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I agree Chief, there has to be a line. However that being said i am of the old school and we learnt very young, Sticks and stones will break bones but names will never hurt you. While there are many opinions i have come across in life that I disagree with, I will always defend peoples right to hold and voice those opinions as long as they are within the bounds of our countries Laws. The simple answer for our friends at NZTR/HRNZ and The Ministry of Racing (AKA as RIB) is to charge those who do not follow the code of conduct with offences under the rules of racing. But maybe the Ministry Of Racing now has more people sitting in offices writing such letters than they actually have working at the races. Last count from the RIU/JCA days of 4 Full time office staff and 1 part timer the Ministry is up to about 14 or 15 Full time office roles plus some outsourcing, so guess this is what the industry will get more of. -
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This is so disappointing. If, and as I observe on here, we all want a strong and sustainable harness racing in the future, then HRNZ has to see it cannot do that alone. HRNZ need to cooperation and support of all the stakeholder groups to both support initiatives and put forward new initiatives. For that to happen there needs to be debate. To date HRNZ uses it authority to close down anything that looks like some discussion it doesn't like. I think that HRNZ should take up to $100k of that Entain money and use it to bring together a conference involving representatives from all the stakeholder groups to debate the current situation, the vision for the future, actions for the way forward, and what each stakeholder group will take responsibility to do to contribute to that future success. For that to happen however HRNZ needs a big change in leadership style and behaviours. I would suggest that removal of the board and the establishing of a commissioner for 2 to 3 years to get the process underway and real momentum is the only option based on current position. Harness racing has no long term (10 year) plan or vision. The longest view appear to be the Statement of Strategic Intent which really only covers 2/3 years and looks more like business as usual than a statement of goals and actions for sustainable growth. We don't need more reviews and committees we need a vision and actions. Thoughts? -
i never said the letter was aimed at m house.Not sure why you said that bit to me. This is the only social media forum i'm on and the only time i've seen mr house make comment is on the unhinged content ,that i used to be able to access.. Everytime i've seen him comment over the years he has been consistent in what he has said. i've always interpreted his comments to be addressing what he believes is a priority for the industry.That is,industry policies which invest in and lead to maintaining participation in the profitable revenue generating sector of the industry,i.e. the races with the best turnover/stakes paid ratio ,where the bulk of the racing participants operate. like its just common sense to me that if you have someone who operates mostly within that sector and who is day in and day out, speaking to people who participate,then what better voice to listen to. Mark jones is another person who has a similar background and network of contacts, which keeps him in touch with the pulse of the racing industries wellbeing and participants thinking. from my observation and research over the years,companies who last and who generate long term profits,focus on maintaining and expanding the profitable sectors of their business.Thats not what nz harness racing are doing. Instead they are following the path of the ones who fold or who generate losses,which is to direct resources to areas that are unprofitable and unlikely to increase revenue,even with extra investment. just common sense and i think mr house and mr jones express mostly common sense and logical thinking. you may not have thought mr jones letter overstepped the line. If you think everything he said was acceptable,then fair enough.but i said at the time i thought a small part of his letter overstepped the mark and that as a result we will see efforts by officialdom to limit all comment.And that is exactly what we got,thats why we are discussing this topic. You may think its just coincidental,i don't and found the adherence to racing code of conduct response predictable.After all ,they are predictable. i think people should analysis why you areand they should ask themselves,why was there a need to try and limit public content. to me its an obvious sign that leadeship realise they are not getting the results hoped for from some of the policies they have implemented and have found by prioritising different sectors over other sectors,within the industry has lead to negtive impacts. and leadership are particularly sensitive because many of their critics said,do that and this will happen. And well,it turns some of their critics actually have a better understanding of what works,where resources should go to get the most beneficial results for the industry. the newsletter we.re discussing about code of conduct is just a symptom of poor decision making by leadership. That is where people should be focussing,not on code of conduct letters. -
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By Nowornever · Posted
Throwing a few million at consultants for no return is the norm these days in big business isn't it?
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