News
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School of Government Staff in the Media
3 March 2010
Andy Reisinger's book, Climate Change 101: An Educational Resource, was reviewed on Sciblogs.
26 February 2010
Lindy Fursman was quoted on Voxy regarding her research on Kiwi expats returning home.
School News
8 February 2010
Signing of the New Memorandum of Understanding for the Chair in e-Government
On Monday 8 February 2010, the Vice-Chancellor hosted a reception to sign and celebrate a Memorandum of Understanding for another three years between Victoria University and the lead sponsors of the Victoria University Chair in e-Government: Datacom Systems Ltd, State Services Commission, Department of Internal Affairs, FX Networks Ltd, and Microsoft New Zealand Ltd.
The Vice-Chancellor welcomed sponsors and invited guests, and pointed to the strategic importance of this partnership between the public sector, private sector and the University. In his speech he reminded everyone of the strong contribution this partnership has already made to the development of e-Government knowledge in New Zealand. The Vice-Chancellor especially thanked the current Chair of the e-Government Advisory Board, Steve Matheson, for his leadership, and also e-Government Advisory Board Member and former trustee of the Victoria University Foundation Murray Jurgeleit for his role in securing much of the external funding for the Chair. Finally, he thanked Professor Miriam Lips for her outstanding performance as the first holder of the Victoria University Chair in e-Government.
The speech of the Vice-Chancellor was followed by the official signing of the MoU.
Past News
26 February 2010
Jonathan Boston was interviewed on TV1's Breakfast programme on MP spending.
22 February 2010
Andy Reisinger was quoted in a NZ Herald article on anomalies in tree rings.
18 February 2010
HSRC's recent seminar by Michael Wonder, titled "Is NZ getting optimal access to new medicines?", was covered in a NZ Doctor Online article.
18 February 2010
Rob Ayson was interviewed for TV3's Sunrise programme on the risks terrorists pose to our athletes.
17 February 2010
Judith Davey was interviewed for Newstalk ZB on her IPS study with Sally Keeling and Arvind Zodgekar on challenges for the ageing NZ Indian population.
17 February 2010
Jim Veitch was interviewed for a TVNZ news story analysing the terror threat against athletes.
16 February 2010
Judith Davey was quoted in Scoop regarding her IPS study with Sally Keeling and Arvind Zodgekar on challenges for the ageing NZ Indian population.
13 February 2010
Jackie Cumming was interviewed for a Dominion Post article on potential changes for the public health organisations.
12 February 2010
Andy Reisinger was quoted in a NZ Herald article on the calls to restructure the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
11 February 2010
Martin Manning was interviewed for a Dominion Post article on his work with an international team proposing an overhaul of climate change research models.
Andy Reisinger was interviewed for TV3 on the calls to restructure the IPCC.
Andy Reisinger, Martin Manning and Peter Barrett were quoted in a Voxy article on the IPCC.
10 February 2010
Martin Manning was quoted in a Dominion Post article on general climate change theory.
6 February 2010
Martin Manning was quoted in a NZ Herald article on IPCC scrutiny.