It is both. Fixing the environment won't fix educational gaps or addictions, or deal with the emotional damage that has been inflicted on these youth. So, dealing with both sides of the coin is required.
Remember we the proposed program is intended to deal with highly dysfunctional, serious criminal youth offenders. What you are suggesting would likely work for youth who are a bit lost, or heading towards the wrong direction. So, I don't disagree with the ...
Because if the comment wasn't tongue in cheek it sounds like giving up to me.
TVNZ should hang its head in shame after its deplorable hit job on Orana Park recently. A rapid assessment by MPI has just cleared the park of animal welfare concerns. TVNZ should apologise immediately for the publicity damage caused IMO. Perhaps Orana ...
Net migration is still overwhelmingly positive, despite the high number leaving. So, that doesn't suit your argument unfortunately.
Perhaps the restoration of interest deductability (enjoyed by every other business), might be having the desired effect.
Your comment is tongue in cheek I assume? But probably true about the way we tend to do things now though, unfortunately.
I on the board of Crossroads Youth with a Future which attempts the sort of approach you recommend. The problem is that we can't do much about the huge gaps these youth tend to have in their academic background etc. If the argument that something hasn't ...
In my opinion, the issues identified as problems with boot camps apply would apply to any intervention that takes an individual out of their environment, then returns them to the same environment without adequate continuing support and community ...
My thought is that Harris is a bit too beltway for the swing states. Michelle Obama would be great. But I understand she isn't interested.
I am on the same side of the fence as most of you on this one. The prospect of another Trump term doesn't bear thinking about. The problem for the Democrats is I think the election is unwinnable if Biden stays on. It beggars belief that a nation the size ...
About four decades ago I was involved in the New Life Church in Christchurch. The then pastor, Peter Morrow, who was a bit of an icon in the pentecostal stream, was attacked and knifed as an older man. He survived, but never really recovered, and ended up ...
Many think that this unsuccessful attempt will be a boost to Trump's campaign. And that may well be the case. On the other hand though, I do wonder how this event will affect Trump psychologically. Every time he gets on stage now, he will be wondering if ...
"There is no evidence that Ukraine will be different from Afghanistan." Yes, I agree. Putin is in an unwinnable war, so might as well go home ala Vietnam and Afghanistan before more of his population is sacrificed in his vanity invasion.
I think the practicalities will make Urban Sprawl a slow process anyway. The infrastructure for the subidivisions is one thing. But, they eventually have to connect into the main sewage lines, which I think is where the problem will be. Sooner or later the...
I have heard several Labour people saying that they would likely support National's plan. The last being Sepuloni on the Hosking's Wednesday morning chat between 8 and 8.30.
I think coastal shipping would be a great addition. This would reduce a lot of trucks on the road which would be a great thing.
You mean treating them just the same as other businesses?
Ad, I am not convinced the large ferries will ever be a solution. A few decades back there was a major issue with ferries causing wash that was eroding beaches etc. Hence the ferries had to slow down. Surely even bigger ferries will cause a larger wake. ...
The government canned the project because an additional 1.47 billion was requested for the project above what had been budgeted. That is a huge amount of money that could go into health or any other critical function that kiwis need. At some point any ...
Fair enough. Thanks for that.
Why is it being asserted as a "backflip"? I don't see any mention of the drugs being funded in the 2024 budget according to this news article prior to the election. So, I struggle to see any sign of a backflip, unless you can point to an article that shows...
A very interesting interview with Peter Zeihan by Guyan Espiner for those who are interested. The focus of the interview is the geopolitical risks and opportunities for New Zealand. Probably the key takeaway is that NZ should diversify away from China asap...
In Germany for example, the speed limit on their autobarn is 130k and in some sections unlimited. Yet, their road accident statistics are steadily dropping on average and on a population basis, are better than ours. Germany has a population of over 80 ...
There is always a balance between practicality and risk. The question is where to draw the line. Otherwise, the logical way to completely stop car accidents (if that is the goal) would be to stop cars moving at all. Or, we could go back to the days of ...
From someone who runs a small to medium sized business, I think there needs to be changes to make health and safety more workable for smaller businesses. We have ISO 45001. But it has cost us around $100k over the last five years to impliment and maintain ...
LOL. So true. If that can do it, probably a decent hail storm could.
This is just repeats a lot of the typical Russian apologist lines. Firstly, the reference Ukraine/Nato with respect to the drone strikes is inaccurate as Ukraine uses its own drones for deep strikes to target Russian infrastructure. Russia already targets ...
I agree with you that applying AI technology to a large organisation is a major exercise full of a lot of complexity. And, I did probably use the term AI a bit loosely. So, thanks for that. I was talking to someone I know in a large corporate where ...
The administrative side of the government should be shrinking as a result of AI regardless of anything the governmen has done. I think government departments should be looking at ways to utilise AI to augment any lack of resources caused by the ...
I think it does end up coming down to whether we could have done otherwise. Or else there is always an argument that whatever we do was determined by a countless number of causes, many of which we may not be aware of. The problem is that it is an ...
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