A reader recently left this comment on the site. I do not know if many people are aware of this, but Statistics New Zealand awards cash prizes to media reporters every year. For “best” use of its statistics in a story. Consider too the publicity that comes of that “best use” for the reporters who…
Ian Powell, executive director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, has accused the New Zealand government of data cleansing after it emerged that almost 200,000 thousand people are being kept off elective surgery waiting lists. According to an article published by Stuff, Mr Powell said “there was a “de facto” waiting list of “those…
We’ve discovered that computer equipment registered to Landcare Research’s internet server has been used to edit Wikipedia pages. Landcare Research (Māori: Manaaki Whenua) is one of New Zealand’s Crown Research Institutes. The focus of the research at this company is the environment, biodiversity, and sustainability. It now operates as a government-owned company rather than as…
The annual OECD Better Life Index has just been published. It lists eleven variables to allow individuals to construct their own index based on what’s important to them. Construct your own index here http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org. Take all eleven variables in equal measure and what do you get? A list of 36 countries that can be ranked…
Have you noticed how foreign News in New Zealand is mostly negative? Ever wondered why that is? 19 Jan 2014 New Zealand Herald How the world news looks by Stuff.co.nz 19 Jan 2014 Note how few positive foreign stories there are. Even those are usually about the British monarchy? New Zealand is still part of…
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