Writing

Reference to the Charter for Human Responsibility has been a feature in our writing, and a significant aspect of the Charter work. I (Betsan Martin) wrote a chapter for a book on a philosopher of responsibility par excellence, Emmanel Levinas, and Dr Maria Humphries and I have written several papers on the theme of Responsibility and Ethical Relationality in the last year for conference presentations and journal publications.

There are two conferences in Australia before the end of the year in which we have registered to present papers. One is on "Environmental Governance: Transforming Regions and Localities." And the other ‘Building Bridges and Strengthening Bonds. Building understanding across sectors and diversity’.

One of the Maori members has a leadership role in the Community Education sector, as well as being an academic. She is involved in the participation of indigenous people and in a wide range of community education. Te Kawehau Hoskins presented a paper on Responsible Partnerships at the Diversity conference in Los Angeles in July, and is researching for further work on Responsible Governance in education, with emphasis on the implications of partnership between Maori and government. Partnership has become a major discourse of social policy in New Zealand, and is being developed and applied to inter-cultural relations, social policy and the ‘third’ sector (non-profit), and in environmental governance.