Nation Voices essay competition – Only two more days to submit your essay
Only two more days to submit an essay for the Institute’s Nation Voices essay competition, which explores the question ‘What makes a good prime minister for New Zealand?’ This is an opportunity for a young New Zealander to have their work published in our upcoming book, Nation Voices. Essays should focus on the character, personality and...
The Civics and Media Project: Crowdfunding initiative: PressPatron funding platform
Alex Clark, founder of PressPatron and participant at The Civics and Media Project Workshop 2, has shared his crowdfunding idea as a way forward. Below is Alex Clark’s initiative: A key theme that has emerged throughout the Civics and Media Project workshops, has been the importance of embracing a diverse range of funding sources so that...
Think Piece 23 – Reflections from the World Future Society conference is now published
In July 2020 Wendy, Sun and I attended the World Future Society (WFS) conference in San Francisco. Think Piece 23: The Future of Talent: Reflections from the World Future Society Conference discusses the opportunities and challenges for New Zealand going forward, with a focus on the four major trends that were apparent at the World Future Society conference and...
Nation Voices essay competition – 5 more days to submit your essay
‘WHAT MAKES A GOOD PRIME MINISTER FOR NEW ZEALAND?’ Submit essay by Friday, 18 December 2020 Results will be announced on Friday, 26 February 2020 Five more days to submit an essay for the Institute’s Nation Voices essay competition, which explores the question ‘What makes a good prime minister for New Zealand?’ This is an...
Government Economic Network Annual Conference 2020: Day one
The Government Economic Network (GEN) held their annual conference in Wellington on Monday, 30 November and Tuesday, 1 December 2020. The McGuinness Institute interns attended the conference with the aim of sharing their insights with the Institute and our community. Below is a summary of the sessions on day one. Day one sessions were centred...
Connect with TalentNZ
Throughout the month of November, the Institute has showcased the 2020 TalentNZ Journal by featuring one of the 30 kiwis interviewed each day. The Journal features interviews with 30 Kiwis, essays from contributing writers and data with a focus on cities and the economy. The 2020 Journal, and in particular the 30 interviews, showed us that by managing the four...
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Graeme Wong
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Graeme Wong’s full interview which you can read here. Two...
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Malcolm Webb
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Malcolm Webb’s full interview which you can read here. Malcolm is a partner in the global law firm Webb Henderson,...
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Catherine Walker
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Catherine Walker’s full interview which you can read here. Catherine is the community manager in charge of social media at...
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Damien Van Brandenburg
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis and provide an update on where they are now. Today we share Damien Van Brandenburg’s full interview which you can read...
2020 TalentNZ Journal: Two years on – Frances Valintine
It has been two years since the launch of our 2020 TalentNZ Journal. To mark this anniversary, each day over the next month we will share an interview with one of the 30 kiwis interviewed. Today we share Frances Valintine’s full interview which you can read here. At the time of this interview Frances was Chief executive of...
IPENZ Engineering New Zealand Nanotechnology lecture this Monday!
IPENZ Engineering New Zealand is hosting a lecture in Wellington on Nanotechnology on Monday, 30 November 2020 at the Soundings Theatre, Te Papa. Dr Michelle Dickinson a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, also known as Nanogirl, will be presenting IPENZ Pickering Lecture: Nanogirl and the Incredible World of Nanotechnology. As technology advances, nanotechnology is...
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