Posts by Russell Brown
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Speaker: Marcus King: A cocktail of art…, in reply to TracyMac,
Wonderful study of a career, and how nice to know more about this iconic artist.
Indeed, especially having admired some of those images from Peter's previous books.
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Speaker: Marcus King: A cocktail of art…, in reply to Peter Alsop,
Hi Graham. Thx for your comment. Try NZ fine Prints, they may have a size suitable and have been good supporters of my publishing endeavours.
Ah, thanks for that. There are a few people around selling crappy colour laser prints off the back of your work, so its nice to be directed to somewhere reputable.
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The official Police statement released in the past hour. Incredible.
Police statement on academic research applications
Wednesday, 25 November 2015 - 1:40pm
National News
Statement – attribute to Mark Evans, Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy.Police places a high value in academic research which provides evidence to improve Police policy and practice. It is essential that our policing strategies and tactics are effective and focused. Having an evidence-based approach towards policing enables us to understand ‘what works’ best, and then put that into practice. Police has strong links with academic institutions and individual researchers who are involved in a range of research to encourage debate on various aspects of police work.
Police receives a large number of individual requests for academic research – 37 applications in 2014. While Police already publishes large volumes of data, such research requests often involve access to confidential information, which can include personal identifiers. There can also be a substantial resourcing commitment involved in providing such information.
To ensure appropriate decisions are made about such applications there is a robust process in place to ensure that they have benefits for Police, are of good standard, meet our privacy obligations and are feasible in relation to the demands on Police time and resources. This process includes a Police vetting check on individuals involved in a research application.
The research agreement which academics are expected to sign with Police sets out our expectations, including that research is accurate, balanced and constructive. Police reserves the right to discuss research findings with the academic if it misunderstands or misrepresents police data and information. Police also reserves the right to prevent further access to Police resources if a researcher commits any breach of the agreement.
Our priority is always to ensure that an appropriate balance is drawn between the privacy of individuals and academic freedom. To date Police have not prevented access by any academic under this clause in the agreement.
While we will not discuss specific matters regarding Dr Gilbert, we can say that we have communicated to him that further consideration will be given to our decision regarding the security clearance (police vetting) check.
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So the Police have asserted their right to (a) stand in judgement of academic research, (b) only allow research that suits them.
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Hard News: The Police Ten 7 State, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
One other thing, I rag on the Herald a lot, and it richly deserves ever drop of bile so I’m very happy to extend well-earned kudos to them for publishing Jarrod Gilbert’s column at all.
And, perhaps even more notably, for placing it high on the Herald home page this morning.
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Last year, when Jarrod debunked Anne Tolley's bogus statistics about gangs and crime – and got smeared on Kiwiblog for his trouble.
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Hard News: Friday Music: All Being Well, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Man, the things that happened at the Windsor ...
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Hard News: A cog in the Mediaworks machine, in reply to bob daktari,
can’t imagine the board who oversee the company and Wheldon, who probably signed off on all/most of the changes that have been implemented, in doing anything more than most business people do in these situations – double down on their decisions (bets)
Yes – the board's in deep on all this. The 100% owner, Oaktree, might be getting a bit antsy about destruction of value though.
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Speaker: The beginning of the end of the…, in reply to Jackson James Wood,
because it’s not just about drugs, it’s about racism and inequality too.
I have a Matters of Substance story coming up based on interviews with Maori MPs about drug law. There is a quite a range of positions, but a broad recognition of the way the justice system hurts Maori.
But man, I think we need everyone to have a clear understanding of words like "decriminalisation", because that's not the case right now.
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Orsman has a follow-up story today that is somewhat more accurate:
Auckland councillors are going behind closed doors today to propose rezoning thousands more houses in the city's leafy suburbs for multiple townhouses and apartments.
The eastern suburbs of Pakuranga and Howick; Glenfield, Birkenhead and Takapuna on the North Shore; Whangaparaoa Peninsula; and Mangere Bridge in South Auckland are among the areas councillors will consider for intensification. All up, tens of thousands of traditional house and garden properties are being rezoned for the council's latest position to put forward to the independent hearings panel considering the Unitary Plan. The panel will make final recommendations to the council next year.
Point Chev has gone :-)
And the "secret" thing has been dialled down:
Maps showing the proposed changes are expected to be made public next month, but homeowners will not be individually notified.
But remember what I wrote in the post about about Phil Goff needing to be careful about writing Unitary Plan cheques he can't cash?
Mayoral candidate and Labour MP Phil Goff said the issue needed to be handled with sensitivity. He said he supported intensification in the city and along arterial routes, but the council had to leave aside areas where there were strong objections to townhouses, studios and apartments of up to three storeys.
The council "has to" prevent the future building of townhouses and studios?
Careful not to dig yourself a hole, Phil.
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Here’s Point Chev in the current Unitary Plan. Nearly all mixed housing suburban, a bit of mixed housing urban creep. The light-coloured properties at the bottom left are single housing – the subject of the Herald’s zoning-panic story today. Some of them might be rezoned to the same as nearly all the other houses in the suburb. That's about it.
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