by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 10, 2025 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List
The theme of this year’s summer reading list for the Prime Minister is survival – not in the abstract, but in the face of real disruption. History teaches us that while we cannot always prevent a crisis, we can prepare for it. We can build systems resilient enough to...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 11, 2024 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List
To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries. – A.C. Grayling Here at the McGuinness Institute, we really love books. Books have...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 19, 2023 | Book Reviews, Prime Minister's Summer Reading List
Since 2011, the Institute has sent the Prime Minister a package of books we believe they would benefit from reading over the summer break. As we take a non-partisan approach to our work, we also send copies of the books to the leaders of the other major political...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 13, 2022 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List
The theme for the Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List 2022/2023 is the things we cannot see (or the things we decide not to see). We cannot easily see carbon in the air, dolphins in the ocean, seabirds flying above, or more specifically, the mental health of...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 17, 2021 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List
Below is our letter to the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand. All leaders and deputy leaders of political parties in Aotearoa New Zealand were sent the same letter and the same selection of books. As a non-partisan think tank, we always endeavour to...
by Wendy McGuinness | Dec 22, 2020 | Prime Minister's Summer Reading List
Every year we select books that we believe the Prime Minister (and others interested in public policy) would benefit from reading over the summer break. As we apply a non-partisan approach to our work, we also provide copies of the selected books to each of the...
