Posts by Sacha
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Capital & Coast spokesman Nigel Fairley disputed the case was a breach of human rights. He said in cases such as Ashley's there was always tension between protecting and upholding the rights of the individual, and the rights of members of the community to protection and safety.
I don't have words rude enough for that attitude. The problem here is not so much about funding as the utter inability of health agency managers to handle distributed risk let alone risk/benefit.
Their focus every working day is protecting their superiors from adverse attention. The timidity they therefore apply to the slightest suggestion someone might hurt themselves or others clouds their judgement. They are unwilling to let other parties take on risk, and they lack the most basic skills to share its management.
What is the point of having bodies like the Ombudsman or Human Rights Commission when in cases like this they prove toothless?
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Speaker: Confessions of an Uber Driver…, in reply to BenWilson,
Yes, I must have missed this last month.
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And NZTA responds at last.
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Thanks, Mark.
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MPI is not unique. This government has sought to muzzle regulatory agencies by merging them with industry promotion agencies. MBIE swallowing DOL is another great example of where that leads.
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Speaker: If the fish stinks ..., in reply to Bart Janssen,
I believe the allegation is that there was agreement not to prosecute based on the footage that has been released. Therefore those particular cameras may have been operating under different assumptions than others.
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Scientist Siouxsie Wiles responds to the smug ignorance of Mike Hosking.
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Polity: Labour and the Greens in a tree..., in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Yes, it only helps where there is an overhang.
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Polity: Labour and the Greens in a tree..., in reply to Ian Dalziel,
What would the part of government tasked with monitoring project risk across all departments know about that anyway, blusters bumbling Brownlee.
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NZ startup offers another model.
Chariot is an incoming ride-sharing app that aims to improve the quality of life for all Kiwis that travel by road. For Dr Thomas Kiefer, CEO and co-founder of Chariot, the app represents a new model of transportation, one that utilises the 80% of car seats on the road that are currently unused.
Users post their drive on the app - be it a short commute or road trip - and connect with other users looking to go in the same direction. The app has has a comprehensive safety system and a "waypoint matching algorithm" that calculates the portion of cost each user owes the drivers, splitting the cost of the ride fairly.
Currently the app is available on Android in Auckland and Wellington, with an iOS version coming shortly. Chariot is in partnership talks with various organisations, so a more social commute is on the road ahead.