by admin | May 25, 2017 | Project CivicsNZ
On the evening of Wednesday 17 May a diverse group of forty individuals gathered at the McGuinness Institute office to workshop the idea of a civics strategy in New Zealand. The purpose of the event was to explore the current state of civics and citizenship education...
by admin | May 25, 2017 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
Earlier this year the McGuinness Institute engaged Conal Smith to prepare an independent reflection on the 2016 TacklingPovertyNZ regional workshops. We are now pleased to announce the publication of Think Piece 26 – Doing Something About Poverty in New Zealand. The...
by admin | May 16, 2017 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
The McGuinness Institute was invited to speak on Friday 12 May to discuss the results of the 2016 TacklingPovertyNZ tour at the 2017 Community Boards Conference. The session presented Working Paper 2017/01 – Tackling PovertyNZ Tour: Methodology, results and...
by admin | Apr 13, 2017 | Project CivicsNZ
Tuesday 11 April saw the launch of Max Harris’s book The New Zealand Project at the Royal Society of New Zealand. The launch featured Harris in conversation with Māmari Stephens, discussing his ideas. One of Harris’s key goals for the book is to get people in a...
by admin | Apr 11, 2017 | Project StrategyNZ
On Tuesday 4 April the McGuinness Institute held a workshop for the Tasman District Council at the Headingly Centre in Richmond. We were invited to run a strategic planning day focusing on their long-term plan document. The document, which is required to be produced...