The Global AgeWatch Index results are out for 2013. Do you agree with its assessment of how New Zealand's doing?
2013
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For the commemoration of World War One next year, we want to publish the stories of staff who served in the armed forces. Can you help us?
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Common pitfalls or traps that auditors need to avoid slipping into
Indicator 40 of the Madrid indicators considers that they should.
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How does the OAG follow up on its audits, and do they make a difference?
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Is the work of a performance auditor dull and focused on processes and procedures?
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Do we always look for, and find, bad things when we audit?
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There are no smoke and mirrors at the OAG.
The Madrid Plan considers that information about the number and type of physicians with specialised training in geriatric care is important to help identify whether the health workforce is changing as the needs of the population change.
Several of the Madrid indicators focus on how HIV and AIDS affect older people, looking at prevalence, information, statistics, and training programmes.
There's no information about literacy rates for people aged 65+. And small sample sizes mean it is difficult to work out whether actions to improve literacy are working.
When people are surveyed about how they voted at the last election, they could be answering about different general elections from each other.
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We've looked at how the New Zealand Police used social media to recruit a workforce that better represents New Zealand’s communities...
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We've looked at how Christchurch City Council used social media to collect ideas about the central city rebuild...
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We've looked at how MetService has used social media so you can take the weather with you...
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Engaging the public can be a difficult thing. The Department of Conservation (DOC) has an interesting way of tackling this.
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This is a question that many of the people we have been talking to are asking themselves.
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How is that connected to Rolls-Royce using data to understand their customers?
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I recently had the pleasure of talking to Rachel Prince, marketing manager at the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), about the "Ghost Chips" ad.
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“It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”