Restorative Justice

Volume 10 – Issue 2 – May 2014 Restoring What? The practice, promise and perils of restorative justice in New Zealand Picking up the Pace in Public Services Chris Marshall 3 Al Morrison 43 ‘A Fair Go’ in Public Policy Climate Change: towards policy coherence David Bromell 12 Adrian Macey 49 Lifting New Zealand’s Productivity – a Reflections and Outlook for the New Zealand research agenda ETS: must uncertain times mean uncertain Patrick Nolan 22 measures? Overview of the New Zealand National Jessika Luth Richter and Lizzie Chambers 57 Integrity System Assessment 2013 Collaborative Planning for Freshwater: Liz Brown 30 the challenge of a new paradigm The Open Government Partnership: what Jim Sinner and Natasha Berkett 67 are the challenges and opportunities for Reflections on the Life of Kenneth William New Zealand? Piddington (1933–2014) Michael Macaulay 36 John R. Martin 73 Editorial Note This issue of Policy Quarterly commences with two explores what ‘a fair go’ means in practice and how it articles on the critical and enduring quest for a just might be achieved. Given the current public concern in society – ‘just’ in its varied and manifold dimensions. New Zealand about matters of inequality and poverty, Volume 10 – Issue 2 – May 2014 The lead article is the inaugural lecture by Chris his analysis is highly pertinent and deserves careful Marshall – the first Professor of Restorative Justice in reflection. Policy Quarterly (PQ) is targeted at readers the School of Government – on the question: ‘Restoring The remainder of this issue of Policy Quarterly in the public sector, including politicians and What? The practice, promise and perils of restorative examines three very different sets of issues. First, Patrick their staff, public servants and a wide variety of justice in New Zealand’. Marshall’s answer engages Nolan explores New Zealand’s poor productivity record professions, together with others interested in with the approach of the American judge, Ross London, and what to do about it. In particular, he summarizes public issues. Its length and style are intended in the recent book Crime, Punishment, and Restorative the nature and initial findings of the Forward Looking to make the journal accessible to busy readers. Justice. According to London, the overriding goal of the Agenda of Research (FLARE). The main purpose of FLARE The journal welcomes contributions of criminal justice system – and hence of all sentencing and is to produce an agenda to aid in the coordination and about 4,000 words, written on any topic punishment – should be to restore trust in the offender collaboration of research work on understanding and relating to governance, public policy and and in society. This approach rests on a fundamental improving New Zealand’s productivity performance. management. Articles submitted will be proposition – that the principal harm of crime is the Second, aspects of public management are explored reviewed by members of the journal’s Editorial loss of trust. As Marshall argues, “This loss is only so by three contributors. Liz Brown examines the findings of Board and/or by selected reviewers, depending devastating a problem because we are irreducibly social the National Integrity System Assessment conducted by on the topic. Although issues will not usually creatures, who only ever exist in an intricate network of Transparency International New Zealand during 2013. Her have single themes, special issues may be relationships. The malice of intentional wrongdoing serves argument, in short, is that “serious and urgent action” is published from time to time on specific or to violate the trust on which these relationships depend.” needed to protect the integrity of our governmental and general themes, perhaps to mark significant Viewed from this perspective, the policy challenge is to non-governmental institutions, systems and processes; events. In such cases, and on other occasions, devise a criminal justice system that helps to heal broken there is no room for complacency. contributions may be invited from particular relationships and re-establish trust. But how? The answer, Next, and closely related to the theme of integrity, people. Marshall contends, resides in the principles, priorities Michael Macaulay considers the Open Government Subscriptions: The journal is available in PDF and practices of restorative justice. These include, for Partnership (OGB) – established in 2011 and comprising format on the Institute for Governance and example, encounters between victims and offenders, 63 nations – to which New Zealand signed up in late Policy Studies (IGPS) website: http://igps. truth-telling, accountability, confession, contrition. Only 2013. The OGP has two dimensions. At the national level, victoria.ac.nz/publications/publications/list/10. through such methods, it is argued, can genuine healing, it involves a partnership between governments and Readers who wish to receive it by email should forgiveness, and reintegration be promoted. Only in this civil society organisations to effect reforms in various register as PQ subscribers [email protected]. way can real trust be restored. areas. Globally, it provides a platform for nations to This service is free. Marshall recognises, of course, that incorporating the share good ideas and practice, and collaborate in areas For all subscription and membership principles of restorative justice into the criminal justice of transparency, integrity and public safety. Macaulay enquiries please e-mail [email protected] or system is neither simple nor without risk. As he argues, crisply summarizes the history, goals and targets of post to Institute for Government and Policy “Peril exists on all sides. Restorative justice is imperilled the OGP and explores how New Zealand might meet its Studies, P.O. Box 600, Wellington. by the possibility of institutional capture and control, and obligations under the partnership. Electronic Access: The IGPS directs by the dilution of its distinctive values. The justice system The third piece with a public management focus interested individuals to its website: www.igps. is in peril of having its adherence to procedural fairness is by Al Morrison, a Deputy Commissioner within the victoria.ac.nz where details of the Institute’s and equality of outcome compromised by idiosyncratic State Services Commission. His article briefly reviews publications and upcoming events can be and potentially anarchic restorative justice processes. the efforts of various governments over the past three found. Both threats are real, though they may often be decades to enhance the performance of New Zealand’s Permission: In the interest of promoting debate exaggerated.” Nevertheless, he concludes with the hope public sector, before turning to the recent policy initiatives and wider dissemination, the IGPS encourages “that, in this wonderful country of ours, ever conscious of under the Better Public Services reform programme. use of all or part of the papers appearing in the perils entailed we may continue to work together – as These initiatives include measures to enhance inter- PQ, where there is no element of commercial practitioners, policy makers, politicians and ordinary agency collaboration, strengthen the quality leadership gain. Appropriate acknowledgement of both citizens – to move the vision of restorative justice, and all and improve the quality of services and the stewardship author and source should be made in all cases. that it promises, from the margins of our consciousness of resources – all worthy goals, but will the reforms The IGPS retains copyright. Please direct to the mainstream of how we live together in society, in deliver? requests for permission to reprint articles from faith, hope and charity.” The next set of three articles focus on different this publication to [email protected]. Professor Marshall now has the daunting challenge, aspects of environmental management: Adrian Macey Editors: Jonathan Boston and Bill Ryan but also the wonderful opportunity, of using his wealth of outlines a strategy for enhancing New Zealand’s efforts to Editorial Board: Guy Beatson, David Bromell, expertise, scholarship and experience to help policy- mitigate climate change; Jessika Luth Richter and Lizzie makers extend and improve the practice of restorative Chambers discuss the development and performance Valentina Dinica, Don Gray, Gerald Minnee, justice, both within this country and beyond. Such of New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme, drawing in Mike Reid and Andrea Schollmann. practices are relevant, of course, not only in the criminal particular on the results of a survey conducted in April ISSN: 2324-1098 (Print) justice system, but also across many other important 2013 of stakeholders’ perceptions of the scheme; and ISSN: 2324-1101 (Online) areas of human endeavour such as education, health Jim Sinner and Natasha Berkett explore the potential for Volume 10, Issue 2 – May 2014 care, the social services, and defence and international collaborative planning in the management of freshwater Copy Editor: Rachel Barrowman relations. It has been encouraging in recent years resources, especially in New Zealand. Design & Layout: Aleck Yee to witness the strong interest in many government Lastly, John Martin pays a warm tribute to a talented, Cover Design: Aleck Yee/Alltex Design departments and agencies in the idea of restorative dedicated and far-sighted New Zealander, Ken Piddington. Production: Alltex Design justice. Hopefully, this will provide a firm foundation of

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