Three weeks to go until the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop in Gisborne – Wednesday, 31 August 2020
MCGUINNESS INSTITUTE MEDIA RELEASE – 11 August 2020 Three weeks to go until the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop in Gisborne – Wednesday, 31 August 2020 The McGuinness Institute’s TacklingPovertyNZ workshop is on tour. We are heading to Gisborne on Wednesday, 31 August 2020. This one-day workshop tour was sparked by the national TacklingPovertyNZ workshop held in December...
Less than three weeks to go until the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop in Rotorua – Friday, 19 August 2020
MCGUINNESS INSTITUTE MEDIA RELEASE – 4 August 2020 Less than three weeks to go until the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop in Rotorua – Friday, 19 August 2020 The McGuinness Institute’s TacklingPovertyNZ workshop is on tour. We are heading to Rotorua on Friday, 19 August 2020. This one-day workshop tour was sparked by the national TacklingPovertyNZ workshop held...
Two weeks to go until the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop in Manawatu – Monday, 15 August 2020
MCGUINNESS INSTITUTE MEDIA RELEASE – 1 August 2020 The McGuinness Institute’s TacklingPovertyNZ workshop is on tour. Our next stop is Manawatu District on Monday, 15 August 2020. This one-day workshop tour was sparked by the national TacklingPovertyNZ workshop held in December 2020, an initiative of the McGuinness Institute in collaboration with the New Zealand Treasury....
Strengthening strategy stewardship in the public service one-day workshop, 14 July 2020
On 14 July 2020, in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) the Institute hosted the one-day workshop, Strengthening strategy stewardship in the public service. The workshop aimed to explore how the New Zealand public service might better prepare and publish Government Department Strategies (GDSs). Grant Dennis, PwC, opened the workshop by welcoming participants and setting out the purpose of the day:...
‘What are the fiscal, economic and social priorities in the long term?’ – Tim Ng, Treasury
Tim Ng, Director of Economic System at the New Zealand Treasury, discusses the long term economic and policy priorities that New Zealand faces at day one of the three-day ForesightNZ workshop in Wellington on 27–29 April. You can watch the video of his presentation on the McGuinness Institute’s YouTube channel, or you can view it below. Tim Ng’s role in...
Discussion paper 2020/01 – A Queenstown Lakes District perspective on tackling poverty
The final draft of Discussion paper 2020/01 – A Queenstown Lakes District perspective on tackling poverty is now published. The purpose of this paper is to bring to light the issues raised by locals at the one-day TacklingPovertyNZ tour workshop in the Queenstown Lakes District, held on 29 March, 2020. The paper describes the structure of the...
TalentNZ Newsletter Issue 15 Out Today!
TalentNZ explores four integrated work-streams that were identified as necessary to create a talent-based economy: grow, attract, retain and connect. In this Issue we put the New Zealand education system under the microscope. At the Institute, we consider that a broad and deep discussion around changing the shape of our education system is essential, as it will...
‘It’s not just about a box, it’s a facilitation, the relationship becomes really important’ – International perspective at Queenstown workshop
Jennifer Weber, Chief Education Officer of The Baby Box Co., discusses the Canadian and Australian baby box initiative at the TacklingPovertyNZ one-day workshop in Queenstown on 29 March 2020. You can watch the video of her presentation on the McGuinness Institute’s YouTube channel, or you can view the video below. Jennifer discussed that The Baby...
‘Policy is about people’ – Dame Diane Robertson on poverty at Queenstown workshop
Dame Diane Robertson, former chief executive of the Auckland City Mission, shares her experience of working with poverty and the Family 100 Research Project at the TacklingPovertyNZ one-day workshop in Queenstown on 29 March 2020. You can watch the video of her presentation on the McGuinness Institute’s YouTube channel, or you can view the video below. Dame Diane opened...
‘Queenstown is perceived to be the ritzy money place, but underneath that veneer, it is not like that at all’ – local perspective on poverty at Queenstown workshop
Hine Marchand, Community Ministries Worker for the Salvation Army, and Niki Mason of Happiness House, shared their local perspectives on poverty in Queenstown at the one-day TacklingPovertyNZ workshop on 29 March 2020. You can watch the video of their presentation on the McGuinness Institute’s YouTube channel, or you can view the video below. Hine and...
‘The status quo is not an option’ – Felix Drissner-Devine
Felix Drissner-Devine attended a discussion about child poverty in New Zealand with Dr Russell Wills, Children’s Commissioner. The round table discussion was an initiative of the Productivity Commission and was held on Tuesday, 17 May 2020. Felix talks about his experience – read below! 15 floors above the affluence of Lambton Quay, I heard the...
‘Communities are where the solutions are’ – Dr Girol Karacaoglu on poverty at Queenstown workshop
‘In good things and bad, New Zealand has followed the world with a ten to 15 year lag.’ Dr Girol Karacaoglu, Chief Economist at the New Zealand Treasury, shares the Treasury’s policy framework around poverty at the TacklingPovertyNZ one-day workshop in Queenstown on 29 March 2020. You can watch the video of his presentation on...
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