Restoring habitats, protecting native birds, eradicating pests, and managing national parks: these are just some of things the Department of Conservation (DOC) does every day. But who would have thought that DOC has also been at the forefront of efforts to restore the promise of e-democracy? From the early days of the World Wide Web,…
David Hall, editor of A Careful Revolution: How to Survive the Low-Emissions Transition and his co-authors are to be congratulated for presenting a comprehensive set of perspectives on the daunting task facing us as we embark on a low-emissions transition. The authors in this collection are mindful that this book, part of an ongoing series…
No one blinked in the mainstream media when the Government announced that there would not be a Citizens’ Assembly in the lead up to New Zealand’s recreational cannabis referendum in 2020. This despite well-known problems with referenda and the success of initiatives such as the Irish Citizens’ Assembly and Oregon’s Citizen Initiative Review Commission as…
“AI is perhaps the most talked about technology of our time, promising to transform fundamental aspects of how we live, work and play. The capability of AI to perform increasingly more tasks that were previously the sole preserve of humans will free people up to focus on higher value, more fulfilling activities. However, this also…