Taking care of the health system
Northland can see how well its DHB is doing compared with others in the country, after the release last week of their quarterly health targets report...
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On 31 January, Maxim Institute CEO Greg Fleming, spoke to a crowd of thousands as one of the panellists at Parachute Music festival, addressing the question "Do families matter?" The panel was hosted by the Families Commission and was chaired by John Cowan. They discussed the importance of family in New Zealand and the challenges that confront families today.
Read a New Zealand Herald article about the panel
The Tax Working Group has released its final report recommending changes that could lead to better growth for New Zealand heading into the future.
Read Maxim Institute's Media Release
Read a New Zealand Herald article on the subject
National Standards being implemented
The new national literacy and numeracy standards will require all schools with Year 1 to Year 8 pupils to report to parents and the Ministry of Education about their pupils' progress in relation to standards based on the New Zealand curriculum.
Read an opinion article in the ODT by Maxim Institute Researcher, Steve Thomas
Listen to an interview on Rhema about national standards
Can business be ethical? - A letter to my daughter Sarah
A business consultant explores why the business world sometimes gets a bad name, and what it can do to reclaim its worth.
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When we are ambushed by the grotesque
On the top floor of the Jewish Museum in Sydney is a pile of shoes. They sit behind glass, in memory of the truckloads of shoes that were piled throughout concentration camps when the Second World War ended. Their owners had been gassed.
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It is common to think that direct democracy is what democracy should be. But despite its apparent appeal, most communities are not ruled by direct democracy. Instead, representative democracy in which electors choose representatives who then rule on behalf of is taken to be a way to approximate direct democracy.
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Would you like to know more about Maxim Institute? Maxim Institute has produced a short introductory video which provides an explanation of who we are, what we do and why we do it.
Watch the video here
