McGuinness Institute hosts Indonesian delegates
The Institute was visited yesterday by the Indonesian Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Antonius Agus Sriyono, along with representatives from the National Resilience Institute of the Republic of Indonesia. It was a pleasure to host our guests who were very interested in learning more about the work of the Institute and about New Zealand society more...
Let the drafting begin!
Today we are starting with a blank canvas. New Zealand is one of the few countries this century to invite citizens to review their nation’s constitution. And to make the most of this rare opportunity, 50 talented young people selected from throughout New Zealand, and from a wide range of backgrounds, have gathered at Parliament...
Future Proofing the State
This week our Chief Executive Wendy is attending the Australia New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) Future Proofing the State Conference at Te Papa. The conference was opened last night with a keynote speech from the Rt. Hon John Key. He discussed how the Government has recently set 10 challenging results for the public sector to...
EmpowerNZ Workshop: Drafting a Constitution for the 21st Century
The McGuinness Institute has been closely following the developments of the current constitutional review. To this end, the Institute welcomes the recent release of the Constitutional Advisory Panel’s Engagement Strategy, and wishes to advise the public of its upcoming workshop – on 28-29 August we will be holding a two-day workshop at Parliament’s Banquet Hall...
Craig Nevill-Manning: Why New Zealand Needs Planes
At the Transit of Venus Forum we were fortunate enough to interview Craig Nevill-Manning, a kiwi computer scientist who founded Google’s first remote engineering centre in New York. In this video he discusses how New Zealand business people benefit tremendously from experiencing the world: ”I think for New Zealand to succeed even more than it does...
One Week Until the Transit of Venus
One week from today, on Wednesday 6th of June, we will have the last opportunity in our lifetime to witness the Transit of Venus. To coincide with this historic event, next week the Royal Society of New Zealand, Victoria University and the MacDiarmid Institute are hosting a national forum on New Zealand’s future – which we...
National Science Challenges
We were pleased to see in the budget yesterday that the Government intends to establish funding ‘for a series of National Science Challenges to find innovative solutions to some of the most fundamental issues New Zealand faces in its future development.’ In our recent report Science Embraced we made a number of observations and recommendations for...
On our funding, our new name and our origin
An article by George Monbiot, titled ‘Secretive thinktanks are crushing our democracy’, was recently brought to our attention by Nick Tucker. The article, published in The Guardian in September 2020, highlights the difficulties of uncovering funding sources for private research institutions engaging in public debate and producing research to influence public policy. Monbiot argues that...
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