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Anti-bullying Policy Must Start at the Top
Mike Webster University of Auckland Mike worked as a probation officer and service manager in Auckland and England before joining the University of Auckland as a lecturer and researcher. His primary area of research relates to social work leadership. Three years after a scathing report into bullying and harassment in
View from Your Window
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Who Wants to Play Covidian Bingo?
In a 1941 essay that recently enjoyed a renewed surge of publicity, American journalist Dorothy Thompson wrote of an “interesting and somewhat macabre parlor game to play at a large gathering of one’s acquaintances: to speculate who in a showdown would go Nazi”. Thompson, as she said in her
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What a Disgrace: Auckland Airport
After my partner and I had spent nearly 24 hours travelling from Asia to return to New Zealand our last leg from Sydney to Auckland was delayed by two hours. We finally arrived at Auckland Airport on QF143 18 November 2022 only to be advised by the captain they had
Hints of a Lockdown as 2023 Advances
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com It seems as though the fear is being ramped up so restrictions can be enacted again. The beating of the lockdown drums appear to be getting louder. Hopefully we are wrong, and it is nothing more than summer waves beckoning us.
Robbo’s Right-Hand-Man Stokes Bank Profits
Adrian Orr, the governor of the Reserve Bank, has recently been reappointed for another five-year term by Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson. Robbo has been lavish in his praise of the governor, while plenty of others think he has done an awful job. Rather than lowering the official cash
We Need to Open Up Immigration
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. New Zealand is experiencing one of the worst workforce shortages in over 30 years. No matter where you look, there are countless ‘help wanted’ signs displayed on windows. All year, small- to medium-sized businesses across the country have
Did Winston Just Give You a Reason to Vote for Him?
So, he finally did it; something he has done in no election since MMP began. He finally said that for which many of you have been crying out for decades. He’s finally given you a reason to vote for him. He’s explicitly said, in no uncertain terms, that
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Face of the Day
Yesterday returned serviceman Neill Boak celebrated his 100th birthday. He is the first Kiwi to receive a 100th birthday card from the new head of state, King Charles III. After the war, he returned to his field of surveying: establishing his own company and working notable projects, including the Auckland
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