by Wendy McGuinness | Jun 3, 2016 | Project TalentNZ
While at the Teach For All annual conference Wendy took the opportunity to interview Dame Julia Cleverdon. Julia is the co-founder of Step Up To Serve, a UK charity coordinating the #iwill campaign to make social action part of life for 10- to 20-year-olds by 2020....
by Wendy McGuinness | May 25, 2016 | Project ForesightNZ
After an exciting three days at the ForesightNZ workshop last month, and with weeks of busy preparation leading up to the event, I am delighted with the outcome of the workshop. Sophie Peat did a fantastic job as project manager of the workshop – her excellent...
by admin | May 18, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
Felix Drissner-Devine attended a discussion about child poverty in New Zealand with Dr Russell Wills, Children’s Commissioner. The round table discussion was an initiative of the Productivity Commission and was held on Tuesday, 17 May 2016. Felix talks about his...
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 admin | May 10, 2016 | Project ForesightNZ
On the morning of day three of the ForesightNZ workshop, participants headed to the Treasury to present their findings from the workshop to Treasury officials. Participants had worked late into the night on Thursday, refining their ideas about the set...
