by admin | Sep 6, 2017 | Project CivicsNZ
The McGuinness Institute is non-partisan but we do have a strong interest in democracy and in having all New Zealanders (especially young New Zealanders) engaged with the political process and sharing their thoughts. For this reason, with the General Election only...
by admin | Jul 11, 2017 | Project CivicsNZ
The McGuinness Institute is non-partisan but we do have a strong interest in democracy and in having all New Zealanders (especially young New Zealanders) engaged with the political process and sharing their thoughts. For this reason, with the General Election coming...
by admin | May 31, 2017 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
The Institute’s response to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Urban Development Authorities proposal is now available online. In this submission we discuss our concern that the proposal is an attempt to solve problems by further complicating...
by admin | May 25, 2017 | Project CivicsNZ
On the evening of Wednesday 17 May a diverse group of forty individuals gathered at the McGuinness Institute office to workshop the idea of a civics strategy in New Zealand. The purpose of the event was to explore the current state of civics and citizenship education...
by admin | Apr 13, 2017 | Project CivicsNZ
Tuesday 11 April saw the launch of Max Harris’s book The New Zealand Project at the Royal Society of New Zealand. The launch featured Harris in conversation with Māmari Stephens, discussing his ideas. One of Harris’s key goals for the book is to get people in a...