Posts by Hilary Stace
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Russell: Finlayson is a politician. He has fluffed around with the National Memorial in Wellington, and his chapter in the Bolger years was quite petulant.
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All the more reason for another discussion on this topic in the future.
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Thanks for report Sacha. I hear that Mike Gourley is also exploring disability and the media on his OneInFive programme on RadioNZ Sunday 7 pm.
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Where can you buy Pascal's bags?
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Bunch of tattoos and yet I still can't get over the needles for giving blood.
Need to wait six months after tattoos for blood donation. Tatts much riskier.
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It's not that it is unclean - it's about minimisation of risk. I have a friend who got Hep C from a transfusion 20 years ago, and who would have rather liked them to have been more careful back then.
But there are lots of people who are eligible to donate and could do so, and it's a really useful service.
Not me though. I'm a fainter and this whole discussion is making me feel queasy.
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Sorry - Finger prick (not print).
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Here's the basic eligibility questions from NZ Blood. There are some more forms to fill in for first time donors, mainly to do with informed consent (and some questions about sex history), and they do a finger print to test you are not anaemic. They are all very nice non-judgemental people. And you get tea and chocolate biscuits after.
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Yuk, I can't imagine liking blood tests. But for those who don't mind it, can I urge them to consider being a blood donor (if they pass the very stringent and controversial requirements) as it is an easy way to be philanthropic. But not if you're a fainter.
[By the way, I might have missed something but why blood tests at the opthalmologist's?] -
Re select committees - they are,after all, just a bunch of politicians.
I have been to several over many years, as presenter and audience. It is potentially a really good part of the democratic process, but committee members are busy people. They walk in and out, help themselves to morning tea, send emails and texts and chat to each other. They are often only there as seat warmers so may have no interest or knowledge about the area under discussion. The committee membership seems to change fairly frequently. In one sitting I attended, by the time my friend got to present his submission - just before lunchtime - there were only two committee members left in the room.
As Craig says, if there are some members who have read your submission and take an interest, you are doing well. They are probably the people who will take an active part in the committee recommendations.
So people shouldn't be intimidated by select committees. They are part of OUR democracy.