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Participants present at the TacklingPovertyNZ finale
At the end of a fast-paced 72 hours, the TacklingPovertyNZ participants presented their findings to MPs and other guests at Parliament on 9 December 2015. They had the floor for one hour, during which time they reported their observations, reflections and proposals...
Max Rashbrooke on how to tackle poverty
Journalist and author, Max Rashbrooke was a speaker on day one of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. His presentation is now available to view on the McGuinness Institute YouTube channel. You can also watch the video below. Max discussed the relationship between a lack...
Tania Tapsell on how to tackle poverty
Councillor Tania Tapsell's (Rotorua District Council) presentation from the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop is now available on the McGuinness Institute YouTube channel. You can also watch the video below. As one of the youngest local government councillors in New Zealand,...
Dame Diane Robertson on the complexities of being poor
Dame Diane Robertson, Auckland City Missioner, was a speaker on day one of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. Dame Diane's presentation is now available on the McGuinness Institute YouTube channel. You can also watch the video below. The McGuinness Institute would like...
Prime Minister’s 2016 Summer Reading List
Welcome to our annual recommended summer reading list for the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Thinking about New Zealand’s long-term future is the overarching purpose of the Institute. It is with this in mind that we have identified the following observations from 2015...
TacklingPovertyNZ Youth Workshops
AboutThe TacklingPovertyNZ youth workshop saw 36 New Zealanders between the ages of 18 and 25 come together in Wellington to articulate a fresh perspective on the issue of poverty in New Zealand and how we might, as a country, go about tackling it. Participants spent...
TacklingPovertyNZ workshop video – A brief insight into the workshop
The TacklingPovertyNZ workshop has come to a close. Over 72 hours, participants engaged with and learnt from policy analysts within the New Zealand Treasury, key people in the wider community and individuals who have experienced poverty first-hand. The discussions...
Farewell to Hannah
Hannah Steiner-Mitchell, our project manager and research analyst, is leaving us for the beautiful streets of Budapest. There, she intends to research her family history, with the goal of writing a book about her grandparents’ lives. Hannah’s grandparents, along with...
Nation Voices essay competition – 5 more days to submit your essay
‘WHAT MAKES A GOOD PRIME MINISTER FOR NEW ZEALAND?’ Submit essay by Friday, 18 December 2015 Results will be announced on Friday, 26 February 2016 Five more days to submit an essay for the Institute's Nation Voices essay competition, which explores the question 'What...
Think Piece 23 – Reflections from the World Future Society conference is now published
In July 2015 Wendy, Sun and I attended the World Future Society (WFS) conference in San Francisco. Think Piece 23: The Future of Talent: Reflections from the World Future Society Conference discusses the opportunities and challenges for New Zealand going forward, with...
TacklingPovertyNZ Workshop – Day 3
Day three of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop saw the participants bringing together their findings from the past 72 hours into an engaging presentation at Parliament. The participants had worked late into the night on Tuesday to build their content for the...
TacklingPovertyNZ Workshop – Day 2
The second day of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop was another challenging day that proved extremely rewarding. The day was filled with speakers who provided plenty of inspiration and new ideas for the participants to work with when developing their presentation to...
TacklingPovertyNZ Workshop – Day 1
The first day of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop was a very busy one, with numerous speakers sharing their knowledge and expertise with the participants and broadening the range of perspectives and ideas in the room. Please note that videos of the day's sessions will...
Government Economic Network Annual Conference 2015: Day one
The Government Economic Network (GEN) held their annual conference in Wellington on Monday, 30 November and Tuesday, 1 December 2015. The McGuinness Institute interns attended the conference with the aim of sharing their insights with the Institute and our community....
TacklingPovertyNZ Pre-Workshop and the ‘Getting to know each other’ questionnaire
The TacklingPovertyNZ workshop officially kicked off at Westpac Stadium on Sunday. The 36 TacklingPovertyNZ participants, who have come to Wellington from all over New Zealand, gathered in the stadium's changing rooms to start getting to know each other and to prepare...
Tim Jackson – Exploring Risk and the Art of Prosperity
During Wendy McGuinness's sabbatical earlier this year, she had the privilege of meeting with Prosperity Without Growth author Tim Jackson to discuss his book, the confronting environmental climate and the poverty/inequality debate. As a precursor to the...
TacklingPovertyNZ: The journey has begun
The TacklingPovertyNZ workshop is under way. As a precursor to the workshop’s formal start on Monday, 7 December 2015, the McGuinness Institute has published a video on our YouTube channel to illustrate one aspect of poverty in New Zealand – relative income poverty....
Connect with TalentNZ
Throughout the month of November, the Institute has showcased the 2013 TalentNZ Journal by featuring one of the 30 kiwis interviewed each day. The Journal features interviews with 30 Kiwis, essays from contributing writers and data with a focus on cities and the...
Nine days to go: TacklingPovertyNZ workshop finale at Parliament
We are pleased to invite you to the finale presentation of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop, which will be held at Parliament on Wednesday, 9 December. To receive a formal invitation, please email us at tacklingpovertynzrsvp@mcguinnessinstitute.org. There is only one...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Graeme Wong
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Two years on, we checked in with Graeme...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Malcolm Webb
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Malcolm Webb's full interview which you can read here. Malcolm...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Catherine Walker
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Catherine Walker's full interview which you can read here....
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Damien Van Brandenburg
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Damien Van Brandenburg’s full...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Frances Valintine
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Frances Valintine's full interview which you can read here. At...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Mike O’Donnell
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Michael O'Donnell’s full...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Dr Patrick Nolan
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Patrick Nolan’s full interview...
The Civics and Media Project Workshop
AboutThe Civics and Media Project is an initiative of Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Auckland, New Zealand On Air, the Royal Society of New Zealand, the McGuinness Institute and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. The purpose of the project is...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Tim Nixon
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Tim Nixon’s full interview which...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Bill Moran
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Bill Moran's full interview which you can read here. Bill joined...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Ocean Mercier
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Ocean Mercier's full interview which you can read here. Ocean is...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Raf Manji
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Raf Manji’s full interview which...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Liz MacPherson
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Liz MacPherson's full interview which you can read here. At the...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Tahu Kukutai
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Tahu Kukutai's full interview which you can read here. Tahu is...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Paul Hansen
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Paul Hansen’s full interview...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Andrew Hamilton
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Andrew Hamilton’s full interview...
The Civics and Media Project Workshop 3 preparation
In preparation for The Civics and Media Project Workshop 3 on Thursday, 19 November 2015, the McGuinness Institute has created slides Exploring print media 1875 – 2015 with the front pages of The Evening Post, The Dominion and The Dominion Post every 15 years on 30...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Jim Flynn
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Jim Flynn’s full interview which...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Janice Feutz
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Janice Feutz’s full interview...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Rod Drury
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Rod Drury's full interview which you can read here. Rod is a...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Roger Dennis
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Roger Dennis’s full interview...
Think Piece 22: Proposal for the Creation of an Oceans Institution is now published!
The Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Think Piece 22: Proposal for the Creation of an Oceans Institution. This think piece suggests that one key building block necessary to deliver robust ocean governance is missing - an oceans institution. This new...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Dave Darling
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Dave Darling's full interview which you can read here. Dave is...
Professor Lionel Carter is presented the 2015 Hutton Medal!
Good news this week, Professor Lionel Carter, a patron of the Institute, was presented with the 2015 Hutton Medal. Lionel advised and wrote the foreword in the One Ocean report, which we published earlier this year. He also continues to guide our work programme on...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Andrew Coy
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Andrew Coy's full interview which you can read here. Andrew is...
The Civics and Media Project: Observations from John Roughan, a participant at Workshop 2
John Roughan, editorial writer and columnist for the New Zealand Herald, and participant at The Civics and Media Project Workshop 2 has shared his observations on news media in 2030 with us. John speaks about the possible implications of no daily news media by 2030...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Kaila Colbin
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Kaila Colbin’s full interview...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Rachel Carrell
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Rachel Carrell’s full interview...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Anna Campbell
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Anna Campbell’s full interview...
2013 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Vicki Buck
It has been two years since the launch of our 2013 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Vicki is someone that likes getting out into the community and making things...
The Civics and Media Project Workshop 2 summary published
The second workshop of The Civics and Media Project was held in Auckland on Tuesday, 27 October 2015. The workshop was hosted by The University of Auckland and saw over 50 people come together to discuss the question ‘What will a well-informed, civically engaged New...