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Who’d be a public sector communicator?
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 9:32 am | Pugnacious
Several important points of principle are apt to be lost in the fall-out from the fate of Madeleine Setchell or simply not raised, says public service watchdog group Pugnacious. In no particular order those points include: More >>
May the farce be with you
Friday, 1 June 2007, 10:01 am | Pugnacious
Signs that the powers-that-be are sleepwalking to defeat at the real polls next year go hand-inhand with the muddling performance of New Zealand’s public sector, according to watchdog group Pugnacious. Press secretaries at Parliament, never a long-lived ... More >>
The morphing of MAF's natural advantage
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 10:19 am | Pugnacious
Steps being taken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) to commission research into the degree of trust New Zealanders place in MAF could set a helpful benchmark for other government agencies, according to watchdog group Pugnacious. More >>
PSA encouraged to pursue public value
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, 9:38 am | Pugnacious
When the mandarins of the Public Service Associaton (PSA) raise a glass to their Partnership for Quality agreement at Parliament’s Banquet Hall today they should reflect on whether the agreement should be renamed Partnership for Public Value, ... More >>
Research on NZ broadcast market: mixed report
Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 9:47 am | Pugnacious
A U.S. Commercial Service report on the broadcast market in New Zealand, released before Canwest went on the block, gives mixed ratings, at the same time as signaling some hot property. More >>
New citizens' watchdog on the prowl
Tuesday, 22 May 2007, 9:40 am | Pugnacious
A new watchdog group in the tradition of the PublicEye group that pushed for New Zealand's Official Information Act in the 1980s is being formed in Wellington. Working under the name Pugnacious, the anonymous group plans to provide a free-ranging 'alternative ... More >>
