The social licence, part 2

In a previous post ( here ), we looked at what the social licence to operate, or SLO, is, but to briefly recap, "the ongoing acceptance...

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The social licence, part 1

Rather like a psychological contract (read more on that here) , the "social licence to operate", or SLO, is what society gives to ...

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Finding a JP

A "Justice of the Peace" is effectively a 'trusted' person in New Zealand, who is "responsible and known to be of g...

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Inequity in Aotearoa

Here in Aotearoa, we appear to be in the midst of an economic downturn with high inflation (Statistics New Zealand, 2023; Porter, 2022), rem...

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Working, or being exploited?

In Aotearoa New Zealand, we find ourselves regularly short of local workers, possibly because locals know they can get better quality work e...

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Should young New Zealanders vote?

The Supreme Court of Aotearoa last month determined that, when it comes to the age from which our citizens can legally vote, "the curre...

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Short-term thinking and poverty

I watched a very interesting TED talk a while ago, about poor people and short-term thinking. It doesn't seem to matter - according to...

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Skill versus Privilege

(Morris, 2015) Social Justice can be defined as " in a just society, opportunities, resources and services are distributed equally ...

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