by Miranda Voke | Aug 28, 2014 | Project TalentNZ
On 5 November, Te Papa is hosting the Government Economics Network (GEN) Annual Conference for 2014. The conference will look at a range of policy areas and review how modern economic analysis methods could be used in these areas. Kim Hill from RadioNZ is due to...
by Miranda Voke | Aug 20, 2014 | Project TalentNZ
Last week I attended a Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) seminar on Regional Economic Development. LGNZ had invited some prominent speakers including Shamubeel Eaqub, principal economist at the New Zealand Institute of Economic Development and author of the...
by Miranda Voke | Jul 18, 2014 | Project PublicScienceNZ
“Does investment in science influence society? Can we really expect it to meet New Zealand’s economic, social, environmental and cultural needs? Is it the level of investment or the areas in which the investment is made?” These are the questions which open the...
by Miranda Voke | May 19, 2014 | Project TalentNZ
In March 2014 we toured New Zealand to discuss how we might create a talent-based economy with some of the 30 Kiwis from the 2013 TalentNZ Journal. Raf Manji is a Councillor of the Christchurch City Council and Director of the Sustento Institute and joined us to share...
by Miranda Voke | May 19, 2014 | Project TalentNZ
In March 2014 we toured New Zealand to discuss how we might create a talent-based economy with some of the 30 Kiwis from the 2013 TalentNZ Journal. Roger Dennis is currently leading the Christchurch initiative called Sensing Cities and joined us to share his...
