Management of introduced mammals in New Zealand

Ecological Consequences of Toxin Use for Mammalian Pest Control in New Zealand — an Overview

Toxins, especially sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) and brodifacoum, are widely used throughout New Zealand for control of introduced mammals that are considered pests. This level of toxin use (not necessarily with these toxins) is unlikely to decline for at least 5–10 years. Ecological consequences derive both from mammal population reduction or eradication, and from using toxins as the control...

Decentralisation; The Question of Management Capacity: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Gaming New Zealand’s Emergency Department Target: How and Why Did It Vary Over Time and Between Organisations?

Background Gaming is a potentially dysfunctional consequence of performance measurement and management systems in the health sector and more generally. In 2009, the New Zealand government initiated a Shorter Stays in Emergency Department (SSED) target in which 95% of patients would be admitted, discharged or transferred from an emergency department (ED) within 6 hours. The implementation ...

Management Accounting Education for the 21st Century Firms

Management accounting has become a subject of hot debates over the last four decades and has undergone a major transformation. It is argued that traditional management accounting roles have either disappeared or been changed. The debate is based on the belief that roles of ‘Management Accountants’ require new forms of education and training,  with more emphasis on the practicality of the subjec...

A case for multi-species management of sympatric herbivore pest impacts in the central Southern Alps, New Zealand

Five herbivorous introduced mammals are sympatric in the central Southern Alps. All of these species have the potential to affect conservation values, yet the Department of Conservation at present monitors and mitigates the impacts of only one. We outline ecological arguments for multi-species management of sympatric herbivore pest impacts and use the two-species system of sympatric thar and ch...