Working Papers
These publications record events and/or the current state of play on a specific issue of interest, usually to help shape or inform an existing project.
Working Paper 2020/11 – A List of Coalition Agreements and Support Agreements since 1996
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December 2020
Working Paper 2020/10 – A List of Royal Commissions
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Working Paper 2020/09 – A Forestry-Centric Investigation of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
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November 2020
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
Final draft (as at 18 June 2020)
Background to Project ReportingNZ
2020/04 – Analysis of Climate Reporting in the Public and Private Sectors
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June 2020
Final draft (as at 23 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
2020/01 – Analysis of options if P2/N95 masks are no longer available
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April 2020
Version 1 (Draft as at 29 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
2018/04 – Legislation Shaping the Reporting Framework: A compilation
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September 2018
Background to Project ReportingNZ
2018/03 – Analysis of Climate Change Reporting in the Public and Private Sectors
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July 2018
Background to Project ReportingNZ
2018/02 – Civics and Citizenship Education in New Zealand Schools: Current state
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May 2018
Background to Project CivicsNZ
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
2017/04 – Eight Existing Poverty Initiatives in NZ and the UK: A compilation
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July 2017
Background to Project TacklingPovertyNZ
2017/03 – Key Graphs on Poverty in New Zealand: A compilation
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July 2017
Background to Project TacklingPovertyNZ
2017/02 – Letter to the Minister on New Zealand King Salmon
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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
2017/01 – TacklingPovertyNZ 2016 Tour: Methodology, results and observations
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February 2017
Background to Project TacklingPovertyNZ
2016/03 – History of education in New Zealand
Freya Tearney, December 2016
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Background to Project TalentNZ
2016/02 – New Zealand King Salmon: A financial perspective
July 2016
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Background to Project OneOceanNZ
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
Wendy McGuinness and Madeleine Foreman, November 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/09 – Profiles Scoring Government Department Strategies in Operation as at 30 June 2015
Wendy McGuinness and Madeleine Foreman, November 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
Wendy McGuinness and Madeleine Foreman, November 2015
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Background to Project StrategyNZ
2015/07 – List of Government Department Strategies Between 1 July 1994 and 30 June 2015
Wendy McGuinness and Madeleine Foreman, October 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
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
2011/10 – 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
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
2011/07 – Evaluating the Biodiversity 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
2011/06 – Evaluating the Fisheries and Aquaculture 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
2011/05 – Evaluating the Water Resource 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
2011/04 – 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
Mahina-a-rangi Baker, November 2009
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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
