightly on advice he got.
But McCully said appropriate independent and internal legal advice was sought on the contract for services which MFAT entered into with the Al Khalaf group.
Let's see that 'independent' advice, aside from the internal MFAT stuff we already knew exists.
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Capture: Sunrise City, in reply to
Auckland is in an other-worldly jungle
at the best o times
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Capture: Sunrise City, in reply to
soldiers lined up on the hill above the cenotaph
impressed
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Speaker: Why we need to stop talking…, in reply to
SHG has already sold that many times over on other sites. No surprise we can't be bothered haggling.
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to
DSS was not living within its means and was effectively taking resources from core health services to subsidise its business
The change is a way of ring-fencing DSS under-funding. Kind of the opposite of what some DHBs did at governance level by merging their statutorily-required DSAC committees with their CPHAC ones. Also saving cost.
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Speaker: Why we need to stop talking…, in reply to
Why not ask a really hard question
I was only asking what to *name* those things.
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Speaker: Why we need to stop talking…, in reply to
We may have to invent a whole lot of new words to effect change…because many of the existing words have been irretrievably corrupted.
got any suggestions for "approach for the next ten to twenty years" vs "plan for next 3 years"?
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Speaker: Why we need to stop talking…, in reply to
One example of unfortunate framing: using the word “strategy” for “acting in accordance with your stated principles”.
snap
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Speaker: Why we need to stop talking…, in reply to
Labour during the Clark years was terrified about appearing to be too nice the poor and to Maori. They didn’t stick up for their own values
If sticking by principles is not important to you, people notice that you can not be trusted. Who knew?
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Speaker: Why we need to stop talking…, in reply to
While I’m not disputing the importance of how language may be used to frame issues, leaving these kinds of gaping holes in your legacy lends an undeserved eloquence to even the meanest practical gestures.
actions louder than words, yes.
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