by Freya Tearney | Jul 3, 2019 | Project ClimateChangeNZ, Project ForesightNZ
Day three of the workshop started back at the McGuinness Institute. The participants got into their groups and reflected on what they learnt over the past two days. Each participant thought about the key insights that resonated with them, and envisioned how they...
by Freya Tearney | Jun 1, 2019 | Project ClimateChangeNZ
At the Just Transition Summit on 9 and 10 May, the McGuinness Institute team were fortunate enough to be able to speak with Hon. Henry Puna – Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, and Hon. Fiame Mata’afa – Deputy Prime Minister of Samoa. Henry and Fiame shared with us...
by Freya Tearney | Sep 3, 2018 | Project ReportingNZ
Throughout the McGuinness Institute’s research for Report 17, we found that New Zealand’s climate change reporting is acutely lacking; there is no specific requirement for companies, government departments, and councils to report on their climate impact, and,...
by Freya Tearney | Nov 14, 2016 | Project ForesightNZ
Ivan Kwok, Principal Advisor at the New Zealand Treasury, discusses the complexities of policy-making in today’s environment on day two of the three-day ForesightNZ workshop in Wellington on 27–29 April. You can watch the video of his presentation on...
by Freya Tearney | Nov 8, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
As part of the TacklingPovertyNZ project, the Institute organised a meeting with the mayors from the 2016 one-day workshops and Deputy Prime Minister Hon Bill English on Thursday, 3 November 2016. The purpose of the meeting was to share with the Minister observations...