by admin | Jul 4, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
A group of 22 participants from last years EmpowerNZ workshop have arrived at the Institute today to begin work on their group submission on the constitutional review. This afternoon the group will be visiting the Constitution Room at Archives New Zealand and then...
by admin | Jun 27, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
As we get deeper into our constitutional korero, it is fitting that we draw on the experiences of other countries especially other democracies with strong constitutional cultures. Our Chief Executive, Wendy McGuinness, has just attended a conference facilitated by the...
by admin | May 17, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
Last night the Institute had the pleasure of attending an event hosted by Megan Salole and her team at ActionStation to launch their new website www.wethepeople.kiwi.nz. “There is a constitutional review taking place in Aotearoa New Zealand. In the past, it has...
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...
