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Calver and the "Generous Interpretations" of Accident Compensation: A Gradual Process
Get PDFThis article examines the judgments of Calver v Accident Compensation Corporation and its appeal in the light of the legislative history behind New Zealand's accident compensation scheme. It posits that the Calver judgments reflect an ongoing principle of generous and expansive interpretation, which can be tracked through the case law in this area, and that an overriding principle of generosity does not fully accord with the legislative history. That history has involved intentional redrafting to curtail overly expansive judicial approaches, and legislative development in this area has been relatively stagnant in recent decades. Alternative approaches for interpreting the scheme are discussed. A more comprehensive set of principles for interpretation of accident compensation cases would make this area more predictable and better explain the outcomes of cases where the boundaries appear to be widened. It does not seem convincing, in light of the full history, to simply suggest that outcomes should reflect the Woodhouse vision. Credence should be paid to real policy issues, which have so far prevented a fully comprehensive scheme from being developed
On Power and Obligation in Publishing
Get PDFWelcome to Volume 5 of Commoning Ethnography.
We’ll start with the obvious: this issue was a challenge to produce. It arrives nearly three calendar years after our last issue. This was not our plan. There are myriad reasons for the issue’s untimeliness. Chiefly, these have to do with a quite volatile period in the life of our institution in the long wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as it played out in its own untimely way in Aotearoa. They also have to do with changes in our personal circumstances and shifting personnel on the editorial collective.
Rather than unpack these circumstances, the experience of trying desperately to publish the journal while also keeping up with all the other things in life has raised a different set of questions: What is the nature of the relationship between author and editor? What kinds of obligations, responsibilities, and power relationships are enfolded into that relationship? What happens when those asymmetries shift around
Instability in New Zealand’s Public Sector
Get PDFThis article assesses the level of organisational instability in New Zealand’s public sector, measured by changes in structure, leadership and mission. Based on the methodology employed, it finds that there is a high level of organisational instability, characterised by frequent restructuring, rapid changes of organisational mission, and frequent leadership change, resulting in less-than-optimal CEO tenures. The article explores the reasons for the high level of change, and whether there might be better strategies for responding to an increasingly turbulent public sector environment
Persistent Disadvantage in Aotearoa New Zealand
Get PDFNew data and research shed fresh light on our understanding of persistent disadvantage in Aotearoa New Zealand. They show that, while overall income poverty and material hardship has declined significantly over the past decade or so, a small proportion of the population continues to experience multiple, complex disadvantages over many years, and sometimes generations. There has been little meaningful policy action aimed specifically at assisting this cohort of people who are experiencing the greatest need. Fundamental changes are needed across a range of systems. Providing effective supports and investments, and removing structural barriers and inequities, would have significant intergenerational pay-offs
Building Paper arrives in New Zealand
Get PDFBuilding paper, invented in Beloit, Wisconsin in 1869, arrived in New Zealand in the late 1880s. In 1891 it was used under the corrugated iron roof and walls in the four-bed Tasman Glacier Hut where it would have provided relief from condensation on the inside of the corrugated iron as well as reducing the ability of the wind to blow through the hut. Building paper quickly became common place, with advertising from English and American manufacturers appearing daily newspapers as well as trade journals. The paper traces the first decades of building paper use in New Zealand as it evolved from a novelty to a common building product – hidden under the cladding but improving on the comfort of the occupants. It ends with a brief foray into the twentieth century, with examples of its use and eventual inclusion in building controls starting with NZSS 95 Part IX: Light Timber Construction:1944
Synthetic Data and Public Policy: supporting real-world policymakers with algorithmically generated data
Get PDFGood policy is best developed by drawing on a wide array of high-quality evidence. The rapid growth of data science and the emergence of big datasets has materially advanced the supply and use of quantitative evidence. However, some key constraints remain, including that available datasets are still not big enough for some analytical purposes. There are also privacy and data security risks. Synthetic data is an emerging area of data science that can potentially support policy decision making through enabling research to work faster and with fewer errors while also ensuring privacy and security
Bloody Woman
Get PDFBloody Woman is Lana Lopesi’s exploration of identity: of what it means to be Sāmoan, of the diaspora and a woman. Her essays cover an extensive range of issues, from representations of brown joy, to abortion, to the Teine Sā, but the common thread that binds her writing together is bodies; specifically, what it is like for Lopesi to exist in a brown Sāmoan female body in Aotearoa New Zealand
"Money makes the rooms go round": effects of affluence on room size and functions in 1890s houses
Get PDFThe 1890s was a decade in which a number of very large houses were either built or added to throughout the country. Their owners were commonly wealthy landowners or skilled businessmen. Room numbers and functions reflected the Victorian lifestyles of such people and tended to reflect similar trends in England although on a somewhat lesser scale. Room numbers of between 20 and 50 contrasted sharply with the four to eight rooms in an average family home of the time. In the latter the rooms were largely functional with the main family life centred around the kitchen and bedrooms. The big houses by contrast had extra rooms such as servants' quarters, ballrooms, billiard rooms, libraries, and dressing rooms and were often designed for entertaining and catering for visiting parties. The economic problems of the late 1880s and early '90s seem to have had little effect on those who might have been regarded as being on "The Rich List" whereas those on low incomes would not have been able to add more rooms such as parlours and bathrooms which became more common as conditions improved
Migration, Anthropology, and Voice: Notes on a West African memory
Get PDFOne of the most striking features of contemporary migration to Europe and elsewhere is the almost complete anonymity of its pro-tagonists. The most immediate effect of this anonymity has been the emergence of the figure of the ‘migrant’ in public consciousness with little attention for national and personal backgrounds. A related effect of this anonymization of migration has been that, without personal identity, the individuals concerned also seem to have no history, leading to a rather de-historicized view of migration in the public debate. The present text attempts to counter these tendencies by focusing on an individual narrative of migration between West Africa and Europe, dating back to the late 1980s. On a more theoretical plane, by reflecting on an individual account the article reflects on the question of voice as one of the most central problems of ethnographic representation, both in migration studies and more generally
Research-informed Public Policy a case study of housing
Get PDFCoordinating the timing and relevance of research for public policy is difficult. Based on ongoing early collaborations between researchers and policy analysts, this case study documents innovative research led public policy. He Kāinga Oranga, the Housing and Health Programme addresses the determinants of population health by improving substandard housing and was developed in consultation with local and central government, iwi and communities. We outline our research goals and processes and the range and impact of our outcomes, and draw conclusions about the value of long-term government-funded research investment that is focused on key policy issues, to improve the effectiveness and equity of public policy
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