Spirited Conversations
Nicky Hager will speak on
'Private investigators, tax havens, Julian Assange and other recent work stories'
Nicky Hager is an internationally-renowned author and investigative journalist based in Wellington. He has published seven best-selling books, specialising in investigating hard-to-document subjects, often requiring years of painstaking research. He last spoke at Spirited Conversations in March 2017, just after his controversial exposé Hit and Run was published.
He is one of just two New Zealand members of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, and a member of the NZ Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Reference Group, established in 2018.
Nicky Hager returns to update us on the projects that have occupied his time in the recent past.
Where? Cafe Yaza, Montgomery Square, Nelson,
When? Wednesday 28 July, 2021
Yaza opens for dining/drinks 6.00pm - conversation 7.30-9.30pm.
Koha to cover costs please - No reservations.
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Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
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Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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