I’m ever grateful to the neighbour who first told me about microchip cat doors! Whether your pet is an indoor-outdoor cat /dog / bunny or an indoor cat or small dog that you want to have access to a “catio” the cat and pet doors offered by Sure Petcare are a revolution. I started out […]
Driver Licencing and NZ Prosperity
Driver licencing is a real catalyst for change, and New Zealand – Aotearoa – needs to look at how we as a country put more focus on this to increase our national wellbeing and prosperity and give us an advantage (or reduce our disadvantage) on the world stage. Our system of individuals getting their licence […]
International work
When I look back, I feel very fortunate to have had some amazing experiences and met some fantastic people around the world in the course of my work. One of my roles before I moved to Hastings saw me traveling to the Cook Islands for work – delightful, it is a place I love to […]
Statistics and ethnicity
Carrying on from the theme of unintended consequences, I have a concern about the use of ethnic (or gender) breakdowns in statistical information, particularly related to negative statistics. There is a psychological impact of publishing statistics, related to expectation. If “Jane” comes from a “group” that is statistically and repeatedly reported as less likely to […]
Policy 101 – unintended consequences
With a stepdaughter now starting a University degree, it has been interesting discussing ideas like social anthropology and “policy 101” again. It was a good chance to revisit what I believe (and have been taught) is one of the core things all policy makers need to bear in mind – the law of unintended consequences. […]