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International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) - AA @iurc.bsky.social · 25d

Regional innovation in action. 54 leaders from EU/Japan/AU/NZ launched the IURC AA program on 16 Sept : agrifood, industry & clean energy.
Japan: 10 unicorns in 10yrs (Hiroshima)
Europe: Circular agri-food (Val-d’Oise)
Oceania: Offshore wind (Gippsland)
Next: Clean Energy, Blue Economy (23 Sept)

IURC Asia and Australasia Region to region cooperation, thematic cluster slide

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International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) - AA @iurc.bsky.social · 28d

New Zealand kicks off Phase 2 of the EU’s IURC programme. Christchurch, Taranaki and Manawatū join global peers to collaborate on urban innovation, mobility, energy and climate action.
Launch hosted by the EU Delegation to N. Zealand
More: bit.ly/4ppL6Tv
#EUForeignPolicy #IURC #EUinNZ #ClimateAction

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Sep 9

Property rights and competitive prices🍋

Two current flashpoints for the role of government in a market economy

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Jul 17

‘Thriving’ Māori economies revealed in new report

The Māori economy is “thriving”, recent statistics have revealed, but a new report shows Māori businesses do not always measure their success monetarily.

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Jul 11

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.

Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Jul 5

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.

Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Jun 19

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!

Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Jun 2

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.

Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · May 20

Morgan, do you have a link to the report?

The coalition Govt just doesn't care about women

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · May 20

From the University of Otago - Comment: Lessons from the long history of feminist labour struggles

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · May 15

Rushed retrospective legislation does not support wellbeing. www.weall.org.nz/news/pay-equ...

Reflections on pay equity — WEAll Aotearoa - Wellbeing Economy Alliance NZ

By Dr Paul Dalziel, Research Economist A wellbeing economy rests on two foundations – the wellbeing of the planet and the wellbeing of people.  This principle is famously expressed in the ...

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Government announces review into ‘activist’ Waitangi Tribunal

Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · May 9

This statement about the Waitangi Tribunal by David Seymour is utterly, utterly false.

“It’s tried to become a source of authority in its own right and appears to regard itself as a parallel government.”

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

The Māori development minister says a review will take place into the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, with the ACT Party saying it was “time to put the Tribunal in its place”.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · May 9

“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.”

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · May 9

I published this earlier this week. The work of the Waitangi Tribunal has been brilliant.

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Waitangi Tribunal at 50 Years

The work of the Waitangi Tribunal should be celebrated.

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The case for the wellbeing framework

Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · May 9

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

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Apr 7

Excellent advice on economic growth and wellbeing by Girol Karacaoglu. www.interest.co.nz/public-polic...

Girol Karacaoglu sees a battle of the priesthoods underway while the economy goes down the drain

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Mar 28

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.

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Mar 17

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. 🙁

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Mar 11

Christopher Luxon describes the wellbeing budgets as woke. He should have said WISE. www.oecd.org/en/about/dir...

WISE

WISE generates new data and policy approaches to improve people's well-being and reduce inequalities, mapping how human well-being is impacted by ecological, digital and demographic transitions.

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Mar 10

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!

Treaty Principles Bill: ‘If this law was kai it would be an ACT school lunch’

Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Feb 25

Well said, Gareth Hughes from the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3605...

Bland, colourless, leaves a sour taste in the nation’s mouth - submitter gives zero stars for what David Seymour is cooking on Treaty principles.

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Jan 30

This is a superb book. Every chapter full of important insight. Relationships is exactly the right word. 😀

$2.7m investment in Māori businesses pays off

Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Jan 6

Submitted on the TPB. By ignoring the treaty principle of exchange, the Bill misses the whole purpose of the peacetime treaty in 1840 and makes very serious errors of interpretation as a result. Let’s celebrate 50 years of the Waitangi Tribunal and its brilliant work on the principles.

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Jan 4

David Seymour mentioned the principle of redress in his Cabinet Paper, but it is not one of his three “principles” in the Bill. As you say, the Bill is a shallow and unconscionable political stunt.

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Paul Dalziel @pcd65.bsky.social · Jan 4

We should also celebrate her policy genius. Whānau Ora won bipartisan support because it clearly works. www.teaonews.co.nz/2023/09/22/2...

Whānau Ora good value for money

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