Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: The Very Worst, in reply to Richard Aston,
But isn't the down side of this is it effectively needs a police state or at least a well policed up state
Resources would go into police and community services rather than prisons, yes
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Hard News: The Very Worst, in reply to Richard Aston,
But nothing has happened since.
probably depends which faction inside his party is favoured, rather than anything to do with evidence or sound policy-making.
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Hard News: The Very Worst, in reply to Stephen Judd,
it's potentially dangerous for journalists to aggressively police the soundness of the case someone is making before they decide to report on it
Yet that's what journalists used to do more of, rather than regurgitate whatever is fed to them by those with the loudest mouths. Think how much more progress might otherwise have been made combatting climate change or tobacco deaths, for example. Churnalism brings real harms.
adept at framing things in an emotionally appealing way
that certainly helps matters.
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Hard News: The Very Worst, in reply to Phil Lyth,
I am wondering why Corrections has not applied for an extended supervision order for Stuart Murray Wilson
fair question. anyone asked them?
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OnPoint: Some of My Best Friends are Consultants, in reply to Hilary Stace,
And staff who manage tender processes are, you guessed it, regarded as 'back office', so are slashed. The whole thing takes even longer, and eventually good tenderers stop bothering. Ambishus.
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to Steve Barnes,
indeed nebulous
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Hilary Stace,
What schools should be encouraging, in my view, is a love of learning, acceptance and welcoming of diversity, and inclusion.
Though unless you believe unquestioning relativism is the only way to go, there also need to be well-supported conversations about common values and expectations across all our cultures. That takes an ongoing adult discussion too.
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
I think it's this sort of blurry cultural/religious line that some people are thinking of when they argue you shouldn't just accept religion as cultural.
Especially when you factor in the historic influence of missionaries here and across across the Pacific. The role of churches in the country's Pasifika communities is large but that's not the whole answer in reaching those people (unless you're a Palagi public servant who doesn't know better).
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Hard News: Belief Media, in reply to Islander,
It is a wonderfully complex matter, involving geanologies, natural forces, and both natural & enforced respect. Supernatural? Nope.
can you re-link us to that West Coast example about the winds?
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Great work. Given the accompanying move to reduce 'back-office' staff, it would be interesting to know which sorts of functions are being done by consultants in each department too. Is that level of detail available anywhere?