Both coalition agreements commit to principled decision-making based on rigorous cost-benefit analysis. The regulatory impact statement for the bill demonstrates the bill does not meet this standard. The RIS could not provide any quantified benefits.

A standout from the book for me is the way the research team remained utterly committed to peer review even under the most extraordinary time pressures. An outstanding example of the scientific method in practice.

Highly recommend this book. The inside story on science in action under all sorts of pressures while remaining true to fundamental principles such as peer review is inspiring. The narrative itself is very well written. An important book!

The contribution of the Waitangi Tribunal to our nation over the last five decades deserves to be celebrated. With no power except to make recommendations on the strength of historical evidence, their wisdom and integrity has enabled great steps forward by the whole country. Toitū Te Tiriti.

Morgan, do you have a link to the report?

“Aotearoa New Zealand is close to achieving reconciliation of the land dispossessions made during colonisation because the Waitangi Tribunal has made wise recommendations based on its practical application of the principles of te Tiriti o Waitangi.”

Add the Waitangi Tribunal to that list, which was created with bipartisan support in 1975.

I’m very disappointed the committee voted against this. The thoughts of everyone who took the trouble to submit should be in the public record.

It can only mean the government wants highly productive firms to be squeezed out by firms competing on how low they can force wages. This is the opposite of economic development. 🙁

Awesome! Think of yourself as conductor and assemble an orchestra of players who can drive change. Iwi, business, science, local government, community, citizens. Strategies, not empty visions. Time is short!