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Articles & Research of Interest

Articles and items of research that may be of interest to readers.
Submission on the Food Bill Biddy Fraser-Davies Click>>>	New law worries small-time food outlets  3 News Click>>>	Submission on the Food Bill Food and Grocery Council Click>>>
The present state of foodborne disease in OECD countries WHO Click>>>	Foodborne disease in NZ   ESR Click>>>	Submission on the Food Bill Horticulture NZ Click>>>
Food Bill Click>>>	Regulatory Impact Statement 2009 Click>>>	Estimating the Economic Cost of Foodborne Illness in NZ  Applied Economics Click>>>
Speech from the Throne John Key Click>>>	Spending Cap - an idea whose time has come   Roger Kerr Click>>>	Human Resource Capabiliyt Survey 2011  SSC Click>>>
Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update 2011 Treasury Click>>>	National's Post-Election Action Plan  Click>>>	National-Maori Party Confidence & Supply Agreement Click>>>
National-ACT Confidence & Supply Agreement Click>>>	National-United Confidence & Supply Agreementt  Click>>>	Lessons for US from Canada's "basket case" moment Reuters Click>>>
Vote for Agony  Economist  Click>>>	Study of the effects on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources Gabriel Calzada Click>>>	Financial Statements  NZ Govt: 3 months to end Sept Treasury Click>>>
IMF boss warns of 'lost decade' for global economy Sydney Morning Herald Click>>>	Upgrading the USA Veronique de Rugy Click>>>	Overnight Ratings Report 28 Oct 2011 Throng Click>>>
Overnight Ratings Report 28 Oct 2011 Throng Click>>>	Take a drug test or lose benefits? Proposal raises fears  Simon Collins Click>>>	Competitve Care  Margherita Stancati Click>>>
Low -tax Texas beats big-government California  Michael Barone Click>>>	Canada's Competitive Edge Wall Street Journal Click>>>	Swedish parents enjoy school choice Mike Baker Click>>>
Stirling v Christchurch City Council  Courts of NZ Click>>>	Still nothing super about councils for business MYOB Click>>>	Maori Party Calls For Review of Justice System  Pita Sharples Click>>>
Justice Sector Forecast 2010-2021  Ministry of Justice Click>>>	Maori Socio-economic Disparity  Simon Chapple Click>>>	Remarks on Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction  President Barack Obama Click>>>
The Big Fat Greek Gravy Train  Andrew Malone Click>>>	The Revenue and Growth Effects of Britain's High Personal Taxes  Adam Smith Institute  Click>>>	Indigenous Constitutions: Bolivia today, Aotearoa tomorrow?  Radio NZ Click>>>
Land Claims Report February 2011  Margaret Mutu Click>>>	Sharing the Power of Indigenous Thought  Pita Sharples Click>>>	NZ competitiveness restricted by innovation performance  NZ Institute Click>>>
New Zealand Energy Strategy  Ministry Economic Development Click>>>	Drivers of Crime: maternity and early parenting support  Ministry of Justice Click>>>	Young trouble-makers acting out  Southland Times Click>>>
Findings of the Coroner into the death of Nia Glassie  Dr Wallace Bain Click>>>	We are all in this together David Cameron Click>>>	Otorohonga District Council Youth Programmes Click>>>
Oral Questions in Parliament   Nick Smith Click>>>	Historic updates Kyoto Protocol financial information  MoE Click>>>	Report on NZ Emissions Trading Scheme MoE Click>>>
MMP Referendum  Muriel Newman Click>>>	Referendum on MMP Voting Referendum  Cabinet Click>>>	Oral Question to Bill English Hansard Click>>>
Hurunui Opposes Proposed Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity Hurunui District Council Click>>>	The Role of the Department of Conservation and the Need for Change John Third Click>>>	Indigenous Flora & Fauna & Cultural Intellectual Property Report Waitangi Tribunal Click>>>
Married Fathers: America's Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty Robert Rector Click>>>	Improving the Transition  Peter Gluckman  Click>>>	Family Court Review: Cabinet Paper  Ministry of Justice Click>>>
Iwi Decisions Register  Te Ohu Kaimoana Click>>>	The Maori Economy  Te Puni Kokiri  Click>>>	Iwi blamed for state of fishery  Michael Field Click>>>
Where are the jobs? Youth unemployment crisis in the north  Simon Collins Click>>>	Crown Forest Rental Trust Report 2009-2010 Click>>>	Te Rarawa Agreement in Principle  Office of Treaty Settlements Click>>>
Saving NZ: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Barriers to Growth and Prosperity Savings Working Group Click>>>	Reducing Long Term Welfare Dependency  Welfare Working Group Click>>>	Children's new advocate has proud record of cutting abuse Herald Click>>>
Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, Part 7 Click>>>	Environmental Protection Authority Bill, clause 17  Click>>>	Rahui Katene Second Reading Environmental Protection Agency Bill Hansard Click>>>
Review of Maori Language Sector and Strategy 2011 Click>>>	Climate Change Response Act 2002, clause 3A Click>>>	Setttlements of Major Maori Claims in the 1940s Richard Hill  Click>>>
Ngati Porou Deeds of Setttlement Office of Treaty Settlements  Click>>>	The Four Month Report Nov 2009 –Feb 2010 OTS Click>>>	Waikato River Settlement – Tainui   OTS Click>>>
Fast-track Treaty hopes on 'omnibus'  Martin Kay  Click>>>	Julia Gillard’s tax to make no difference to climate Andrew Bolt Click>>>	NZ Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990-2008  Ministry for the Environment Click>>>
Public Sector Performance - the New Zealand Experience  Treasury Click>>>	Oral Questions 9 Feb 2011 Hansard Click>>>	Time to Make a Stand  Muriel Newman Click>>>
Drill Survey Reveals Iron Ore  Herald Click>>>	A Case Study on Direct Democracy: Have Voter Iniative Paralyzed the California Budget? John Matsusaka Click>>>	Land Claims Report February 2011  Margaret Mutu Click>>>
Bruce Jesson Memorial Lecture 2010 Annette Sykes Click>>>	Tainui leader fuming over double-dip insinuation  Yvonne Tahana Click>>>	Guyon Espiner interviews Tariana Turia Q+A Click>>>
Foreshore & Seabed Issue Risks Going Off Rails  Matthew Hooton Click>>>	PM's speech on Welfare Reform Bill David Cameron Click>>>	Reducing Long-term Benefit Dependency Welfare Working Group Government Click>>>
Guide to New Zealand's State Sector NZ Government Click>>>	Summary Tables Treasury Click>>>	Cullen raps de Bres on Taleban  Herald  Click>>>
The Great PC Hunt  Jane Clifton Click>>>	Tough talker on tribal issues Herald Click>>>	Vote for Agony  Economist  Click>>>
The Kiwi Way  John Key  Click>>>	2010 Annual Portfolio Report  Crown Ownership Monitoring Unit  Click>>>	Swedish parents enjoy school choice  BBC  Click>>>
Lifting New Zealand's Economic Growth   John Whitehead  Click>>>	Conduct, public duty and personal interests  Cabinet Manual Click>>>	Finlayson ready to forgo holiday to battle "clowns"  Audrey Young  Click>>>
Putting us in our places  Chris Trotter  Click>>>	Return to Orewa  Don Brash Click>>>	Submission on the Marine and Coastal Area Bill  Stephen Franks   Click>>>
Hidden danger in sacred sand John Roughan  Click>>>	Academics swap history lessons on disputed land  Northern Advocate Click>>>	District Court Decision Papa Aroha Occupation  Click>>>
What Labour doesn't want you to find in the Foreshore and Seabed Bill National Party Click>>>	Why we're too weak to fight the hobbits Brian Gaynor Click>>>	Focusing on Growth  2025 Taskforce Click>>>
Domestic Purposes Benefit Factsheet  MSD Click>>>	Benefits of Post Divorce Shared parenting Peter Tromp Click>>>	Supporting Children IRD Click>>>
Capitalism Saved the Miners  Wall St Journal Click>>>	Atkinson defends right to offend  Telegraph Click>>>	Law Commission review 'new media' Simon Power Click>>>
Average Pay  Ministry of Education Click>>>	How Effective Are Los Angeles Elementary Teachers and Schools?  Richard Buddin Click>>>	Teachers, by the numbers Los Angeles Times Click>>>
Speech to the Public Service Association Congress  Tony Ryall Click>>>	Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill Hansard Click>>>	Maori farmers appointed to ETS advisory board Radio NZ Click>>>
Open letter to NZ's people and their Parliament Click>>>	Harawira on foreshore Hone Harawira Click>>>	Te Hikau Forum iwi sign Agreement in Principle Chris Finlayson Click>>>
The Waikato -Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010 Click>>>	Shared governance of healthy river at heart of Treaty deal  Chris Finlayson Click>>>	Treaty land - keep out Herald Click>>>
Key the constitutional reformer Colin James Click>>>	Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 Click>>>	Marine and Coastal Area Bill  Click>>>
Regulatory Impact Statement  Treasury Click>>>	South Canterbury an inevitable train wreck  Brian Gaynor Click>>>	Annual Report 2009  State Services Commission  Click>>>
One in Six? The rapid growth of the Maori population in Australia  Paul Hamer Click>>>	Outline of Possible Alternative to the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 Iwi Leaders' Group Click>>>	The Hartwell Paper  London School of Economics Click>>>
The impact of the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme on NZ’s economy  NZIER Click>>>	Long-Term Benefit Dependency: The Issues Welfare Working Group Click>>>	Minister weighs in to save gang pad Herald Click>>>
Safer Journeys  Ministry of Transport Click>>>	Child and Youth Offending Statistics Ministry of Justice Click>>>	Youth facility just gateway to jail  Herald Click>>>
Young Drivers - crash statistics  Ministry of Transport Click>>>	Doing Better for Children OECD Click>>>	Suicide Facts  Ministry of Health Click>>>
Young People and Alcohol  Ministry of Justice  Click>>>	The Fall of Mr Asia Listener Click>>>	Understanding Organised Crime - part 3 Police News Click>>>
Annual Report 2008/09 NZ Police Click>>>	Organised Crime Biggest Threat to Law and Order in NZ NZ Police Association Click>>>	Understanding Organised Crime Police News Click>>>
Post-legislative Scrutiny UK Law Commission Click>>>	One baby in hospital a week because of abuse Herald Click>>>	Doing Better for Children OECD Click>>>
ETS or Bust? David Broome Click>>>	Speech to Lower North Island Regional Conference  John Key Click>>>	Oral Question in Parliament  Nick Smith Click>>>
Nelson Marlborough Farming December Column  Nick Smith Click>>>	Q + A TVNZ Click>>>	The Moriori Edward Tregear Click>>>
National at risk of being tipped into death spiral    Chris Trotter Click>>>	Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples  UN Click>>>	The timing of human discovery and colonization of New Zealand Douglas Sutton, John Flenley et al Click>>>
Mission to New Zealand   UN Report of Special Rapporteur Click>>>	Social Assistance (Future Focus) Bill   Click>>>	Bennett has them gasping Herald Click>>>
Realising the Health Benefits of Work Royal Australasian College of Physicians Click>>>	Answering the $64,000 Question - closing the income gap with Australia by 2025 2025 Taskforce Click>>>	Budget Speech Bill English Click>>>
'Reasonable force' in schools Muriel Newman Click>>>	Report of the Taskforce on Whanau-Centred Initiatives Whanau Ora Click>>>	$134m Whanau Ora funding just a start The Press Click>>>
Girl charged over knife incident at school Radio NZ Click>>>	New law allows UK teachers to use 'reasonable force' NZ Herald Click>>>	We Deserve Another  Referendum on MMP Don Brash Click>>>
Electoral Reform Bill NZ Government Click>>>	Oral Question in Parliament  Nick Smith Click>>>	Politics in School on Trial Muriel Newman Click>>>
Annual Report 2008 Greenpeace Click>>>	Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples  UN Click>>>	Bitter outburst follows backing for UN move Herald Click>>>
General Assemby Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples UN Click>>>	The UN Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples  David Round Click>>>	Declaration secures Maori Party treasured place in history   Herald Click>>>
Review of Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004  NZ Govt Click>>>	Comparison of Statewide initiative Processes  IRI Click>>>	Benefits and Wages  OECD Click>>>
The Underclass & Crime  Blair Gibbs Click>>>	The Kiwi Way John Key Click>>>	Speech from the Throne John Key  Click>>>
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination United Nations Click>>>	Parliamentary Questions Hansard Click>>>	Speech to the House of Lords Geert Wilders Click>>>
Race Realtions in 2009 Human Rights Commission Click>>>	Pebble Bed Reactor Technology Eskom Click>>>	Material Evidence Listener Click>>>
Science in the NZ Curriculum Ministry of Education Click>>>	Nuclear-Free Legislation - 20th Anniversary Hansard Click>>>	Safety of Nuclear Reactors WNA Click>>>
Nuclear Power Around the World Guardian Click>>>	10 Year Benefit Tables 2009 MSD  Click>>>	Budget Core Crown Expense tables Treasury Click>>>
Lifting Our Economic Game Bill English Click>>>	CRU was but the tip of the iceberg Marc Sheppard  Click>>>	Q&A: Professor Phil Jones BBC Click>>>
Why I am a Climate Realist Willem de Lange Click>>>	UN climate conference cost taxpayers $600,000   Press  Click>>>	NIWA guilty of propaganda posing as science NZCSC  Click>>>
Heatwave closes in on the IPCC Terence Corcoran Click>>>	Africagate: top British scientist says UN panel is losing credibility   Times  Click>>>	UN wrongly linked global warming to natural disasters Times  Click>>>
Answering the $64,000 Question - closing the income gap with Australia by 2025 2025 Taskforce Click>>>	Report of the 2025 Housing Task Force Owen McShane  Click>>>	Speech from the Throne John Key  Click>>>
Protestors plan to build on private land Radio NZ Click>>>	Radio Spectrum Management and Development Final Report Waitangi Tribunal Click>>>	Indigenous Constitutions: Bolivia today, Aotearoa tomorrow?  Radio NZ Click>>>
Status of Human Rights and the Treaty Human Rights Commission Click>>>	A Tax System for NZ's Future Tax Working Group Click>>>	Considerations on MMP Referendum Cabinet Paste this URL into your browser: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ sites/all/files/Previous%20 Cabinet%20consideration.pdf
MMP referendum to be held at 2011 election Simon Power Click>>>	NZ's Constitution Cabinet Paste this URL into your browser: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ Documents/Files/NZ%20 Constitution%20Cabinet%20 Office%20backgrounder.pdf	What comes next after seabed Act? Gisborne Herald Click>>>
Nationhood Phil Goff Click>>>	East Coast iwi weigh up $110m cash offer Herald Click>>>	Tuhoe discusses areas of self-government Herald Click>>>
National-ACT Confidence and Supply Agreement NZ Government Click>>>	Security and Growth: National’s Economic Plan John Key Click>>>	Fiscal Policy: More Than Just a National Budget Ken Henry Click>>>
Answering the $64,000 Question - closing the income gap with Australia by 2025 2025 Taskforce Click>>>	Largest tax increases in the world Vaclav Klaus Click>>>	Are we feeling warmer yet? Richard Treadgold Click>>>
Climate Change help for poor has not materialised BBC Click>>>	Copenhagen Draft UNFCC Click>>>	Treaty Making Process in New Zealand MFAT Click>>>
New "National Schedules" Proposal Could Change International Strategy in Time for Copenhagen Breakthrough Institute Click>>>	Revenge of the Climate Laymen Wall Street Journal Click>>>	Climate scientists accused of manipulating global warming data Telegraph Click>>>
Ethics and Values E.T. Durie Click>>>	Treaty land - keep out Herald Click>>>	Tribe sets lakebed fishing levy Dominion Post Click>>>
Speech to Psychological Society Conference Tariana Turia Click>>>	Settlements of Major Claims in the 1940s Richard Hill Click>>>	Maori claim airspace above Rotorua marae Dominion Post Click>>>
Nationhood Don Brash Click>>>	National One Year On   John Armstrong Click>>>	Doubts climate deal will be finalised in Copenhagen Radio NZ Click>>>
Victory Speech John Key Click>>>	Auctioning the Radio Spectrum  Paul Milgrom Click>>>	Heidelberg Hydropower Station Renewable Energy Yearbook Click>>>
Quarterly Survey Energy Prices MED Click>>>	Review of the Electricity Market  Electricity Technical Advisory Group Click>>>	Public Finance Act 1989 Fourth Schedule  Click>>>
It's time for another quango hunt Colin Espiner  Click>>>	Tsunami of Cronies Murray McCully  Click>>>	Candidates for Appointments CabGuide  Click>>>
The Great PC Hunt  Jane Clifton Click>>>	Farming Column, Dec 2005 Nick Smith  Click>>>	Archive of Research Papers Ross McKitrick Click>>>
Government Statement of Regulation Treasury  Click>>>	Response to David Henderson’s Governments and Climate Change Issues: The Flawed Consensus Ross McKitrick  Click>>>	Copenhagen negotiating text: 200 pages to save the world? Guardian  Click>>>
Kiwi Carbon Race Wall Street Journal  Click>>>	Defects in key climate data are uncovered Prof Ross McKitrick Click>>>	An Interview With Ian Plimer Robert Tracinski  Click>>>
ETS Submissions Finance Select Committee Click>>>	Regulatory Impact Statements Treasury Click>>>	Oral Questions in Parliament Nick Smith  Click>>>
Notes for the Aix-en-Provence Summer University Speech Hon Vaclav Klaus  Click>>>	The timing of human discovery and colonization of New Zealand Douglas Sutton, John Flenley et al Click>>>	New Zealand Geographic Board Act 2008  Click>>>
Maori Party laughing all the way to the bank Fran O'Sullivan Click>>>	The Global Flat Tax revolution Dr Daniel Mitchell Click>>>	The Hong Kong Tax System Prof Michael Littlewood Click>>>
Tax Working Group Victoria University Click>>>	Public Sector Performance John Whitehead  Click>>>	Trend to Bigger Government Must be Reversed Roger Kerr Click>>>
Senate Briefs Australian Parliament Click>>>	Questions - response and analysis Senator Steve Fielding Click>>>	Kiwi Carbon Haze Wall St Journal Click>>>
Are Non-Maori Second Class Citizens? David Round Click>>>	Q+A: Rodney Hide Interview TVNZ Click>>>	Nationhood Dr Don Brash Click>>>
Report on the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill Auckland Governance Legislation Committee Click>>>	Auckland Governance Report Part 4: Structural Reform Royal Commission Click>>>	Benefits of Post Divorce Shared parenting Peter Tromp Click>>>
What Separating Parents Need When Making Care Arrangements for Children  Families Commission Click>>>	Children at increased risk of death from maltreatment & strategies for prevention Ministry Social Development Click>>>	Death & serious injury from assault: children under 5 Children's Commissioner Click>>>
Estimates Vote Social Development   Treasury Click>>>	Healthy Families, Young Minds and Developing Brains  Families Commission Click>>>	Prosec