Prime Minister’s 2018 Summer Reading List

Prime Minister’s 2018 Summer Reading List

The books we have selected for the ‘Prime Minister’s 2018 summer reading list’ denotes the tools, ideas and/or skills we think the Prime Minister of New Zealand might find useful next year. Three high-level ideas shape the books we have selected: Idea 1:...
EDS Conference 2017: Tipping Points

EDS Conference 2017: Tipping Points

On 9 and 10 August 2017 Nicholas Shackleton (intern at the Institute) attended the Environmental Defence Society’s annual conference, titled ‘Tipping Points’ for 2017. Topics including terrestrial habitats, farming, marine habitats, fishing and policy were all covered...
What Next?

What Next?

From 11 June to 15 June Wendy was part of a panel of futurists on the TVNZ show What Next? hosted by John Campbell and Nigel Latta. The show included live viewer voting on key questions and issues, with results displayed in real time and post-show interviews streamed...
Prime Minister’s 2017 Summer Reading List

Prime Minister’s 2017 Summer Reading List

SCITILOP 2016 – the year politics was written back to front    The readjustment that is taking place across the democratic world has been astonishing. For those sitting at the bottom of the planet, it has been like watching giant dominos falling, hearing the sound...
McGuinness Institute Newsletter Issue 17 out now!

McGuinness Institute Newsletter Issue 17 out now!

This newsletter shares our updated work programme, giving you a summary of what we have been doing since our last newsletter in February 2016 and detailing what we hope to achieve before the end of the year. Issue 17 also announces the launch of our new McGuinness...