I've been travelling a bit lately so I've been a bit slack on the blog.

Anyway we recently had a situation here in New Zealand that should have been cause for celebration but instead was roundly bagged by every media commentator.

The maternity ward at Wellington Hospital is going to be short of midwives over Christmas. To cope with this shortage the Hospital decided that all new mums, that were not on the birth of their first baby, should be out in 6 hours of the birth. To help with this the mums would get a $100 grocery voucher.........yes this was a terrible policy.....and everyone said so.

The good news is that within a day or so the CEO made a public statement saying she took full responsibility for the decision, said it was a mistake and that they were coming up with new ways of dealing with the midwife shortage over the Christmas period.

This is where i get annoyed......she should be praised. She took responsibility, didn't blame anyone else and made some changes. the perfect scenario. Sadly I haven't heard one commentator praising her for this.

I think this issue of taking responsibility and not blaming others is paramount. It hardly ever happens....especially in Christian circles where it should be normal behaviour when we are wrong.

Well done CEO of the hospital....you are a model for all of us in this area!

PS Don't forget to go to www.onehitwonder.org Excellent site and you should join in!
PPS For the cynics......I don't get paid for promoting the one hit wonder site. I know the blokes that are running it and its all good.