Many questions remain unanswered in New Zealand King Salmon case
Today the McGuinness Institute issued a media release announcing the publication of Working Paper 2013/01: Notes on the New Zealand King Salmon Decision. The release also raises five key questions we believe remain unanswered following the Board of Inquiry hearing into the New Zealand King Salmon proposal. See below for full media release. MCGUINNESS...
Sir Paul Callaghan Science Meets Humanities Scholarship recipients
Sir Paul Callaghan’s vision of New Zealand as ‘a place where talent wants to live’ will be developed by two young scholars. To mark the anniversary of Sir Paul’s death on 24 March 2012, the we have announced today that Charlotte Greenfield and Darren Zhang are the joint winners of the Sir Paul Callaghan Science...
Paul Callaghan: Luminous Moments
Today Bridget Williams Books (BWB) launched the new BWB Text series of short digital books bringing together the best of the past, present and future of thought in New Zealand. The first of the series to be released is Paul Callaghan: Luminous Moments: Selected writing and speeches by Paul Callaghan. This book is filled with...
New Zealand King Salmon: Was it a good decision for New Zealand?
On 22 February 2013, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) published the Board of Inquiry’s final report and decision on New Zealand King Salmon’s (NZKS) application to establish nine new salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds. The Board approved four of the nine farms, with conditions. This means up to 19,000 tonnes per annum of additional...
Book Review: Antifragile
Antifragile author Nassim Nicholas Taleb (image sourced from The Sunday Times) Have you found the book Antifragile yet? It’s worthwhile tracking one down even if it’s simply to read the prologue. Nassim Nicholas Taleb (the author) previously wrote The Black Swan. He is trying to understand how to best position oneself, an organisation (or even a...
Constitutional Advisory Panel at Te Papa
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 at Te Marae, Te Papa, 11.30am – 2.00pm on Tuesday 26 February....
Show your support for Team Paul Callaghan
This March friends, family, and colleagues of the late Sir Paul Callaghan will be participating in the Cancer Society’s Relay For Life in Wellington. You can show your support by buying a Team Paul Callaghan t-shirt, or by making a donation. John Trail, Head of Sales and Marketing at Magritek and one of Sir Paul...
‘She’ll be Right – Yeah Right’ Seminar
Last week I attended the Kensington Swan Business Ethics Seminar ‘She’ll be right – Yeah Right: Managing risk and reputation in today’s market.’ Keynote presenter Philippa Foster Back, OBE, Director of the UK-based Institute of Business Ethics, spoke about the latest global trends, successes and high-profile failures in business ethics. Following on from Philippa, Kensington...
Science Meets Humanities Scholarship Programme Announced
Since July 2011 the Institute has engaged in discussions with some of New Zealand’s deepest thinkers on how best to propel New Zealand forward. Think Piece 15: The Magical place where Science and Humanities meet reflects these discussions. The Think Piece identifies ways we might best make New Zealand, as the late Sir Paul Callaghan...
A Bit of Excitement for Friday night!
Sam Morgan founded Trade Me and is involved in a series of philanthropic projects in Africa. Sam spent two hours with the participants of the LongTermNZ workshop in December 2012. His thoughts and ideas resonated with us all, so much so we thought you might like to sit down over the weekend and be challenged,...
Te Papa Treaty Debates Series begins!
Last night’s Te Papa first Treaty debate was a night to remember; special thanks must go to Dame Dr Claudia Orange for making it happen. Most interesting to me was the speakers’ different approaches to constitutional reform. Matthew Palmer discussed reform from a legal perspective – suggesting ways to improve the current system by removing...
Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List
We have really enjoyed the annual Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister released by Australian think tank, the Grattan Institute – so much so that we have decided to emulate their model across the ditch. We have designed this list to capture key issues that we think will be important for New Zealand in...
