by Eleanor Merton | Aug 4, 2017 | CivicsNZ Project, ForesightNZ Project
On Tuesday, 4 August 2017 Wendy spoke as part of a panel at the Wellington Rotary Forum. This year the Forum focused on achieving the impossible dream, asking speakers what it would take for Wellington, the city and region, to be the best in the world. The Forum was...
by Eleanor Merton | Jul 21, 2017 | ForesightNZ Project
On 23 June 2017 the Institute attended a free public presentation at Te Papa Tongarewa about Matariki and Māori astronomy by Dr Rangi Matamua (Tūhoe). Dr Matamua is an associate professor at the University of Waikato and author of Matariki: The Star of the Year. His...
by Eleanor Merton | Jun 22, 2017 | CivicsNZ Project, ForesightNZ Project, LivestockNZ Project, OneOceanNZ Project, PublicScienceNZ Project, ReportingNZ Project, StrategyNZ Project, TacklingPovertyNZ Project, TalentNZ Project
From 11 June to 15 June Wendy was part of a panel of futurists on the TVNZ show What Next? hosted by John Campbell and Nigel Latta. The show included live viewer voting on key questions and issues, with results displayed in real time and post-show interviews streamed...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jun 19, 2017 | ForesightNZ Project
On the 31 May 2017 I had the pleasure of attending a conversation between Graham Allison and General David Petraeus (Ret.) on Allison’s latest book Destined for War. The event was held at a place called 92Y in New York. The event was well attended by probably around...
by Sally Hett | May 24, 2017 | CivicsNZ Project, ForesightNZ Project, LivestockNZ Project, Nation Dates, OneOceanNZ Project, PublicScienceNZ Project, ReportingNZ Project, StrategyNZ Project, TacklingPovertyNZ Project, TalentNZ Project
This newsletter shares our updated work programme, giving you a summary of what we have been doing since our last newsletter in July 2016 and detailing what we hope to achieve before the end of the year. Our work programme this year continues to focus on the...
by Isabella Smith | Mar 15, 2017 | ForesightNZ Project
On Wednesday 8 March the McGuinness Institute hosted a group of American students from the SEA Semester programme. The SEA Semester programme is a Boston University accredited study abroad system that invites undergraduate students to take part in a variety of...
