Sadly, 2012 was not to be the year of the Saddleback or Tieke Twelve as we had hoped.
T’was a good year though. Once again the Saddleback did not come last, and what we lacked in votes we made up for in integrity and moral fortitude. Continue reading →
Last week submissions on the Ministry of Health’s proposal to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products in New Zealand closed.
Here are some exerts from my submission.
There is no specific evidence that plain packaging will work. No, they are right. There isn’t. So let’s make some evidence. Data from the New Zealand and Australian experience can be compared to the USA, Canada, and the UK and we can tell if plain packaging has an effect. If not, then the tobacco industry loses nothing.
On Saturday I talked to the Connecting Young Leaders Conference run by the US Embassy in New Zealand.
The Ambassador, David Huebner, has made it a goal of the Embassy to spark an interest in politics and leadership amoung youth. Every year he selects students from NZ universities to be “advisors” and every two years he brings them together to meet, learn, and network. It is an awesome programme and engaging with youth is something that the NZ Government could learn a thing or two about.
Anyways here are some photos from the weekend via the Embassy’s Flickr and used under Creative Commons license.
These are all the advisors with some of the speakers. The Ambassador is the chipper looking gentleman on the far right and the gentleman on the far left is the Consul General, James E. Donegan. Continue reading →
Should I be able to use my laptop during a meeting? I think yes.
Some of us use our smartphones, tablet, and laptops to take notes and make memos to ourselves.
I can understand not using them in some sessions. You know, like, if it’s a one on one, or you’ve got some high flyer coming to talk to you. Continue reading →
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