title: Electric Vehicles Policy Announcement

authors: Barton, Barry

abstract: On 5 May 2016 the Government announced a policy package on electric vehicles: see Ministry of Transport “Electric Vehicles: Driving an EV Future” and S Bridges “Govt driving the switch to electric vehicles” (press release, 5 May 2016). This short note is to comment on the package, drawing on insights from international research and experience with laws to promote electric vehicles (EVs), as identified in my article in this journal with Peter Schütte, “Electric Vehicles: Promoting Improvements in Transport” [2016] NZLJ 6. For the sake of convenience I use most of the same headings as the Government’s paper, before reflecting on the main points.

text: Electric Vehicles Policy Announcement On 5 May 2016 the Government announced a policy package on electric vehicles: see Ministry of Transport “Electric Vehicles: Driving an EV Future” and S Bridges “Govt driving the switch to electric vehicles” (press release, 5 May 2016). This short note is to comment on the package, drawing on insights from international research and experience with laws to promote electric vehicles (EVs), as identified in my article in this journal with Peter Schütte, “Electric Vehicles: Promoting Improvements in Transport” [2016] NZLJ 6. For the sake of convenience I use most of the same headings as the Government’s paper, before reflecting on the main points.

year: 2016

title: Applying an ecological approach to practice design in American football: some case examples on best practice

authors: Yearby, Tyler

abstract: In this paper, we outline an ecological approach to practice design in American football to support coaches in helping players to coordinate skilled movement behaviours in dynamic performance environments. This approach may require moving away from some long-held practice approaches traditionally employed by some coaches across all performance levels. To guide this progression, we present two novel case examples to support coaches interested in moving towards more contemporary pedagogical frameworks that support the notion of their role as a practice designer, centralising athlete-environment interactions. Distinctively, through the utilisation of a constraints-led methodology, coaches could design practice tasks to offer opportunities for players to interact with challenging performance problems. Our case examples range from high school players to National Football League standouts to support the implementation of alternative approaches to practice design, exploring what an ecological dynamics rationale could look, feel and sound like in the context of American football.

text: Applying an ecological approach to practice design in American football: some case examples on best practice In this paper, we outline an ecological approach to practice design in American football to support coaches in helping players to coordinate skilled movement behaviours in dynamic performance environments. This approach may require moving away from some long-held practice approaches traditionally employed by some coaches across all performance levels. To guide this progression, we present two novel case examples to support coaches interested in moving towards more contemporary pedagogical frameworks that support the notion of their role as a practice designer, centralising athlete-environment interactions. Distinctively, through the utilisation of a constraints-led methodology, coaches could design practice tasks to offer opportunities for players to interact with challenging performance problems. Our case examples range from high school players to National Football League standouts to support the implementation of alternative approaches to practice design, exploring what an ecological dynamics rationale could look, feel and sound like in the context of American football.

year: 2022

title: A game of slides and ladders: Māori health providers and funders

authors: Masters-Awatere, Bridgette

abstract: Devolution of government responsibility after the neo-liberal reforms of the 1980s, and the re-orientation of health services towards public health in the 1990s, created an opportunity for Māori to take control of their own health outcomes through the delivery of culturally relevant and appropriate services. By 2000 “By Maori, For Maori” service provision had burst forth as the preferred approach with Māori. While grappling with the tendency of government agencies to fund services based on pre-existing health output criteria, Māori service providers were “walking on egg shells” under the constant threat of losing their funding. Currentcontracting does not capture the extent of the work done by Māori providers to serve precariat families. Nor does it adequately acknowledge, validate or value indigenous approaches to health and wellbeing. Instead, narrow, administratively demanding and difficult to interpret contracts threaten the provision of culturally relevant services. This chapter talks about some of the creative and insightful ways Māori service providers manage contrasting cultural and contractual expectations.

text: A game of slides and ladders: Māori health providers and funders Devolution of government responsibility after the neo-liberal reforms of the 1980s, and the re-orientation of health services towards public health in the 1990s, created an opportunity for Māori to take control of their own health outcomes through the delivery of culturally relevant and appropriate services. By 2000 “By Maori, For Maori” service provision had burst forth as the preferred approach with Māori. While grappling with the tendency of government agencies to fund services based on pre-existing health output criteria, Māori service providers were “walking on egg shells” under the constant threat of losing their funding. Currentcontracting does not capture the extent of the work done by Māori providers to serve precariat families. Nor does it adequately acknowledge, validate or value indigenous approaches to health and wellbeing. Instead, narrow, administratively demanding and difficult to interpret contracts threaten the provision of culturally relevant services. This chapter talks about some of the creative and insightful ways Māori service providers manage contrasting cultural and contractual expectations.

year: 2017