Mentions of The NZ Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) in New Zealand Parliament debates
The NZ Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) has been mentioned in 7 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
State Sector Management Bill
In Committee 11 Dec 2010
CHRIS HIPKINS ... this particular proposal by people who work in this area. The New Zealand Historical Association and the New Zealand Society of Authors were particularly concerned about having access potentially restricted to archived material if political constraints ...
First Reading 7 Sep 2010
CHRIS HIPKINS ... an outrageous abuse of parliamentary process, in the referral motion that it is putting forward. The New Zealand Society of Authors has raised serious concern. Maggie Tarver, who is the chief executive officer, is quoted as saying that this is ...
Hon STEVE CHADWICK ... the current department and what part of their independence is guaranteed under this new relationship. The New Zealand Society of Authors put it absolutely correctly when it said: “If it’s not broken then don’t fix it”. Tony Simpson, the president of the ...
Public Lending Right for New Zealand Authors Bill
Third Reading 26 Sep 2008
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON ... said, we have a thriving literary community in New Zealand. Most of the people in this community are members of the Society of Authors. They really do contribute to the richness of our culture, and this is one very, very small way of recognising that ...
In Committee 26 Sep 2008
Hon JUDITH TIZARD ... lending right issue, to a small extent, went away for a while after those developments. However, the New Zealand Society of Authors came back to us and said it wanted stand-alone legislation, and this is the result of that very good representation. I ...
Second Reading 25 Sep 2008
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON ... of the Authors’ Fund. It had been a cause for concern, and I must say a cause of dissension, on the part of the Society of Authors, whenever it met with the Arts Board or with the Arts Council of Creative New Zealand. Its members were always ...
First Reading 3 Jul 2008
Hon JUDITH TIZARD ... New Zealand of which I am very proud. This bill has been developed with input from representatives of the New Zealand Society of Authors and many others. The details of where the newly established public lending right scheme will be administered are a ...
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON ... it is anomalous for a grants funding agency to administer that kind of fund. Moreover, it is fair to say that the Society of Authors used to get very annoyed with Creative New Zealand because the administration of the fund was messed up more often than ...
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON ... 2005, I thought it would be a good idea to have a regular round-table meeting with representatives of the New Zealand Society of Authors. That turned into an excellent opportunity for an inter-party dialogue with authors on issues of interest. I note Ms ...
SANDRA GOUDIE ... 8 years after a review was conducted in 2000. Is it not incredible that last year she was on a panel for the Society of Authors, and said that section 61—which is only about five lines long—was absolutely adequate. She has changed her mind. It is ...
SANDRA GOUDIE ... that my most excellent colleague Christopher Finlayson expressed earlier about the fact that authors will go along to Society of Authors meetings and resign in disgust. They will not waste their time jumping through hoops and going through what this ...
Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Bill
Second Reading 23 Oct 2007
Dr PITA SHARPLES ... digital technology, by clarifying how copyright exists in a digital environment. The submission of the New Zealand Society of Authors outlined that it is imperative that the move to digitisation must not exacerbate an already complex situation. It ...