Press releases

18.06.2024

This press release announces the publication of Risks hiding in plain sight: Does a commitment under the Paris Agreement to purchase offshore carbon credits create a requirement to report that commitment in the financial statements of the New Zealand Government? 

21.09.2023

This press release announces the formal resolution of appeals against the Blue Endeavour consent.

21.03.2023

This press release announces the launch of COVID-19 Nation Dates: A timeline of significant events in Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 pandemic (first edition).

This press release includes research we have undertaken on coalition, confidence and supply and co-operation agreements since 1996 and a detailed ‘progress report – three years in’ of the two 2017 agreements.

This press release announces the Institute’s workshops in Auckland and Wellington on implementing the TCFD recommendations as well as our recently published research into climate reporting in New Zealand, Discussion Paper 2019/01 – The Climate Reporting Emergency: A New Zealand case study

This press release announces the publication of the latest research from Project ReportingNZ: ‘Extended External Reporting in New Zealand’.

This press release is a joint statement between the External Reporting Board (XRB) and the Institute, sharing some of the findings from the ‘Extended External Reporting in New Zealand’ research published in March 2018.

This press release discusses the fourth one-day workshop of the TacklingPovertyNZ 2016 Tour in Gisborne on 31 August 2016.

This press release discusses the fifth and sixth one-day workshops of the TacklingPovertyNZ
2016 Tour in the Far North on 15 September 2016 and 16 September 2016.

This media release discusses the second one-day workshop of the TacklingPovertyNZ 2016 Tour in Manawatu on 15 August 2016.

This media release discusses the workshop ForesightNZ: Untangling New Zealand’s long-term future on 27–29 April 2016.

This media release discusses the upcoming tour, which begins in Queenstown on 29 March 2016.

This press release discusses the one-dayTacklingPovertyNZ Workshop in Queenstown on 29 March 2016.

This media release discusses the publication of Think Piece 22: Proposal for the Creation of an Oceans Institution on Friday, 13 November 2015.

This press release discusses the workshop TacklingPovertyNZ: Exploring ways to reduce poverty in New Zealand on 6–9 December 2015.

This media release discusses the release of Report 10: Principles for the stewardship of a healthy and productive ocean.

This media release discusses the launch of theTalentNZ Menu of Initiatives publication and website held at the NZX on Wednesday, 11 June 2014.

McGuinness Institute’s latest report assesses 40 years of GM public policy in New Zealand and concludes there is more work to do

TalentNZ builds on Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision: creating a place where talent wants to live

Following the success of the EmpowerNZ: Drafting a Constitution for the 21st Century workshop late last year, the Institute is inviting the participants to come together to finish the task.

The McGuinness Institute announces Charlotte Greenfield and Darren Zhang as recipients of the Sir Paul Callaghan Science Meets Humanities Scholarship.

The McGuinness Institute announces the release of Report 14 which documents and reflects on the EmpowerNZ workshop. Photos and captions can be found here.

The McGuinness Institute announces its workshop LongTermNZ: Taking a long term position on the future, 09–14 December 2012

The McGuinness Institute commends the Government’s decision to name the Advanced Technology Institute after Sir Paul.

The McGuinness Institute commemorates the success of Sir Paul Callaghan’s presentation at StrategyNZ in March 2011 with the release of six new videos.

The McGuinness Institute is remembering Sir Paul Callaghan as ‘a truly great New Zealand leader with a strong vision for the future of New Zealand’.

McGuinness Institute presents first publication under new name.

6.09.11

With the aim of inspiring New Zealanders to think about our long-term future, and to provide optimism for the way forward, Nation Dates will proudly be launched on Tuesday 6 September at Unity Books Wellington.

16.11.11

The EmpowerNZ website is launched today as part of the Sustainable Future Institute’s Project Constitutional Review.

The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) was supposedly redesigning itself as Fit for the Future, yet have decided to disband the Sustainable Development Reporting Committee (SDRC).

The Sustainable Future Institute congratulates the Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) on announcing the formation of the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC).

The Institute is concerned about the procedural limitations surrounding public notifications as evidenced on the Electoral Referendum Bill.

21.10.09

Today the Sustainable Future Institute opens the doors of its new James Duncan Reference Library, established to provide a record of long-term thinking in New Zealand.

The latest report from Sustainable Future Institute uses scenarios to clearly set out four different paths for New Zealand.

28.10.08

With the election upon us, now is the time for New Zealanders to develop a national strategy, not because we have to, but because we want what it can deliver.

The partnership between central and local government towards building a sustainable nation is at present ‘messy’ and ‘clumsy’, according to latest research from Sustainable Future Institute.

The first report from an ambitious research project looking at how New Zealand may look 50 years into the future have just been released, highlighting the lack of a commitment by the Government to a National Sustainable Development Strategy.