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How to be non-partisan in a partisan world: James Picker and the Office of the Clerk

How to be non-partisan in a partisan world: James Picker and the Office of the Clerk

by Josie McGuinness | Aug 25, 2023 | Bursting Bubbles

Since March this year, the Institute has been running a Bursting Bubble event series on the last Thursday of each month. These ‘how to’ sessions each have a different speaker and topic, which have been curated to expand our thinking and ideas post-COVID lockdowns. On...
Top Ten Public Policy Lessons from Bhutan

Top Ten Public Policy Lessons from Bhutan

by Josie McGuinness | Jul 30, 2023 | Project EcologicalCorridorsNZ

In April 2023, two of us from the Institute were fortunate enough to travel to Bhutan, a small kingdom gently tucked far away in the Eastern Himalayas. Bhutan, called Drukyul by the Bhutanese, is known as the mystical land of the druk yul (thunder dragon), which can...

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