In an ideal world, restorative justice could be the "main system" for dealing with crime and the harm it causes, with traditional court systems operating "as backup", one of the world's leading scholars of restorative justice has argued. In a lecture to the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Howard Zehr of the US’s Eastern...

The Canterbury earthquake sequence of 2010 and 2011 presented the Government with unprecedented challenges, not least of which was to ensure consistency and connectedness across each of its agencies who had a role in the response. This paper examines particular instances where government agencies connected in responding to the earthquake's impact on the built environment...

To what extent can differences in labour force participation rates (LFPR) between Māori and Non-Māori be explained by demographic characteristics, compared to other factors? Executive summary This study seeks to answer the following question: to what extent differences in LFPR between Maori and Non-Maori can be explained by the demographic characteristics (i.e. the supply side...

Overview: This short report summarizes a lecture by Mr Iain Rennie, State Services Commissioner, State Services Commission presented at the IGPS on 20 June 2014. The role of the State Services Commissioner is to provide leadership and over-sight of the State services including: a) Promoting the spirit of service to the community; b) Promoting the...

This note suggests a framework for distinguishing appropriate, natural, human pursuit of interests from a pursuit of interests which is injurious to the general public interest and some ways in which such injurious pursuit of interests can be countered.