by admin | May 7, 2013 | Workshop 2012 LongTermNZ
Last month the participants from LongTermNZ reconvened in Wellington to put together a short presentation for the staff at the Treasury. The video of that presentation is now on our YouTube channel. The participants did a fantastic job and we’re glad we can now...
by admin | Apr 23, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
We’ve been thinking a lot about civics education at the Institute this week and it reminded us of this fantastic TED talk. Be inspired as US primary school teacher John Hunter explains how his ‘World Peace Game’ empowered fourth graders so solve all...
by admin | Apr 10, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
The latest volume of the New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law (2012 10 NZJPIL) has a distinctly EmpowerNZ theme, with a copy of the workshop’s draft Constitution featured at the end of the journal. Accompanying the draft Constitution is a description by...
by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
Within the many conversations members of the Institute overhear around political, policy and constitutional issues, one commonly voiced sentiment is the frustration of New Zealanders over the lack of learning that takes place in our curriculum around civics and the...
by admin | Apr 3, 2013 | Workshop 2012 LongTermNZ
Thirteen of the LongTermNZ participants reconvened today to make a follow up presentation to the Treasury on the youth perspective of NZ’s long term fiscal policy. Over muesli and coffee, we kicked off by brainstorming key elements that had stuck with us in the months...
