by admin | Apr 23, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
We’ve been thinking a lot about civics education at the Institute this week and it reminded us of this fantastic TED talk. Be inspired as US primary school teacher John Hunter explains how his ‘World Peace Game’ empowered fourth graders so solve all...
by admin | Apr 10, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
The latest volume of the New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law (2012 10 NZJPIL) has a distinctly EmpowerNZ theme, with a copy of the workshop’s draft Constitution featured at the end of the journal. Accompanying the draft Constitution is a description by...
by admin | Apr 8, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
Within the many conversations members of the Institute overhear around political, policy and constitutional issues, one commonly voiced sentiment is the frustration of New Zealanders over the lack of learning that takes place in our curriculum around civics and the...
by admin | Feb 27, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
“It might be a warm korero or a prickly korero, but what we’ve got to do is keep the korero going,” was one of TV Personality Pio Terei’s opening statements during the launch of The Constitutional Conversation website, which will form the major platform for the...
by Wendy McGuinness | Feb 20, 2013 | Project CivicsNZ
What are your aspirations for Aotearoa New Zealand? How do you want our country to be run in the future? Next week, the Constitutional Advisory Panel will officially launch their engagement website The Constitution Conversation. The public is invited to join the Panel...
