Working Papers
Working Paper 2021/13 – Reviewing Voluntary Reporting Frameworks Mentioned in 2018 – 2020 Annual Reports
(in progress)
April 2021
Working Paper 2021/12 – Analysis of Climate Change Reporting in the Public and Private Sectors
(in progress)
April 2021
Working Paper 2021/11 – Review of District Council Plan Consultation Processes
(in progress)
April 2021
Working Paper 2021/10 – Comprehensive analysis of Government Department Strategies between 1 July 1994 and 31 December 2020
(in progress)
April 2021
Working Paper 2021/08 – List of Government Department Strategies 31 December 2020
(in progress)
April 2021
Working Paper 2021/07 – Methodology for the 2020 Government Department Strategies Index New Zealand
(in progress)
April 2021
Working Paper 2021/05 – Government priorities of the New Zealand Government from 2006
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As at 07 May 2021
Working Paper 2021/04 – Analysis of NZSX-listed companies (by COVID-19 wage subsidy and political donations)
(in progress)
April 2021
Working Paper 2021/03 – Analysis of Independent Bodies’ responses to Climate Change
(in progress)
April 2021
Working Paper 2021/02 – Tentative List of Government Department Strategies as at 31 December 2020
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April 2021
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Background to Project ClimateChangeNZ
Working Paper 2021/01 – Timeline of climate change institutions and instruments since 1980
(in progress)
March 2021
Background to Project ClimateChangeNZ
Working Paper 2020/12 – An analysis of the responses to the 'Open Letter to District Health Boards (dated 25 March 2020)'
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April 2021
Download Schedule of DHB correspondence between 28 April 2020 and 17 September 2020 (PDF, 10 MB)
Download Excel of DHB stock data between April 2020 and 17 September 2020. This Excel is as at 19 March 2021. (Excel, 9 MB)
Background to Project PandemicNZ
Working Paper 2020/09 – A Forestry-Centric Investigation of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
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November 2020
Background to Project ClimateChangeNZ
Working Paper 2020/08 – Analysis of the 2017 Labour-Green Party Confidence and Supply Agreement, three years on
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24 September 2020
Working Paper 2020/07 – Analysis of the 2017 Labour-New Zealand First Coalition Agreement, three years on
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24 September 2020
2020/06 – Letter to the Minister on AgResearch’s approval for GM animals in light of pandemic risk
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15 July 2020
2020/05 – Reviewing Voluntary Reporting Frameworks mentioned in 2019 Annual Reports
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June 2020
Background to Project ReportingNZ
2020/04 – Analysis of Climate Reporting in the Public and Private Sectors
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(PDF, 2 MB)
June 2020
Background to Project ReportingNZ and ClimateChangeNZ
2020/03 – Reporting Requirements of Five Types of Entities
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June 2020
Background to Project ReportingNZ
2020/02 – The Role of a Directors’ Report: An analysis of the legislative requirements of selected Commonwealth countries
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May 2020
Background to Project ReportingNZ
2020/01 – Analysis of options if P2/N95 masks are no longer available
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April 2020
2019/05 – Reviewing Voluntary Reporting Frameworks Mentioned in 2017 and 2018 Annual Reports
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September 2019
Background to Project ReportingNZ and Project ClimateChangeNZ
2018/01 – NZSX-listed Company Tables
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March 2018
Supporting Paper 2018/01 – Methodology for Working Paper 2018/01
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Background to Project ReportingNZ
2017/02 – Letter to the Minister on New Zealand King Salmon
May 2017
Excel sheet – Figures 1, 2 & 3
Excel sheet – Figures 4 & 5
Excel sheet – Figure 6
Excel sheet – Figure 8
Excel sheet – Figure 9
Excel sheet – Reconciliation of Table 41 from the PwC Economic Impact Assessment
Background to Project OneOceanNZ
2016/03 – History of education in New Zealand
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Background to Project TalentNZ
2016/01 – History of strategy stewardship in the New Zealand public service 1980–2016
Madeleine Foreman, July 2016
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/11 – Observations from the GDS Index 2015
Wendy McGuinness and Madeleine Foreman, October 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/10 – Analysis of Government Department Strategies Between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 2015 – An overview
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/09 – Profiles Scoring Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/08 – Tables Collating and Ranking Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/07 – List of Government Department Strategies Between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/06 – Profiles Scoring Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2014
Wendy McGuinness, Madeleine Foreman and George Spittle, February 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/05 – Tables Collating and Ranking Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2014
Wendy McGuinness, Madeleine Foreman and George Spittle, February 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/04 – Methodology for the Government Department Strategies Index New Zealand
Wendy McGuinness, Madeleine Foreman and George Spittle, February 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/03 – Legal Instruments of New Zealand's Ocean Management
Madeleine Foreman, March 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/02 – Assessment of Organisations Involved With the Antarctic and Their Engagement With New Zealand Youth
Miranda Voke, January 2015
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Background to New Zealand Antarctic Youth Council
2015/01 – Ocean Management in New Zealand: Findings from a structured discussion
James Tremlett, January 2015
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Background to Project OneOceanNZ
2014/02 – Analysis of Government Department Strategies Between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 2014 – An overview
Wendy McGuinness, George Spittle and Madeleine Foreman, December 2014
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2014/01 – List of Government Department Strategies Between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 2014
Renata Mokena-Lodge, September 2014
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2013/04 – Living the Good Life: Defining 'living standards'
Diana Tam, 2013
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Background to Project LivingStandardsNZ
2013/03 – Exploring Talent
Gillian McCarthy, 2013
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Background to Project TalentNZ
2013/01 – Notes on the New Zealand King Salmon Decision
Wendy McGuinness with assistance from Niki Lomax, 2013
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Background to Think Piece 16 – New Zealand King Salmon: Was it a good decision for New Zealand?
2012/03 – EmpowerNZ: Drafting a constitution for the 21st century, Participant Feedback
Rory Sarten, 2012
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Background to Report 14 – EmpowerNZ: Drafting a Constitution for the 21st Century
2012/02 – International Data Management for Government
Diane White, 2012
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Background to Project ReportingNZ
2012/01 – The State of the Constitutional Review as at June 2012
Wendy McGuinness and Diane White, 2012
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Background to Project CivicsNZ
2011/20 – Foresight in New Zealand
Wendy McGuinness, December 2011
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Prepared for the International Conference on Strategic Foresight in National Government, held in Seoul on December 6–8, 2011
2011/19 – The State of the Constitutional Review as at November 2011
Wendy McGuinness and Diane White, November 2011
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Background to Project CivicsNZ
2011/18 – New Zealand’s Crown Research Institutes: Legislation, Operation and Governance
Diane White, February 2012
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Background to Report 9 – Science Embraced: Government-funded science under the microscope
2011/17 – New Zealand Universities: Research activities, commercialisation and international benchmarking
Wendy McGuinness, Lucy Foster and Diane White, 2012
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Background to Report 9 – Science Embraced: Government-funded science under the microscope
2011/16 – StrategyNZ: Mapping our Future, Participant Feedback
Rory Sarten, July 2011
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Background to Report 13 – StrategyNZ: Mapping our Future Strategy Maps
2011/15 – MSI Science Investment Board: Legislation, Operations and Board Membership
Wendy McGuinness, July 2011
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Background to Report 9 – Science Embraced: Government-funded science under the microscope
2011/14 – MSI Innovation Investment Board: Legislation, Operations and Board Membership
Wendy McGuinness, July 2011
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Background to Report 9 – Science Embraced: Government-funded science under the microscope
2011/13 – What strategic uncertainties keep New Zealanders awake at night?
Wendy McGuinness, May 2011
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Background to Report 13 – StrategyNZ: Mapping our Future Strategy Maps
2011/12 – Evaluating the Soil Dataset
Resource Project Team, March 2011
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/11 – Evaluating the Water Quality Dataset
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/10 – Evaluating the Atmosphere Dataset
Resource Project Team, March 2011
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/09 – Evaluating the Livestock and Crops Dataset
Resource Project Team, March 2011
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/08 – Evaluating the Forestry Dataset
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/07 – Evaluating the Biodiversity Dataset
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/06 – Evaluating the Fisheries and Aquaculture Dataset
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/05 – Evaluating the Water Resource Dataset
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/04 – Evaluating the Energy Dataset
Resource Project Team, March 2011
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/03 – Evaluating the Mineral Production Dataset
Resource Project Team, March 2011
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/02 – Evaluating the Land Dataset
Resource Project Team, March 2011
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Background to Report 1 – A National Sustainable Development Strategy: How New Zealand measures up against international commitments
2011/01 – Outputs from Eighteen New Zealand Future-thinking Initiatives
Wendy McGuinness, Lucy Foster and Louise Grace-Pickering, March 2011
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Background to Report 11 – A History of Future-thinking Initiatives in New Zealand 1936–2010: Learning from the past to build a better future
2010/05 – The Treaty Settlement Process: An overview of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Office of Treaty Settlements
Wendy McGuinness and Miriam White, July 2010
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Background to Report 7 – Exploring the shared goals of Maori: Working towards a National Sustainable Development Strategy
2010/04 – The 2008 Election: Reviewing seat allocations without the Maori electoral seats
Wendy McGuinness and Nicola Bradshaw, June 2010
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Background to Report 8 – Effective Maori Representation in Parliament: Working towards a National Sustainable Development Strategy
2010/03 – The Evolution of New Zealand as a Nation: Significant events and legislation 1770–2010
Wendy McGuinness, Miriam White and Perrine Gilkison, May 2010
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Background to Report 8 – Effective Maori Representation in Parliament: Working towards a National Sustainable Development Strategy
2010/02 – Institutions and Mechanisms Designed to Progress the Goals of Maori
Wendy McGuinness and Miriam White, June 2010
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Background to Report 8 – Effective Maori Representation in Parliament: Working towards a National Sustainable Development Strategy
2010/01 – Exploring Long-term Policy Drivers in Science: A scan of international think tanks
Lucy Foster, March 2010
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Background to Report 9 – Science Embraced: Government-funded science under the microscope
2009/05 – Exploring New Zealand and International Government-funded Science Goals
Chris Aitken, December 2009
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Background to Report 9 – Science Embraced: Government-funded science under the microscope
2009/04 – Statistics: A selection of available data associated with shared Māori goals
Wendy McGuinness and Miriam White, December 2009
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Background to Report 7 – Exploring the shared goals of Maori: Working towards a National Sustainable Development Strategy
2009/03 – Identifying the Shared Goals of Six Māori Organisations
Wendy McGuinness and Miriam White, November 2009
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Background to Report 7 – Exploring the shared goals of Maori: Working towards a National Sustainable Development Strategy
2009/02 – A Methodological Approach to Māori-focused Research
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Background to Report 7 – Exploring the shared goals of Maori: Working towards a National Sustainable Development Strategy
2009/01 – Developing principles for Project 2058
Hayley Vujcich, March 2009
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Background to Project 2058: Methodology – Version 3
