Archive for March 29th, 2005

The Green Port

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Plaudits to Port of Auckland for investing $1 million in cutting its energy use by 20 percent: it’s great they see energy efficiency as a worthy investment. It does make you think, though: if Port of Auckland can do it, so can most other companies.
Here’s hoping many more will follow the Port’s lead, […]

Smacking

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

And the smacking goes on…
The Government has shelved a plan to review section 59 of the Crimes Act, which allows parents to physically discipline their children with “reasonable force”. This is in light of a new survey it conducted which shows about half of parents physically discipline their kids.
It’s a shame the Government’s […]

Uncool cannabis

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Those who argue against the decriminalisation of cannabis often claim that doing so would increase use of the drug among young people.
But new research in Britain suggests the drug is “losing its cool” among young people, in part because it has been downgraded from a class B to class C drug (i.e. less illicit). […]

An early election (revisited)

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Remember how, early last week, I mused about recent speculation in the blogsophere about a July election? Well, the Gallery has finally caught on and decided to start writing about the speculation. Seems the blogoshere may be the place to go to get the early gossip on the political landscape…
So, what have the […]