safety Archive

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  Blueprint for safer queer youth - by Kevin Hague

  
  
  
  Last week I had the chance to participate in several of the events in the Hamilton Pride Festival for queer and transgendered people in the Waikato. I spent my secondary school years at Hamilton Boys High School, so I really valued the opportunity to launch there a landmark new report by Murray Riches entitled “How [...] read more
  September 29, 2011 8:13 am - 1 Comment
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  Small Green victory on Health and Disability Bill - by Kevin Hague

  
  
  
  Had an intersting experience today – got my first Supplementary Order Paper (amendment to a Bill) passed. The NZ Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill generally does sensible things. It establishes the framework for the Minister to require DHBs to collaborate, and it establishes the Health Quality and Safety Commission, which will oversee projects to [...] read more
  October 13, 2010 9:00 pm - 7 Comments
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  Another day, another oil platform explosion - by frog

  
  
  
  Another oil platform off the Louisiana coast has experienced an explosion and fire. Fortunately, no lives were lost and earlier reports of a mile long slick have been recanted. read more
  September 3, 2010 11:27 am - 9 Comments
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  Raising the driving age? - by frog

  
  
  
  A Herald survey of 2,300 people has shown that 80% favour raising the driving age to 18. It’s hard to work out how representative that survey truly is but 80% seems unbelievably high. Raising the age to 18 would be a huge step up from the current age of 15. It’s more likely the government [...] read more
  January 11, 2010 9:58 am - 34 Comments
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  She was asking for it - by Kevin Hague

  
  
  
  Reaction from Auckland motorists to the Greg Paterson bicycle incident has been largely unsympathetic in today’s Herald, especially the editorial. The implicit argument from drivers that cyclists break rules so are not worthy of protection beggars belief. It also an argument that gets repeated ad nauseum around the world it seems: The myth of the scofflaw [...] read more
  September 29, 2009 4:10 pm - 42 Comments
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  Who causes cyclist’s deathes? (Freakonomics) - by frog

  
  
  
  An analysis of police reports on 2,752 bike-car accidents in Toronto found that clumsy or inattentive driving by motorists was the cause of 90 percent of these crashes. Among the leading causes: running a stop sign or traffic light, turning into a cyclist’s path, or opening a door on a biker. This shouldn’t come as too big a surprise: motorists cause roughly 75 percent of motorcycle crashes too. read more
  August 29, 2009 1:58 pm - 37 Comments
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  Cycling hints - by frog

  
  
  
  There’s some helpful cycling advice from Treehugger this week on making sure you claim back tax deductions for extra food as fuel expenses incurred while working – this might be particularly relevant to those many cycle couriers who burn extra calories whizzing about town all day long: And there’s also ten tips to ugly your [...] read more
  July 31, 2008 12:14 pm - 7 Comments
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  Gareth Morgan on Food: Buyer Beware - by frog

  
  
  
  In this latest video from Sue Kedgley, Gareth Morgan speaks candidly about the risks associated with poorly labelled food imported from overseas. He talks about how production models in non-OECD countries differ from our own and that there are risks associated with assuming that our Food Safety Authority is equipped to deal with the differences. [...] read more
  May 23, 2008 10:48 am - 3 Comments