Posts tagged "democracy"
The last chance to enrol is today. You can’t enrol on election day.

The last chance to enrol is today. You can’t enrol on election day.

Well, we are finally here. This is just a quick final post to share with you what a friend just told me his mum told him years ago – ‘you must vote out of respect for your ancestors who fought and often died in order that you could vote.’ Today is the last day to...
On the Fence - Voter Engagement

On the Fence – Voter Engagement

This is the first in series of blogs looking at voter engagement in the run up to the 2020 National Election next month. Our first focus is the online voter questionnaire On the Fence, launched at Massey University, Wellington on Friday, 8 August. Since then it has been popping up all over social media, particularly...

Diversity and Democracy

I attended the Futures Thinking Aotearoa lunch forum last week presented by David Bromell, author of Ethnicity, Identity and Public Policy: Critical Perspectives on Multiculturalism. His book is one we came across in research for our latest package of reports, and the talk was very useful. Below are a few notes I took from the presentation. –Steph. Diversity...