Archive for August, 2010
FOIled
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010NoRightTurn has done some excellent work compiling statistics on whether government Ministers are complying with the time limits in the Official Information Act. His conclusion: too often, they’re not. Only one Minister, Chris Finlayson, met the legal standard of responding to requests “as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case not later than 20 […]
Killing the messenger
Sunday, August 29th, 2010There’s much to ponder in James Hollings’ thoughtful opinion piece on suicide reporting in this week’s Sunday Star-Times. Why are NZ’s suicide statistics so high, though our reporting restrictions are so tight? How convincing is the social science research suggesting media reports can lead to copycat suicides? Is important reporting being headed off by the […]