scholarly journals Coping with a New Curriculum: The Evolving Schools Program at the Carter Observatory, New Zealand

1998 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 267-272
Author(s):  
K. Leather ◽  
F. Andrews ◽  
R. Hall ◽  
W. Orchiston
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
National Observatory ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Science ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Astronomical Research ◽  
The Government

Carter Observatory is the National Observatory of New Zealand and was opened in 1941. For more than ten years the Observatory has maintained an active education program for visiting school groups (see Andrews, 1991), and education now forms one of its four functions. The others relate to astronomical research; public astronomy; and the preservation of New Zealands astronomical heritage (see Orchiston and Dodd, 1995).Since the acquisition of a small Zeiss planetarium and associated visitor centre in 1992, the public astronomy and education programs at the Carter Observatory have witnessed a major expansion (see Orchiston, 1995; Orchiston and Dodd, 1996). A significant contributing factor was the introduction by the government of a new science curriculum into New Zealand schools in 1995 (Science in the New Zealand Curriculum, 1995). “Making Sense of Planet Earth and Beyond” comprises one quarter of this curriculum, and the “Beyond” component is astronomy.

scholarly journals Free and Frank Advice and the Official Information Act

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Kibblewhite ◽  
Peter Boshier
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Government Agency ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
Good Government ◽  
Work Programme ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Official Information

Concern exists that New Zealand hasn’t struck the right balance between two potentially competing principles of good government: officials should provide free and frank advice to ministers, and the public should have opportunities to participate in decision making and hold the government to account. Steps we have taken to address this include: strengthening constitutional underpinnings for free and frank advice (Cabinet Manual changes and issuing expectations for officials); a work programme to improve government agency practice in relation to the Official Information Act; and the Office of the Ombudsman reducing uncertainty about when advice can be withheld by issuing new principles-based guidance and providing more advisory services.

scholarly journals Reconfiguring the Relationship Between Intelligence Professionals and the Public: A First Step Towards Democratising New Zealand’s National Security?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damien Rogers ◽  
Shaun Mawdsley
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
National Security ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
University Leaders ◽  
The Relationship

The secrecy surrounding intelligence work has meant the relationship between New Zealand intelligence professionals and the public they serve has always been somewhat problematic. Over the past decade, leaks, scandals and a deadly act of terrorism have certainly not improved the public’s trust and confidence in the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Security Bureau. While the Government has undertaken several measures to strengthen the credibility of those agencies, including initiating public inquiries and bolstering governance arrangements, its current approach is rather limited, has reached those limits and could now be counterproductive. In light of the recommendations made by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019 to increase public involvement in New Zealand’s counterterrorism effort, we argue that it is time for this problematic relationship between intelligence professionals and the public to be rethought and reconfigured. To that end, we identify several concrete actions that parliamentarians and university leaders could consider taking to actively support intelligence professionals as they foster a society of informed citizens and create new opportunities to bring national security matters into the heart of democracy’s deliberative processes.

A Study of Sex Education Programs for Visually Handicapped Persons

1971 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 318-340
Author(s):  
Frederick E. Bidgood
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Sex Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Residential Schools ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
School Programs ◽  
Visually Handicapped ◽  
Further Development

The vast majority of public and residential schools feel a responsibility to provide sex education for their visually handicapped students, and although less so, the feeling is also strong in agencies dealing with the blind. The majority offer some kind of sex education program, but many of these programs need further development. In general, the public school programs seem more thorough and better planned than those of the residential schools or agencies. There is a recognized need to provide good sex education programs, but a lack of good audio and tactual teaching aids, among other things, is blocking progress. The schools and agencies see the problem and are seeking solutions.

Dangerous, Dominant, Dependent, or Definitive: Stakeholder Identification When the Profession Faces Major Transgressions

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel F. Baskerville-Morley
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
The Public ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Stakeholder Identification ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
Stakeholder Model

This study examines how professional associations respond to crisis situations. The theoretical concepts presented in a model of stakeholder saliency, developed by Mitchell et al. (1997), are applied in examining how the New Zealand Society of Accountants responded to a significant transgression situation. The embezzlement by John Graham, a chartered accountant, gave rise to significant pressure being brought to bear on the profession by various stakeholder groups. The Graham scandal is described using landmark transgression analysis (Nichols 1997). The stakeholder model is applied in identifying salient stakeholder groups, in describing their activities, and in analyzing the profession's response. The analysis identifies an unprecedented level of activity among the professional body's stakeholder groups and provides a framework useful in making sense of the New Zealand Society's actions as it attempted both to protect its reputation of acting in the public interest as well as serving the interests of its members.

Recognition of the Red Cross Society of Western Samoa

1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (242) ◽  
pp. 280-281
Author(s):  
Alexandre Hay
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Western Samoa ◽  
The Government

We have the honour to inform you that the International Committee of the Red Cross, on 30 August 1984, officially recognized the Red Cross Society of Western Samoa.Founded in 1952 as an overseas branch of the New Zealand Red Cross Society and independent since 1 January 1983, the Western Samoa Red Cross Society officially applied for recognition by the International Committee of the Red Cross on 21 June 1984. Its request was supported by various documents, including a copy of the most recent report on its activities, the text of its Statutes and a copy of the “Memorandum of Understanding” of 3 November 1983, by which the Government of Western Samoa recognizes it as a voluntary aid society auxiliary to the public authorities.

Legislating for Best Practice HRM: The New Zealand Approach

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Edgar ◽  
Alan Geare
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Employment Practices ◽  
State Sector ◽  
The Public ◽  
Formal Policy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Development Practice

In New Zealand, the government has mandated for employers in the public sector to be “good employers” (§ 56, State Sector Act 1988). According to the directive, a “good employer” is one who engages in best practice HRM. Thus, a unique opportunity exists to see if best practice HRM can be achieved through regulation. This paper explores this by examining how the good employer directive has influenced HRM policy development, practice and outcomes in the public sector. This study finds a directive to engage in best practice HRM positively impacts on formal policy adoption and the number of practices operating in public sector workplaces and some positive outcomes for EEO are also identified. Public sector employers attribute these outcomes to the directive. This would suggest regulation in the area of HRM could be effective in producing desirable employment practices.

scholarly journals Selling Our Southern Skies: recent public astronomy developments at the Carter Observatory, New Zealand

1998 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 214-219
Author(s):  
W. Orchiston ◽  
B. Carter ◽  
R. Dodd ◽  
R. Hall
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
The Other ◽  
Main Function ◽  
National Observatory ◽  
School Students ◽  
Astronomy Education ◽  
Trainee Teachers ◽  
Education Service ◽  
Astronomical Research

Carter Observatory is the gazetted National Observatory of New Zealand, and opened in 1941 December. From the start, the main function of the Observatory was to provide for the astronomical needs of the citizens of, and visitors to, the Wellington region, and today this remains one of its four recognised functions (Orchiston and Dodd, 1995). The other three are to conduct astronomical research of international significance; provide a national astronomy education service for school students, teachers, and trainee teachers; and assist in the preservation of New Zealand's astronomical heritage.

“Go Hard, Go Early”: Preliminary Lessons From New Zealand’s Response to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 598-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Jamieson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Management Research ◽  
National Unity ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Although the full impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is yet to be realized, New Zealand has suffered comparatively less than other countries, and there were no active cases in the country by June 8, 2020. Building from best practices in emergency management research, several preliminary lessons emerge from the country’s response to the crisis that could be adapted for other settings. In particular, the government acted early and decisively, developed national unity to combat the virus, communicated effectively with the public, and adapted to changing circumstances, especially to address shortcomings in the response. These preliminary lessons provide some guidance in how to effectively respond to the virus through proactive, evidence-based, well-communicated policies.

The Limits of Language: ethical aspects of strike action from a New Zealand Perspective

1997 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy Bickley
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Ethical Aspects ◽  
Employment Contracts ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nursing Organizations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Over the last decade, successive New Zealand governments have instituted social, political and economic changes that have fundamentally challenged nurses’ sense of themselves and their position in society. Major upheavals in the health service have occurred as a result of reforms promoting competition and contestability. This paper deals with the impact of one aspect of the reforms, that of the deregulation of the labour market through the Employment Contracts Act 1991. More specifically, the way in which discussions and decisions regarding the withdrawal of nursing labour are shaped by the language available to those involved are considered. The intersection of ethics and union discourses may exacerbate feelings of ambiguity and confusion in nurses facing strike action. The result can be unnecessary and unproductive division and conflict: among nurses, between employers and employees, between unions, between nurses and the public, and between nursing organizations and the Government. An examination of some of the discourses of strike action may serve as a tool to elucidate the way nurses see themselves and their clients in the context of social change and social action.

scholarly journals Analisis implementasi kebijakan penanganan pandemi Covid-19 di Selandia Baru

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-179
Author(s):  
Reza Fajar Raynaldi
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
The Public ◽  
Implementation Model ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Almost All

Covid-19 as a pandemic phenomenon has been impacting global life since last year. Almost all countries in the world encounter crises in various sectors. One of the countries that succeeded in handling the Covid-19 cases is New Zealand. The success attracted many researchers to conduct a research to analyze the New Zealand Government's moves in handling the pandemic to take a lesson from it. Moreover, the pandemic is still not over yet. This research focuses on the public policy dimension from the government of New Zealand to handle the pandemic and has an objective to analyze the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of policy implementation from the government of New Zealand, using the policy implementation model from George C. Edwards. This research uses a qualitative method with a desk study as a means for collecting data. The result of this research is clear communication, adequate resources, and slight disposition are the factors that contribute to the success and effectiveness of policy implementation in New Zealand in order to handle the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the bureaucracy structure factor with the fragmentation of health institutions between national and local governments might have undermined that success.

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