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Charles Olsen translates Lilián Pallares
No full textLilian Pallares is a Colombian poet and actress living in Spain where she has recently published her third collection of poems Bestial (Olifante, 2019). Together we share our passion for writing and have created the shows Agita Flamenco and Palabra Azul, poesía del agua, performing in Venice, Madrid, Barcelona, and Soria. As well as traveling to Colombia with Lilián, I have been present during the creation of many of these poems and at the moments that inspired some of them. This shared journey and the insight into her world and cultural background, as well as her being on hand to ask any questions I may have, has been a great help during the translation process. The poems in Bestial are grouped into four sections: Primitiva, Carnal, Viperina and Insurrecta (Primitive, Carnal, Fork-tongued and Insurgent) and I have selected one from each for this translation. They draw on Lilián’s Afro-Colombian roots, mixed with her life in Madrid and her experience of black culture and African dance. They gradually move from the universal to the personal and autobiographical, particularly her relationship with her late father
Redesigning the Welfare State: rethinking the indexation of cash and non-cash assistance
Get PDFSince the beginnings of the welfare state, Aotearoa New Zealand has lacked a principled, comprehensive and consistent system for indexing social assistance to movements in consumer prices and/or wages. This deficiency applies not only to cash transfers but also to in-kind benefits. The absence of a robust and durable indexation regime is no accident. It reflects, among other things, an unwillingness of governments to determine an acceptable minimum standard of living for citizens and then protect, if not enhance, this standard over time. No doubt, the fiscal implications of a more consistent approach to indexation have loomed large in the political calculus. Yet if the current and future governments are to meet ambitious child poverty reduction targets and ensure greater distributional fairness, a new framework for indexation is essential. This article discusses the nature and purpose of indexation, the principles and other considerations that should inform the design of an indexation regime, the policy options available, and how a durable and defensible policy framework might be secured
Water Law: a new statute for a new standard of mauri for fresh water
Get PDFA new statute for fresh water has been proposed by the New Zealand Mäori Council to give legal stature to water as elemental to life. This would remove fresh water from governance through the RMA, where it is managed as one among many resources. A new law would also remove water from neo-liberal settings and the wider context of commercial interests that have pervaded the interpretation of the RMA. An independent Freshwater Commission would be the centrepiece of the regime, with iwi/Mäori representatives included as commissioners. Mauri is proposed as the standard for water quality, and allocation and commercial use to be accommodated within this standard of ecosystem health. New water councils at catchment and rohe levels would engage hapü interests and have implementation responsibilities. This is a vision with pathways for facing challenging issues that have escaped resolution: Mäori rights and interests, equity of allocation and wider public good interests
Public Service Legislation and Public Service Reform
Get PDFLegislation is one important component of the public service reform agenda. Legislative change contributes to both of the objectives of change: strengthening the role of the public service as part of executive government, and ensuring the organisational flexibility and system leadership needed to help meet the challenges New Zealand faces. To this end the Public Service Bill will be designed to reinforce the spirit of service and help build public trust by articulating common purpose, principles and values for the public service. It will formalise the role of the public service in supporting the Mäori–Crown relationship. The legislation will also address building the capacity of the public service to work as a single system by enabling new organisational forms, leadership arrangements, and a modernised framework for public service employment
Does public accountability even matter if the public sector is performing well?
Get PDFImproving performance has been the mantra and driving force behind much of New Zealand’s public sector1 reform work since the mid- to late 1980s. These reforms have had a positive effect and this performance drive remains important today. However, it would also be fair to say that New Zealand and its public sector have changed significantly over the past two to three decades, and these changes have altered the relationship between the public sector and the public of New Zealand. The public are demanding more of our public accountability system. In today’s diverse, dynamic and connected world, how well the public sector tells its story and assures the public it is meeting its expectations is as important as how well the public sector manages itself and delivers services
Justice Customers: consumer language in New Zealand justice
Get PDFThis article examines the use of the term ‘customer’ in the justice system. It recognises that while the use of the term is designed to encourage ministry staff to focus on citizens’ needs, deploying a consumerist concept creates several fundamental problems in the context of the courts: it creates the impression that courts are a private rather than a public good; risks undermining neutrality and independence in the courts; and disguises and misrepresents the true nature of the interaction between the courts and citizens. The article concludes by suggesting a new way to meet the aims of ‘customer service’ while also protecting the independence and neutrality of the courts, by adopting manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga as guiding principles
Neoliberal Reason and the Displacement of Politics
Get PDFReview of William Davies, The Limits of Neoliberalism. A rich and lucid account of the social conventions and discourses that underpin neoliberalism. Replete with lessons for the analysis of parliamentary politics and the university in contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand.
 
The Tūārangi Old Men's Home
Get PDFThe "old men" of the Ashburton Old Men's Home were relocated from their former Immigration Barracks site to a purpose-built campus on the outskirts of Ashburton in 1902. Their new home, named Tūārangi Old Men's Home, quickly came to be upheld as one of the premier institutions of its type in New Zealand. The early history of Tūārangi Home, both before and after this move, provides an insight into the changing status of both the "poor" and the difference that a modern building, designed on approved principles, might be able to make for their lives - in this case: those "destitute old men" from Ashburton and beyond
The Logic of Another Time and Place: An Argument Relating to the History of Work Time
Get PDFPart review, part sequel, this essay critiques the neoliberal-tinged argument presented by Huberman and Minns against the use of government policy in the “New World” to assist the shortening of working hours. It dissects the methodology used to support their argument and accesses New Zealand’s historical experience to challenge their findings and conclusions
“To Make the Crooked Straight”: The Crippled Children Society in Southern New Zealand, 1935–2007
Get PDFThis article examines the history of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society, focusing on the Dunedin branch and highlighting how this voluntary organization has evolved in relation to a widespread change in attitudes and policies towards disability in order to meet the changing needs of its consumers. While taking account of the historical and social context, this study examines the origins of the society in Dunedin in the 1930s and its initial aims as a charitable organization for children affected by polio. It then maps the progress and changes made by the society over time, concentrating on the major upheavals of the late 1980s and 1990s, up until the early twenty-first century which saw the implementation of the New Zealand Disability Strategy (2001) and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) These show how the society adapted to changes in government policy, public attitudes and professional opinion while preserving its original ethos
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