Monthly archive November, 2011

Time to Treat our Constitution as a Blank Canvas – www.EmpowerNZ.co.nz Project Launch

www.EmpowerNZ.co.nz Project Launch Today is three years since the Relationship and Confidence and Supply Agreement between the National Party and the Māori Party (16 November 2008) agreed to establish a group to consider constitutional issues, including Māori representation. The EmpowerNZ website is launched today as part of the Sustainable Future Institute’s Project Constitutional Review. This website...

New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute presentation tonight

This evening the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute will host a presentation at Victoria University on climate change and the opportunities for New Zealand’s economy: ‘Preparing for White  Swans: Climate Change and opportunities for the economy’. The concept of the ‘black swan’, popularized during the global financial crisis, refers to events that are highly...