Comments on: Sound of silence http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sound-of-silence Global warming and the future of New Zealand Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: jonno http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5444 jonno Tue, 05 May 2009 07:46:43 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5444 Jim is now working at Auckland Uni.. didn't take long for a class act like himself to find new employment Jim is now working at Auckland Uni.. didn’t take long for a class act like himself to find new employment

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]]> By: Bendoire http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5441 Bendoire Tue, 05 May 2009 04:46:36 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5441 Morgan is ultimately responsible, but my hunch is that the person who sacked Salinger or came up with the idea is one of Morgan's deputies. The motivation of such people is to let the new boss (Mapp/English) know that they (the employee) will deliver what the Government wants, before it even asks. They are likely to have a reputation, already, for kiss-up, kick down. Former NIWA employees will know. Morgan is ultimately responsible, but my hunch is that the person who sacked Salinger or came up with the idea is one of Morgan’s deputies. The motivation of such people is to let the new boss (Mapp/English) know that they (the employee) will deliver what the Government wants, before it even asks.

They are likely to have a reputation, already, for kiss-up, kick down. Former NIWA employees will know.

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]]> By: cindy http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5346 cindy Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:33:44 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5346 ha! this story is (rightfully) getting picked up internationally - in Nature, no less. http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090428/full/news.2009.410.html ha!

this story is (rightfully) getting picked up internationally – in Nature, no less.
http://www.nature.com/news/200.....9.410.html

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]]> By: John Mashey http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5342 John Mashey Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:39:06 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5342 I just know from experience that if he asked a lawyer, he'd be told to say "no comment." I have no opinion on whether or not that makes sense in this particular case, and of course, seeing good scientists mistreated irks me. I really don't know how NZ is going to stay a first-world country if this kind of thing happens very often. I spent too much time with NZ scientists & engineers in the 1980s/1990s to like that idea. I just know from experience that if he asked a lawyer, he’d be told to say “no comment.” I have no opinion on whether or not that makes sense in this particular case, and of course, seeing good scientists mistreated irks me. I really don’t know how NZ is going to stay a first-world country if this kind of thing happens very often. I spent too much time with NZ scientists & engineers in the 1980s/1990s to like that idea.

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]]> By: fragment http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5341 fragment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:36:03 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5341 Not good enough. There are plenty of comments he can make without interfering in employment matters. Not good enough. There are plenty of comments he can make without interfering in employment matters.

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]]> By: Bryan Walker http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5340 Bryan Walker Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:36:31 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5340 John, so far as I can tell his refusal to comment is based not on the fact that legal action may be pending, but on the grounds that Ministers shouldn't interfere in employment matters. I don't think he can use this to avoid responding to the question of whether government was in any way involved in the affair. John, so far as I can tell his refusal to comment is based not on the fact that legal action may be pending, but on the grounds that Ministers shouldn’t interfere in employment matters. I don’t think he can use this to avoid responding to the question of whether government was in any way involved in the affair.

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]]> By: John Mashey http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5339 John Mashey Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:22:29 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5339 If there is a legal action in the offing, I can't blame somebody for saying "inappropriate to comment". Needless to say, none of this is easy, but on the other hand, probably *somebody* knows the chain of command at NIWA. If there is a legal action in the offing, I can’t blame somebody for saying “inappropriate to comment”.

Needless to say, none of this is easy, but on the other hand, probably *somebody* knows the chain of command at NIWA.

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]]> By: Bryan Walker http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5338 Bryan Walker Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:22:17 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5338 John, I'm sure it would help a great deal to identify the chain of people involved, and hopefully some investigative journalism will be done on the matter. It's well beyond my range - all I was able to do was to consult NIWA's website and track down the management team and the CEO. I don't know whether the CEO replies to emails - not so far. I've had a reply from the Minister who satisfies himself (but not me) with the mantra "inappropriate to comment". John, I’m sure it would help a great deal to identify the chain of people involved, and hopefully some investigative journalism will be done on the matter. It’s well beyond my range – all I was able to do was to consult NIWA’s website and track down the management team and the CEO. I don’t know whether the CEO replies to emails – not so far. I’ve had a reply from the Minister who satisfies himself (but not me) with the mantra “inappropriate to comment”.

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]]> By: John Mashey http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5336 John Mashey Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:43:20 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5336 Bryan/Gareth: As opposed to "NIWA sacking someone", is there a discernable chain of specific people that would have to be involved? You've named a few, but as I noted at <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/04/new_zealand_governments_new_pl.php#comment-1593656" rel="nofollow">Deltoid</a>, real people make decisions, not just anonymous entities, and it might be helpful to identify them. I pointed out what happened with Phil Cooney for example. Bryan/Gareth:

As opposed to “NIWA sacking someone”, is there a discernable chain of specific people that would have to be involved? You’ve named a few, but as I noted at Deltoid, real people make decisions, not just anonymous entities, and it might be helpful to identify them. I pointed out what happened with Phil Cooney for example.

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]]> By: Macro http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-5326 Macro Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:59:20 +0000 http://hot-topic.co.nz/sound-of-silence/#comment-5326 Wow!! That is just incredible - and I do mean borders on the credible! How can NIWA justify this. The stripping of emissions? Talk about getting into bed with the opposition. The whole thing reeks - and not just of soot. Wow!! That is just incredible – and I do mean borders on the credible! How can NIWA justify this. The stripping of emissions? Talk about getting into bed with the opposition. The whole thing reeks – and not just of soot.

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