Women given top posts in commission
PA Wellington Women have been appointed director and deputy director of the Commission for the Future. The new director. Mrs Myra Harpham. replaces Commander R. Ryan, who resigned recently to stand as a Social Credit candidate in an Auckland electorate. The appointment of Mrs Harpham and Mrs Margaret Hunn as deputy director will be effective from tomorrow. Both women are from Wellington. The chairman of the commission, Professor James Duncan, said their appointment showed that the commission was putting into
practice its belief that 5 jobsharing was workable. The commission is a t present planning its pro . gramme for the next, two years. Its fourth booklet in the "New Zealand in .the Future World" series, dis- 4 cussing the importance of values for New Zealand’s development options, would be released in July.
Two groups are working on “communications” and "disasters." and another group on “work" will be set up this month.
The groups aim to .« highlight for planners the 4 main opportunities, prob- /•’? lems, and choices in specific areas of change. <;
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19810602.2.47
Bibliographic details
Press, 2 June 1981, Page 6
Word Count
177Women given top posts in commission Press, 2 June 1981, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.