by admin | Jun 29, 2018 | Project CivicsNZ, Project ClimateChangeNZ, Project ForesightNZ, Project OneOceanNZ, Project PublicScienceNZ, Project ReportingNZ, Project StrategyNZ, Project TacklingPovertyNZ, Project TalentNZ
On Tuesday 26 June, 15 Masters in policy and governance students from the University of Canterbury visited the Institute to talk to Wendy about her work in politics, governance and policy. The students were curious and engaged and had prepared a list of questions for...
by admin | Jul 11, 2017 | Project CivicsNZ
The McGuinness Institute is non-partisan but we do have a strong interest in democracy and in having all New Zealanders (especially young New Zealanders) engaged with the political process and sharing their thoughts. For this reason, with the General Election coming...
by admin | Feb 28, 2017 | Project CivicsNZ
Tomorrow marks a year since Dr Ranginui Walker passed away. His engagement with cultural politics will continue to shape civics in New Zealand. Throughout his academic career, Dr Walker published 12 books on Māori activism, education and the politics of culture. Dr...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jun 3, 2016 | Project TalentNZ
While at the Teach For All annual conference Wendy took the opportunity to interview Dame Julia Cleverdon. Julia is the co-founder of Step Up To Serve, a UK charity coordinating the #iwill campaign to make social action part of life for 10- to 20-year-olds by 2020....
by admin | May 17, 2016 | Project CivicsNZ
Sally Hett and Wendy McGuinness contributed an article titled Cīvitās: Aligning technological and sociological transformation to the May 2016 issue of Policy Quarterly. The article is dedicated to the late Dr Ranginui Walker, a member of the Constitutional Advisory...
