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contributing strategic foresight through evidence-based
research and policy analysis.

 

9-14 December 2012: 2012 Youth Statement available now. Watch the finale on YouTube! Photos are also available on our Facebook page.

Video: Sam Morgan


February 2013: A new YouTube playlist titled 'A conversation with Sam Morgan' is available online here.

Audio: EmpowerNZ Interview


The Treaty Debates
January 2013: Listen as Kim Hill interviews three of the participants and one of the facilitators from EmpowerNZ.

Latest Publications

Working Paper 2013/01: The working paper supporting Think Piece 16 on the New Zealand King Salmon proposal is now available for download.

Submission: Ministry for the Environment discussion document: Improving our resource management system
Media Release: Sir Paul Callaghan Science Meets Humanities Scholarship Recipients
Think Piece 17: A Place Where Talent Wants to Live
Think Piece 16: New Zealand King Salmon: Was it a good decision for New Zealand?
Supporting Working Paper coming soon.

Submission: Public Finance (Fiscal Responsibility) Amendment Bill 2012
Submission: New Zealand King Salmon Proposal - Comments of McGuinness Institute on Minor or Technical Aspects of the Draft Report (Part 5 of 5)
Media Release: Youth are angry: they want action on our long-term fiscal position
Report 14: EmpowerNZ - Drafting a constitution for the 21st century 
Media Release: The Treaty is important, but it is not the only constitutional conversation New Zealanders must have
Workshop Paper: LongTermNZ: 2012 Youth Statement on New Zealand's Long-term Fiscal Position
Working Paper 2012/03: EmpowerNZ: Drafting a constitution for the 21st century: Participant Feedback
Workshop Papers: LongTermNZ Exercise Sheets
Media Release: Time for youth to think about our fiscal future
Annual Integrated Report: 2011-2012
SubmissionFinal Statement of Evidence Prepared for the Board of Inquiry (New Zealand King Salmon Proposal) (Part 3 of 3)
SubmissionLocal Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill 2012 (Additional Submission)
Workshop Paper: Drafting a Constitution for the 21st Century
Workshop Paper: Exercises from the EmpowerNZ workshop
Contributing PaperProfessor Philip Joseph – EmpowerNZ: Reflections 
Contributing PaperDame Dr Claudia Orange – EmpowerNZ: Finale Speech
Contributing PaperProfessor Philip Joseph – EmpowerNZ: Key Elements of a Constitution
Contributing PaperDame Dr Claudia Orange – EmpowerNZ: Context Setting
Contributing Paper: Hon Jim McLay –  EmpowerNZ: 1984 And All That
Media Release: Fifty Young People Gather at Parliament to Draft a Constitution for the 21st Century
Media Release: Sir Paul Callaghan's Legacy Honoured
Submission: Statement of Evidence Prepared for the Board of Inquiry (New Zealand King Salmon Proposal) (Part 2 of 3)
Think Piece 15: The Magical Place Where Science and Humanities Meet
Submission: Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill 2012
Working Paper 2012/02: International Data Management for Government
Media Release: Sir Paul Callaghan’s "A dream worth having …" hits 30,000 views
Submission: Local Government Reform in Wellington
Submission: Regulations proposed under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Bill
Working Paper 2012/01: The State of the Constitutional Review, as at June 2012
Media Release: A Workshop on Drafting a Constitution for the 21st Century
Submission: Electoral Commission Review on the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) Electoral System 
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What's New

May 2013:

We have now finalised the working paper supporting our think piece on the NZ King Salmon Decision. Thank you again for all your feedback. Hard copies are now available for purchase

 

 

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