by admin | Feb 28, 2017 | Project CivicsNZ
Tomorrow marks a year since Dr Ranginui Walker passed away. His engagement with cultural politics will continue to shape civics in New Zealand. Throughout his academic career, Dr Walker published 12 books on Māori activism, education and the politics of culture. Dr...
by admin | May 17, 2016 | Project CivicsNZ
Sally Hett and Wendy McGuinness contributed an article titled Cīvitās: Aligning technological and sociological transformation to the May 2016 issue of Policy Quarterly. The article is dedicated to the late Dr Ranginui Walker, a member of the Constitutional Advisory...
by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 28, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
A year ago today 50 participants, supported by 8 facilitators and 10 speakers, gathered at parliament and began drafting a constitution for New Zealand ‘fit for the 21st century’. At the completion of this ambitious exercise, the 50 participants became...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 19, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
The window for submitting on the current constitutional review comes to an end this month, so we thought it might be timely to let you know that we are now preparing and co-ordinating submissions both from (A) the Institute and from (B) the EmpowerNZ participants (the...
by admin | Jul 8, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
Last week the Institute had the pleasure of providing twenty EmpowerNZ participants with a space (and a large jar of jelly beans) so that they could work together to draft a submission to the Constitutional Advisory Panel (CAP). Supported by Mihiata Pirini and Marcelo...
