New Zealand Defense Policy Framework, A Strategic Reappraisal

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Keating
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Defense Policy ◽  
Policy Framework

Tourism, Public Policy and Regional Development: A Turn from Neo-liberalism to the New Regionalism

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 290-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Shone ◽  
P. Ali Memon
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
New Regionalism ◽  
Tourism Planning

The use of tourism as a driver of economic development is widely acknowledged. In New Zealand and internationally, tourism is used overtly as a mechanism by which governments are able to address a variety of national, regional and local development objectives. In this paper, we present a critique of recent responses in New Zealand to the task of guiding tourism development from a strategic and collaborative sustainable development perspective. As argued in this paper, the roles and responsibilities of government in tourism were reinvented during the 1980s and 1990s. These changes, inspired by a neo-liberal political ideology to deregulate the New Zealand economy and to restructure the state sector and local government, ultimately included the tourism sector. More recently, however, public sector policy initiatives indicate a shift towards a more pro-active role for the local state (local and regional government) in managing tourism development. This shift, informed by a New Regionalism policy framework, anticipates a devolved tourism planning mandate that fosters longer-term strategic and collaborative planning of the sector in order to enhance the contribution of tourism to sustainable community wellbeing. We reflect on the likely effectiveness of a devolved tourism planning mandate and interrogate the role and potential of tourism to contribute to regional development, as framed by the political philosophies of the New Regionalism.

scholarly journals Broadcasting Policy Advice 1986-88: a Critical Evaluation of New Zealand's Broadcasting Policy Framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
David Robert Hay
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Broadcasting Policy ◽  
Policy Analysts ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Right

<p>In August 1988, the Labour Government announced its policy to deregulate the broadcasting industry. The policy was comprised two of major initiatives; 1. Commercialising the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand, and 2. Creating property rights out of the right to broadcast and establishing a market mechanism to allocate these. The policy was based on an economic analysis of "the Economics of Broadcasting and Government Intervention" presented to the Royal Commission on Broadcasting and Related Telecommunications in a submission devised and presented independently of any political authority or mandate by the New Zealand Treasury. This thesis is presented as a piece of "public" policy analysis, in the sense that it seeks to explain, to a non-expert audience, the strengths, weaknesses and ethical implications of Treasury's analysis as well as the outcomes or effects that deregulation has had for New Zealand society. In doing this, it seeks also to explain to the community of policy analysts and advisors - using, as much as possible, the language of modern public administration and economics - the limitations of applying 'orthodox' economic theory to the role the media plays in mediating the relationship among audiences, the state, the market and society.</p>

scholarly journals Broadcasting Policy Advice 1986-88: a Critical Evaluation of New Zealand's Broadcasting Policy Framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
David Robert Hay
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Broadcasting Policy ◽  
Policy Analysts ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Right

<p>In August 1988, the Labour Government announced its policy to deregulate the broadcasting industry. The policy was comprised two of major initiatives; 1. Commercialising the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand, and 2. Creating property rights out of the right to broadcast and establishing a market mechanism to allocate these. The policy was based on an economic analysis of "the Economics of Broadcasting and Government Intervention" presented to the Royal Commission on Broadcasting and Related Telecommunications in a submission devised and presented independently of any political authority or mandate by the New Zealand Treasury. This thesis is presented as a piece of "public" policy analysis, in the sense that it seeks to explain, to a non-expert audience, the strengths, weaknesses and ethical implications of Treasury's analysis as well as the outcomes or effects that deregulation has had for New Zealand society. In doing this, it seeks also to explain to the community of policy analysts and advisors - using, as much as possible, the language of modern public administration and economics - the limitations of applying 'orthodox' economic theory to the role the media plays in mediating the relationship among audiences, the state, the market and society.</p>

scholarly journals The Art of Social Connection: Exploring Former Refugee and Host Society Integration via a Collaborative, Participatory Painting Project in Wellington City

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Amber Kale
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Citizenship Rights ◽  
Philosophical Foundations

<p>In light of the global humanitarian crisis, a climate of fear has arisen around refugees which is often exacerbated by the media perpetuating misinformation and negative stereotypes. Such misrepresentation is problematic as a skewed perspective of refugees, compounded with ethnic and cultural barriers to belonging, is leading to discriminatory practices in New Zealand. Thus, there exists an incongruence between New Zealand’s non-discriminatory equal citizenship rights in law; and refugee and ethnic discrimination and marginalisation in processes of social integration. To begin to bridge this incongruence, this research explores how theories of social connection may be practically applied to enable more equitable social outcomes. A scholar activist orientation was employed, informed by a participatory action research epistemology. These philosophical foundations influenced a qualitative multi-method methodology consisting of painting workshops, semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and public feedback. Within the workshops, former refugee and host society participants explored how concepts of home, belonging, and visibility within public space are imagined, normalised, and contested within everyday practices of inclusion and exclusion in Wellington. These themes were significant in enhancing understanding of participants’ unique experiences of displacement and place-attachment, and theorising how host societies might extend a more sincere welcome to newcomers. Applying a sociospatial relational framework to centralise participant interactions, I analysed how processes of social connection can begin to deconstruct negative refugee stereotypes, challenge normative conceptualisations of belonging, and enhance former refugees’ access to citizenship rights. As New Zealand prepares to raise the annual refugee quota, such democratic explorations and representations of place are crucial in informing a multicultural social policy framework to guide equitable integration praxis and critical political debate.</p>

scholarly journals Missing Pathways to Self-Governance: Aboriginal Health Policy in British Columbia

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josée G Lavoie ◽  
Annette J. Browne ◽  
Colleen Varcoe ◽  
Sabrina Wong ◽  
Alycia Fridkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Aboriginal Health ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Indigenous Policy ◽  
Maori Health ◽  
Policy Shifts

This article explores how current policy shifts in British Columbia, Canada highlight an important gap in Canadian self-government discussions to date. The analysis presented draws on insights gained from a larger study that explored the policy contexts influencing the evolving roles of two long-standing urban Aboriginal health centres in British Columbia. We apply a policy framework to analyze current discussions occurring in British Columbia and contrast these with Ontario, Canada and the New Zealand Māori health policy context. Our findings show that New Zealand and Ontario have mechanisms to engage both nation- or tribal-based and urban Indigenous communities in self-government discussions. These mechanisms contrast with the policies influencing discussions in the British Columbian context. We discuss policy implications relevant to other Indigenous policy contexts, jurisdictions, and groups.

scholarly journals Improving Tertiary Student Outcomes in An Evidence-based Accountability Policy Framework

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Zepke ◽  
Linda Leach
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Tertiary Student ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Accountability Policy ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
English Speaking World

Tertiary student retention, progression and achievement have become major policy issues in New Zealand, and the English-speaking world generally. Both the human and financial costs of non-completion have led to policy settings dedicated to improving student outcomes. After briefly sketching policy developments in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States, the article examines the New Zealand government’s emerging policy framework for improving student outcomes. It suggests that concern for student learning and success is justified, but questions some of the underlying assumptions behind the policies. These, the article argues, focus on system-wide accountability using crude statistical indicators that can lead to sanctions. The paper uses retention research from overseas and New Zealand to test both assumption and criticism. The article suggests that evidence does not support a generic and punitive approach to improve student outcomes. It suggests a reframing of both accountability and research evidence to produce an alternative approach to student outcomes policy.

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