About to start a 2.5 day conference at Vic Uni.
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"The crown has only ever been dishonourable.
What could honourable kāwanatanga be?
Every time we spoke to someone, they had something different to say...
We analysed the response from the Treaty Principles Bill, so out of that evil some good came..."
[We need to repair Te Tiriti,] "we need to be the Pākehā the rangatira thought they were negotiating Te Tiriti with"
"You need to dream the dream. If you can't imagine a world without decolonisation you will never get there"
"Don't underestimate the energy required to *not* be violent"¹
¹Oof, this one hit me hard.
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[We need to repair Te Tiriti,] "we need to be the Pākehā the rangatira thought they were negotiating Te Tiriti with"
"You need to dream the dream. If you can't imagine a world without decolonisation you will never get there"
"Don't underestimate the energy required to *not* be violent"¹
¹Oof, this one hit me hard.
I've said it already, but I'm really looking forward to this next talk. This one is very close to my heart, and is being given by Fleur Fitzsimons, the National Secretary of the NZ Public Service Association, Te Pukenga Here Tikanga Mahi - the union of which I'm a (very small) part.
It's titled "Putting the public back into public services: the challenges in building a modern state".
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I've said it already, but I'm really looking forward to this next talk. This one is very close to my heart, and is being given by Fleur Fitzsimons, the National Secretary of the NZ Public Service Association, Te Pukenga Here Tikanga Mahi - the union of which I'm a (very small) part.
It's titled "Putting the public back into public services: the challenges in building a modern state".
"When I was approached to speak they said 'i know it's really hard opposing all the stuff the govt is doing all the time, but can you put some _hope_ into it please?'"
"Public Services cannot be built on corporate ideals alone. It must reflect Te Tiriti, and the Articles as well"
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"When I was approached to speak they said 'i know it's really hard opposing all the stuff the govt is doing all the time, but can you put some _hope_ into it please?'"
"Public Services cannot be built on corporate ideals alone. It must reflect Te Tiriti, and the Articles as well"
"Since the 2023 election we've seen the dismissal of thousands of public service people."
"Every single health worker i speak to has a story that could be a front page scandal. Every. Single. Worker."
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"Since the 2023 election we've seen the dismissal of thousands of public service people."
"Every single health worker i speak to has a story that could be a front page scandal. Every. Single. Worker."
"The state owned enterprise model was sold as a way to improve performance, but it was always as a stepping stone to a privatised model."
"In 1983, NZRail saw deregulation and privatisation, accidents increased to multiples of the national average. Maintenance constantly deferred. Reliability crashed."
"Privatisation shifts the risks from the government's books directly onto the workers and the public. "
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"The state owned enterprise model was sold as a way to improve performance, but it was always as a stepping stone to a privatised model."
"In 1983, NZRail saw deregulation and privatisation, accidents increased to multiples of the national average. Maintenance constantly deferred. Reliability crashed."
"Privatisation shifts the risks from the government's books directly onto the workers and the public. "
"The market doesn't care about social impacts or impacts on individuals in the country. It doesn't care about obligations to Te Tiriti.
There is no requirement to assess impacts on health and safety in any public service cuts or restructures."
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"The market doesn't care about social impacts or impacts on individuals in the country. It doesn't care about obligations to Te Tiriti.
There is no requirement to assess impacts on health and safety in any public service cuts or restructures."
"The public service belongs to the public. It is there to advise the government of impacts of decisions. You would expect changes to these places to be transparent not opaque."
"There is more transparency to how alcohol licences are given out than how cuts to agencies are carried out."
Transparency shouldn't be seen as a burden, but as a fundamental democratic right."
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"The public service belongs to the public. It is there to advise the government of impacts of decisions. You would expect changes to these places to be transparent not opaque."
"There is more transparency to how alcohol licences are given out than how cuts to agencies are carried out."
Transparency shouldn't be seen as a burden, but as a fundamental democratic right."
"Real reform begins with a purpose."
"Issues like Pike River or the abuse at Gloriavale show a failure of government."
"Putting the public back into the public service is a nation building activity. We need to firmly reject the idea privatisation is inevitable. "
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"Real reform begins with a purpose."
"Issues like Pike River or the abuse at Gloriavale show a failure of government."
"Putting the public back into the public service is a nation building activity. We need to firmly reject the idea privatisation is inevitable. "
Second talk this afternoon, Beyond Urbanisation: deregulation in Aotearoa's transport sector.
"The super rich pay an average tax rate of 8.9% income tax. The average person pays 26%"
"In 2013 Watties paid $2m to management fees. In 2023 that went to $33m, with $50m less revenue. They didn't mention that in decision to close their factories. "
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Second talk this afternoon, Beyond Urbanisation: deregulation in Aotearoa's transport sector.
"The super rich pay an average tax rate of 8.9% income tax. The average person pays 26%"
"In 2013 Watties paid $2m to management fees. In 2023 that went to $33m, with $50m less revenue. They didn't mention that in decision to close their factories. "
"Transport was a public good for many years in this country. The building of the rail network was part of our nation building... we didn't do it in the nicest way. We made specific rules to protect that, including prohibiting what goods could be moved by road.
This was a public good, until the neoliberal rupture, when price became the dominate organising factor. Rail network privatised, collapsed and brought back in."
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"Transport was a public good for many years in this country. The building of the rail network was part of our nation building... we didn't do it in the nicest way. We made specific rules to protect that, including prohibiting what goods could be moved by road.
This was a public good, until the neoliberal rupture, when price became the dominate organising factor. Rail network privatised, collapsed and brought back in."
"The Uber model is the far swing of that neoliberal pendulum swing. Managers are replaced by an algorithm. It's almost like the rules don't apply, a perfect free market model."
"Workers do believe in the old form of collective action... especially when it means they get better wages!"
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"The Uber model is the far swing of that neoliberal pendulum swing. Managers are replaced by an algorithm. It's almost like the rules don't apply, a perfect free market model."
"Workers do believe in the old form of collective action... especially when it means they get better wages!"
"Uber are 80% of AoNZ ride share market. They are also the largest player in food delivery market. Sponsoring the AllBlacks, but only reported $1.2m revenue.
Only 2% of their income was classified as taxable income. 91% was internal fees."
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"Uber are 80% of AoNZ ride share market. They are also the largest player in food delivery market. Sponsoring the AllBlacks, but only reported $1.2m revenue.
Only 2% of their income was classified as taxable income. 91% was internal fees."
"Uber misclassified the workforce, the transactions, the service, and the revenue.
They paid 0.1% of their revenue as tax in 2023..."
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"Uber misclassified the workforce, the transactions, the service, and the revenue.
They paid 0.1% of their revenue as tax in 2023..."
@Phil_Tanner my goodness this event you’re at sounds awesome, what is it?
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"Uber misclassified the workforce, the transactions, the service, and the revenue.
They paid 0.1% of their revenue as tax in 2023..."
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"Justice has a geography to it. What opportunities you get access to. "
"Māori are over represented in poverty. Have a lower access to green spaces. Pushed to the outskirts of the cities"
"For many Māori, cities are symbols of loss and disconnection, but they will always be indigenous places"
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"Justice has a geography to it. What opportunities you get access to. "
"Māori are over represented in poverty. Have a lower access to green spaces. Pushed to the outskirts of the cities"
"For many Māori, cities are symbols of loss and disconnection, but they will always be indigenous places"
"Current spatial injustices are not a failure of the system, but a feature of it"
"Structural disadvantage doesn't diminish over time, it compounds instead."
"Ka hanga whare te tangata, ka hanga tangata te whare- the people shape the house, the house shapes the people"
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"Current spatial injustices are not a failure of the system, but a feature of it"
"Structural disadvantage doesn't diminish over time, it compounds instead."
"Ka hanga whare te tangata, ka hanga tangata te whare- the people shape the house, the house shapes the people"
"Spatial justice is not a natural condition, it's constructed through a societal lens."
"What design strategies can we use to decolonise the fence? How else can we deliniate and reduce access to areas?"
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"Spatial justice is not a natural condition, it's constructed through a societal lens."
"What design strategies can we use to decolonise the fence? How else can we deliniate and reduce access to areas?"
"It's fair to say love and care are not high priorities in western city design."
"When thinking about justice, we need to think across the spectrum. Not just with a Māori lens, but from a single mother with kids at 3 different schools for example."
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"It's fair to say love and care are not high priorities in western city design."
"When thinking about justice, we need to think across the spectrum. Not just with a Māori lens, but from a single mother with kids at 3 different schools for example."
