Library

The Library was established in October 2009.

The library and archive house publications on New Zealand’s future-thinking initiatives and historical development, the theory and practice of future-thinking, strategy development, and national and international perspectives.

The Institute believes that New Zealand’s future must build on its past and this is why our library, in all its forms, is so important to us. The library has reached over 5000 books and publications and counting.

Opening hours

The library is open to the public, Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm.
To make an appointment, enquiries@mcguinnessinstitute.org
or phone +64 4 499 8888.

Location

The McGuinness Institute office,
Level 1A, 15 Allen St, Wellington.

Our collections

A: Gold collection

This collection contains old, rare or unique New Zealand publications on a range of topics. Most of this material can be found on our online catalogue and is available on request. These publications cannot leave the premises.

Antarctica (ANZ)
Colin Radford Journal (CRJ)
Colin Radford Digital Media (CRM)
Environmental Science (ENVS)
Global (GLO)
James K. Baxter (JKB)
Katherine Mansfield (KMF)
Legislation [incl. land rights] (LEG)
Māori History (MAOH)
Maps and Discoveries [exploration and voyages] (M&D)
Marlborough Sounds (MBS)
Miscellaneous Documents [incl. Articles/Music/Newspapers etc.]
New Zealand History (NZHIS)
Poetry (POE)

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B: Silver collection

These publications are kept in the James Duncan Reference Library and cannot leave the premises. They are searchable on our online catalogue and are accessible from the library. Soft copies are available on request.

• Australian Prime Ministers (PAU)
• Commission for the Future (CFTF)
• Energy (ENG)
• Foresight New Zealand (FNZ)
• Journals (JOU)
• Māori History (MNZ)
• New Zealand Government & Ministries publications (GM)
• New Zealand History [incl. James Cook] (HNZ)
• New Zealand Planning Council (PC)
• New Zealand Prime Ministers (PNZ)
• Other New Zealand publications (ONZ)
• Other publications [not published in New Zealand] (OTH)
• Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE)
• United Kingdom Prime Ministers (PUK)
• United State Presidents (PUSA)

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The Commission for the Future publications in PDF can be found on the table below.

An asterisk (*) indicates publications the McGuinness Institute does not currently have in it’s library.

Order	Date	Prepared for	Title	Author(s)
1.	1977	N/A	Submission to the Royal Commission on Nuclear Power*	N/A
2.	1977	N/A	Report on the First Year of Work*	N/A
3.	March/April 1977	Commission for the Future	Report on the Commission's Seminar on Forecasting techniques	Commission for the Future
4.	1978	N/A	New Zealand Futures Game	Scott, G.
5.	1978	N/A	A Programme of Future Studies	Commission for the Future
6.	May 1978	Commission for the Future	Social Processes in New Zealand’s Future: The Relevance of European Models	Pitt, D.
7.	June 1978	Commission for the Future	New Zealand's Future Begins Today	Thomas, D. O.
8.	July/August 1978	Commission for the Future	New Zealand in World Society: Towards the Year 2000	Rankin, P.
9.	September 1978	N/A	The Social Aspects of Development in New Zealand	Duncan, F. J.
10.	1979	N/A	Improving New Zealand's Democracy	Hoadley, J. S.
11.	1979	N/A	Future Technology*	Technological Working Party and DSIR
12.	1979	Commission for the Future	A Question of Priorities: New Zealanders in Conversation about the Future	Phillips, P
13.	1979	Commission for the Future	International Relations Opportunities	Parker, A.
14.	1979	Commission for the Future	Resources & Technology Sustainability	Hunt, D.
15.	1979	Commission for the Future	Societies in Change: A Question of Scale	Zepke, N.
16.	1979	Commission for the Future	Work and The Microprocessor	Duncan, J. F.
17.	March 1979	Commission for the Future	The Electronics Age	Williams, W. R.
18.	October 1979	Commission for the Future	Interfutures - A Research Project on The Future Development of Advanced Industrial Societies in Harmony with that of Developing Countries	Duncan, J. F.
19.	October 1979	Commission for the Future	Towards the Year 2000 in Education	Renwick, W. L.
20.	October 1979	Commission for the Future	Goals of New Zealanders	Zepke, N. and Robinson, J.
21.	November 1979	Commission for the Future	Some Visions of the Future World	Robinson, J.
22.	December 1979	Commission for the Future	Commission for Future: Response to Change	McGill, I.
23.	1980	N/A	Trends into the Future, Report No. CFFR 1/80*	Robinson, J
24.	May 1980	Commission for the Future	New Zealand in the Future World Food Economy	Ojala, E.M.
25.	May 1980	N/A	New Zealand and the Future World*	Ojala, E. M.
26.	June 1980	Commission for the Future	Alternative Energy Technologies in New Zealand	Isaacs, N.
27.	October 1980	Commission for the Future	Some Economic Implications of Social Change in New Zealand	Duncan, J.F., Ojala, E. M., Philpott, B. P. and Thompson, G. J.
28.	October 1980	Commission for the Future	Fast-Track Self-Sufficiency: An Alternative Energy Plan	Preddey, G. F.
29.	October 1980	Commission for the Future	Attitudes to the Future	Murphy, B. D.
30.	November 1980	N/A	Network New Zealand Working Papers: 1. Towards a Communications and Information Policy in New Zealand	Harpham, M.
31.	1981	Commission for the Future	Contexts for Development - Clarifying Values	Zepke, N., Harpham, M., Barret, M., Niven, M. and Wilkins, P.
32.	February 1981	N/A	Network New Zealand Working Papers: 9. Space Satellite Distribution	Van Valkenburg, G.
33.	February 1981	Commission for the Future	Economic Aspects of the Commission for the Future's Scenarios of 2010	Philpott, B., Stroombergen, A. and Burnell, S.
34.	April 1981	Professor Yehezkel Dror (OECD)	The Commission for the Future: A Case Study	Hunn, M.
35.	May 1981	N/A	Network New Zealand Working Papers: 2. Information Occupations: The New Dominant in the NZ Work Force	Conway, M.
36.	June 1981	Commission for the Future	Report on New Zealand Televote	Becker, T., Clement, A., McRobie, T. and Murphy, B.
37.	June 1981	Commission for the Future	Trade Pattern Scenarios investigated by SARUM	Robinson, J.
38.	July 1981	N/A	Network New Zealand Working Papers: 3. Communications Needs and Rights; Communications in the Four NZ Contexts	Harpham, P., Keir, M., Moriarty, G. and Van Valkenburg, G.
39.	July 1981	N/A	Network New Zealand Working Papers: 4. Communications to the Year 2010: Some Social, Political and Economic Issues	Keir, M.
40.	July 1981	N/A	Network New Zealand Working Papers: 5. Computer Communications and Information Services	Harpham, P. W.
41.	July 1981	N/A	Network New Zealand Working Papers: 6. The Future of Broadcasting and Frequency Spectrum Usage in New Zealand	Moriarty, G. E.
42.	July 1981	N/A	Network New Zealand Working Papers: 7. The New Zealand Daily Newspaper: An Endangered species	Conway, M.
43.	July 1981	N/A	Network New Zealand Working Papers: 8. Point-to-point Communication in New Zealand over the Next 30 years	Moriarty, J. P.
44.	August 1981	Commission for the Future	Supplement to: The New Zealand Daily Newspaper: An Endangered Species	Conway, M.
45.	August 1981	Commission for the Future	Network New Zealand: Communications in the Future	Moriarty, G., Harpham, P.W., Keir, M., Moriarty, J.P. and Van Valkenburg, G.
46.	September 1981	Commission for the Future	Future Contingencies: 1. Natural Disaster	Preddey, G. F.
47.	1982	N/A	Communications for Tomorrow's People	Keir, M
48.	March 1982	Commission for the Future	Future Contingencies: 4. Nuclear Disaster	Preddey, G. F., Kjellstrom, T. E., Wilkins, P. C., Williamson, B. R. and Wilson, N. A.
49.	April 1982	Commission for the Future	Future Contingencies: 2. Societal Disaster	Parr, A. R.
50.	October 1982	Victoria University of Wellington	Communications: A Cross Impact Study	Blunt, G. H. L., Chan, R., Duncan, J.F., Mackay, D. K. and Young, S. J.
51.	November 1982	Commission for the Future	Futures Kit	Harpham, M. and McCarthy, T.
52.	N/A	Commission for the Future	Commission for the Future: Information Kit: Where does this Country's Future lie?*	N/A
53.	N/A	N/A	Futurewatch*	Wilkins, P.
54.	N/A	N/A	Chance for Change*	N/A

The New Zealand Planning Council publications in PDF can be found in the table below.

An asterisk (*) indicates publications the McGuinness Institute does not currently have in it’s library.

Order	Date	Title	Author(s)
1.	March 1978	Planning Perspectives 1978 - 1983	Holmes, F., Brash, D., Delamare, A., Drake, C., Gair, G., Guthrie, R., Irvine, R., Lough, N., Mete-Kingi, R., Picot, B., Probine, M., Thompson, T., Vautier, K. and Wilding, P.
2.	June 1978	Income Maintenance and Taxation - Some Options for Reform	Bevin, P., Jack, A. and Jensen, J.
3.	June 1978	Working Together	Picot, B., Drake, C., Thompson, T. and Woods, N.
4.	July 1978	Australian Relationships with New Zealand	Holmes, F.
5.	October 1978	New Zealand and the European Community	Holmes, F., Brash, D., Guthrie, R., Irvine, R., Mete-Kingi, R., Thompson, T., Vautier, K. and Wilding, P.
6.	October 1978	The Future for New Zealand Agriculture	McLean, I.
7.	January 1979	Economic Strategy 1979	Holmes, F., Birch, B., Brash, D., Drake, C., Guthrie, R., Irvine, R., Koopman-Boyden, P., Lough, N., Mete-Kingi, R., Picot, B., Probine, M., Thompson, T., Vautier, K. and Wilding, P.
8.	June 1979	Public Expenditure and it's Financing: 1950 - 1979	Holmes, F., Birch, B., Brash, D., Drake, C., Guthrie, R., Irvine, R., Koopman-Boyden, P., Lough, N., Mete-Kingi, R., Picot, B., Probine, M., Thompson, T., Vautier, K. and Wilding, P.
9.	June 1979	The Welfare State? Social Policy in the 1980s	Holmes, F., Birch, B., Brash, D., Drake, C., Guthrie, R., Irvine, R., Koopman-Boyden, P., Lough, N., Mete-Kingi, R., Picot, B., Probine, M., Thompson, T., Vautier, K. and Wilding, P.
10.	October 1979	Implications of New Energy Developments	Thompson, G., Livesey, C., Macbeth, N. and Holmes, F.
11.	November 1979	The National Development Bill	Holmes, F.
12.	December 1979	Whakatupuranga Rua Mano - Generation 2000: An Experiment on Tribal Development	Winiata, W.
13.	December 1979	Land as Turangawaewae: Ngāti Whatua's Destiny at Orakei*	Kawharu, I. H.
14.	December 1979	He Mātāpuna: Some Māori Perspectives	Mete-Kingi, R., Irvine, R., Marsden, T., Mead, S., Piddington, K., Reedy, T., Royal, T. and Winiata, W.
15.	December 1979	Finding a Pathway to the Future: He Ara ki te Aomaarama	Mead, S. M.
16.	March 1980	New Zealand's Long Term Foreign Trade Problems and Structural Adjustment Policies	Lloyd, P. J & others.
17.	March 1980	Puzzled, Pakeha?: Some Reflections on 'He Mātāpuna'	Piddington, K.
18.	April 1980	Regional Development Objectives and Policies: An Appraisal	Scott, C.D.
19.	April 1980	The Stabilisation Role of Fiscal Policy	Deane, R. S. and Smith, R. G.
20.	April 1980	Planning and the Region - A Memorandum for Ministers	Vautier, K., Densem, G., Douglass, M., Fischer, P., Guthrie, R., Holmes, F., Piddington, K and Scott, C. D.
21.	June 1980	Investment Issues	Brash, D. T., Holmes, F., Smith, B. and Thompson, G.
22.	July 1980	Migrants and their Motives	Barrington, R. and Davey, J.
23.	December 1980	Employment: Towards an Active Employment Policy	Guthrie, R., Livesey, C., Palmer, P., Pearce, L., Picot, B. and Turkington, D.
24.	October 1980	Forecasting the Economy in the Eighties	Haywood, E.
25.	April 1981	Directions	Holmes, F.
26.	May 1981	Measuring the Cost of Government Services	Ball, I.
27.	June 1981	An Agenda For Tax Reform	Jefferies, P., Thompson, G. and Snively, S.
28.	July 1981	The New Zealand Planning Council: A Case Study	Fischer, P.
29.	December 1981	Taxing Issues	Jefferies, P., Snively, S. and Thompson, G.
30.	March 1982	Who Makes Social Policy	Koopman-Boyden, P., Davey, J. and Elworthy, J.
31.	March 1982	The Welfare State?*	N/A
32.	March 1982	National and Sectoral Development: A Framework for Discussion	Haywood, E., Philpott, B. and Rankin, P.
33.	May 1982	Economic Trends And Policies	Schmitt, G. J., Hawke, G. R., Low, A. and Ross, B. J.
34.	June 1982	Government in the New Zealand Economy	Hawke, G. R.
35.	July 1982	Nga Whakaaro	Waitai, R.
36.	September 1982	Rural Change - Farming and the Rural Community in the 1970s	Little, H., Ansell, G. K., Fischer, P., Rankin, P. J., Johnson, R. W. M., Taylor, N., Ojala, E. M. and Maughan, C. W.
37.	September 1982	Dimensions of the Public Sector, 1960 - 1981	Pope, M. J.
38.	September 1982	The Public Sector - An Overview	Vautier, K., Holmes, F., Lang, H., Probine, M. and Ansell, G.
39.	September 1982	The State in Business	Johnston, J. and Tunzelmann, A.
40.	March 1983	Issues In Equity	Davey, J. and Koopman-Boyden, P.
41.	December 1983	Foreign Exchange Constraints, Export Growth and Overseas Debt	Blyth, C. A., Hawke, G. R. and Smythe, D. E.
42.	December 1983	Towards 1990: Patterns of National & Sectoral Development	Haywood E., Rose, D. and Stroombergen, A.
43.	February 1984	The New Zealand Population: Patterns of Change	Koopman-Boyden, P., Bedford, R., Evans, S., Jones, A., Lowe, J., O'Neill, J., Papps, T., Pool, I. and Poot, J.
44.	April 1984	Meeting Needs In The Community: A Discussion Paper On Social Services	Davey, J. and Dwyer, M.
45.	June 1984	New Zealand Foreign Policy: Choices, Challenges and Opportunities	Rankin, P.
46.	July 1984	The Government Deficit and the Economy	Blyth, C. A., Hawke, G. R. and Smythe, D. E.
47.	September 1984	Strategy For Growth	Blyth, C. A., Hawke, G. R. and Smythe, D. E.
48.	October 1984	Paternalism or Partnership? Central Government's Administrative Attitude to Local Government	Sowman, R.
49.	November 1984	Towards A Strategy For New Zealand Agriculture	Woods, R., Graham, K. and Rankin, P.
50.	February 1985	The New Zealand Population: Contemporary Trends and Issues	Kirk, A., Bedford, R., Farmer, R., Hyman, P., Lowe, J., O'Niell, J., Papps, T., Pool, I. and Poot, J.
51.	February 1985	Employment and the Economy	Rose, D.
52.	February 1985	Self Employment and Small Business	Dwyer, M., Rose, D. and Sowman, R.
53.	March 1985	Young People, Education and Employment	Catherwood, V.
54.	April 1985	The Foreign Exchange Market	Hawke, G. R., Blyth, C. A. and Smythe, D. E.
55.	July 1985	From Birth to Death	Koopman-Boyden, P., Scott, D., Abbott, M., Brown, P., Chetwynd, J., Haigh, D. and Williams, A.
56.	September 1985	The Regulated Economy	Hawke, G. R., Blyth, C. A. and Smythe, D. E.
57.	October 1985	Is Farm Support the Answer? A Policy Backgrounder	Rankin, P. J. and Woods, N. R.
58.	December 1985	The New Zealand Population: Trends and Their Policy Implications 1985	Douglas, I., Bedford, R., Farmer, R., Khawaja, M., Lowe, J., O'Niell, J., Pool, I. and Poot, J.
59.	February 1986	A Macro-Economic Model and Scenarios to 1995	Haywood, E. and Cavana, R. Y.
60.	April 1986	Part-Time Work in New Zealand	Clark, A.
61.	April 1986	A Review of The Foreign Exchange Market And Exchange Rate Developments	Hawke, G. R., Ross, B. J. and Smythe, D. E.
62.	June 1986	Labour Market Flexibility	Hawke, G. R., Ross, B. J., and Smythe, D. E.
63.	July 1986	Towards 1995: Patterns of National and Sectoral Development*	The National Sectoral Working Group
64.	August 1986	Income Support for Young People	Ferguson, D.
65.	October 1986	Voluntary Social Services: A Review of Funding	Driver, S. and Robinson, D.
66.	September 1986	Economic Modelling in New Zealand - Proceedings of a Seminar	Silverstone, B. and Wells, G.
67.	December 1986	The New Zealand Population: Change, Composition and Policy Implications	Koopman-Boyden, P., Bedford, R., Farmer, R., Khawaja, M., Lowe, J., Neville, W., Pool, I. and Poot, J.
68.	February 1987	Social Policy Options	Davey, J. A.
69.	March 1987	Māori Land	Asher, G. and Naulls, D.
70.	May 1987	Tracking Down the Deficit	Webber, D.
71.	June 1987	Care and Control: The Role of Institutions in New Zealand	Craig, T. and Mills, M.
72.	July 1987	1981/82 Government Budget and Household Income Distribution*	Snively, S.
73.	August 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War	Green, W., Cairns, T. and Wright, J.
74.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 1a The likelihood of nuclear war; 1b Study assumptions	The study team
75.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 2 Impacts on New Zealand's climate and growing season	Mullan, A. and Salinger, M.
76.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 3 Impacts on New Zealand's natural environment	Brockie, B.
77.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 4 Meeting New Zealand's food needs	Hunt, D.
78.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 5 Effects of electromagnetic pulse on power and communications	Coates, G.
79.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 6 Impacts on energy systems in New Zealand	Fitzsimons, J.
80.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 7 Impacts on communications systems in New Zealand	Wright, J., Tiffin, J. and Whale, H.
81.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 8 Disruptions to transport systems in New Zealand	Wright, J.
82.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 9 Radiation effects on the environment and people	Roberts, P.
83.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 10 Impacts on health and the health care system in New Zealand	Kitchin, P.
84.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 11 Human responses to disaster – a review	Britton, N.
85.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 12 The impact on New Zealand society	Wylie, C.
86.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 13 Impacts on New Zealand's urban systems	Haigh, D.
87.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 14 Government agencies for control and recovery in New Zealand	Mitchell, J.
88.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 15 Policy options and planning approaches for the NZ government	A working party
89.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 16 Initial impacts on New Zealand's financial sector	Rankin, P. and Tompkinson, P.
90.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 17 Initial disruptions to trade and employment in New Zealand	Makin, K. and Gillman, C.
91.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 18 International migration to New Zealand	Wright, J.
92.	September 1987	New Zealand After Nuclear War: The Background Papers; 19 Implications for links with South Pacific countries	Clark, K. and Small, D.
93.	June 1988	Our Education and Training Choices – Post Compulsory Education and Training in New Zealand	Haines, L.
94.	September 1988	Overseas Debt - An Assessment	Webber, D.
95.	September 1988	Pākehā Perspectives on the Treaty: Proceedings from the Planning Council Seminar	Elworthy, P., Orange, C., Blanchard, P. and O'Regan, T.
96.	1988	Prospects: Economic and Sectoral Trends to 1997	Rose, D., Callister, P., Cavana, B., Garrett, R., Duncan. I., Gordon, R., Balfour, H., Haywood, E., Hawke, G., Philpott, B., Rankin, P. and Stroombergen, A.
97.	March 1989	From Birth to Death ll: The Second Overview Report	Davey, J. and Mills, M.
98.	April 1989	Diversity and Change: Regional Populations in New Zealand	Bedford, R., Farmer, R., Khawaja, M., Lowe, J., Neville, W., Pool, I. and Poot, J.
99.	July 1989	The Economy in Transition: Restructuring to 1989	Rayner, T., Hawke, G. and Tapper, M.
100.	August 1989	Implications for Māori Development: Economic and Sectoral Trends to 1997	Callister, P.
101.	1989	Māori Information Papers – Paper 1: The Population	Brown, D., Wallace, D. and Reedy, T.
102.	1989	Māori Information Papers – Paper 2: Social Issues	Mills, M., Wallace, D. and Reedy, T.
103.	1989	Māori Information Papers – Paper 3: The New Economy	Callister, P., Haines, L., Wallace, D. and Reedy, T.
104.	1989	Māori information Papers – Paper 4: Youth	Mills, M., Wallace, D. and Reedy, T.
105.	September 1989	Social Policy and Inequality in Australia and New Zealand: Proceedings of Joint Conference with Social Welfare Research Committee	Saunders, P. and Jamrozik, A.
106.	October 1989	What Creates New Jobs?	Callister, P.
107.	December 1989	Work Today: Employment Trends to 1989	Haines, L.
108.	1989	The Treaty of Waitangi: A Framework for Resource Management Law	Boast, R. P.
109.	April 1990	The Fully Employed High Income Society	Rose, D.
110.	April 1990	Tomorrow's Skills	Callister, P.
111.	April 1990	Did you say sustainable full employment at high wages?	Rose, D.
112.	May 1990	The Australian Māori Population: Patterns of Change*	Lowe, J.
113.	May 1990	Labour Market Adaptability: Seminar Papers	Haines, L., Harbridge, R., Rose, D., Clark, M. and O'Dea, D.
114.	July 1990	At The Grassroots: Community Responses to Unemployment	Boswell, K., Brown, D., Maniapoto, J. and Kruger, T.
115.	August 1990	Puna Wairere: Essays by Māori	Durie, E., Williams, J., Herbert, G., Paratene, R., Smith, L. and Ratahi, D.
116.	September 1990	Where to Now? New Zealand in the 1990s	Davey, J. A. and Westaway, J.
117.	November 1990	Who Gets What? The Distribution of Income and Wealth in New Zealand	Snively, S., Kupenga, V., Nepe, T., Rashbrooke, G., Stephens, B. and Stott, H
118.	January 1991	Tomorrow's Skills (Revised Edition)	Callister, P. and Haines, L.
119.	May 1991	Curriculum: Core or Corset? Community and Business views	Smith, M., Huntington, K., Smith, L. T., Gawith, G., Callister, S., Currie, G., Owen, B., McLeay, C., McKay, F. and Penetito, W.
120.	June 1991	Expanding our Horizons: New Zealand in the Global Economy	Callister, P.
121.	July 1991	Making a Market for Energy Efficiency	Terry, S.
122.	July 1991	On the Move: Migration and Population - Trends and Policies	Bedford, R., Hyman, P., Khawaja, M., Lowe, J., Mako, C., Neville, W., Pool, I. and Sceats, J.
123.	August 1991	Small Business is Big Business	Haines, L.
124.	September 1991	Supplement To On the Move: Migration and Population - Trends and Policies	Lowe, J.

C: Bronze collection

This collection contains books published after the year 2000 and covers a range of topics. These books are not catalogued (and are therefore not on Librarything).

About the library

Named after the former Chair of the Commission for the Future, Professor James Duncan (1921–2001), the James Duncan Reference Library was established to provide a record of long-term thinking in New Zealand.

Professor Duncan, his team, and his book Options for New Zealand’s Future were major inspirations in the initial stages of the Institute’s Project 2058. The library collection has evolved as the McGuinness Institute has grown. We hope that the library will prove to be a valuable resource in its own right for those interested in thinking about New Zealand’s long-term future.

The major focus of the collection relates to New Zealand Futures Thinking. Publications from the Commission for the Future, Futures Thinking Aotearoa and the New Zealand Planning Council form the core of this collection.

As well as the New Zealand Futures Thinking collection, there are also collections focusing on the work of international future thinkers and scenario planners, New Zealand history and society, books with a Māori focus, and a diverse collection of reference and general materials from New Zealand and around the world.

Donors

The McGuinness Institute would like to acknowledge the following individuals and groups, who have loaned or donated material to the library: Paul Corliss, Jennifer Coote, Yvonne Curtis, Judith Davey, Perrine Gilkison, Myra Harpham, Niki Lomax, NZ Futures Trust, Geoffrey Palmer, Jessica Prendergast, Betty Radford, Peter Rankin, Hayley Vujcich and Isabel White.

Professor James Duncan
Former Chair of the Commission for the Future