Posts Tagged ‘Anne Salmond’

What’s the matter with the Treaty Principles Bill

Monday, September 9th, 2024
Treaty Principles Bill

A mature, thoughtful conversation about Te Tiriti o Waitangi would be timely, but the Act party should not lead it. At the last election, it was the only party to propose a referendum on this subject, and 91.6 percent of the electorate did not support them. It had no democratic mandate to enact its ideas Read more

Neo-liberalism toxic, and a tragedy for women – Dame Anne Salmond

Thursday, September 20th, 2018
neo-liberalism

If women have to act like men in order to be leaders, that’s the “ultimate defeat”, according to Dame Anne Salmond. The writer and anthropologist was the keynote speaker at the Women of Influence Forum 2018 held in Auckland on Tuesday. She said working environments based on short-term contracts, often poorly paid, where the risks and costs Read more