Publications

All publications specific to this project are listed below and published on the McGuinness Institute Publications Page found here.

2016

Slideshow: CivicsNZ – Civics, citizenship and political literacy

Slideshow: CivicsNZ – Public Policy: Policy for the Public Good

Workshop booklet: The Civics and Media Project: Proceedings of The Civics and Media Project: A report on the three workshops held in 2015 (May 2016)

Article – Cīvitās: Aligning technological and sociological transformation, Policy Quarterly, Institute of Governance and Policy Studies (May 2016)

Press Release: 26.02.16 Nation Voices Essay Competition – Results announced (22 February 2016)

2015

Nation Voices essay competition – 2015 Topic: What makes a good prime minister of New Zealand? Martin Holmes (December 2015)

Nation Voices essay competition – 2015 Topic: What makes a good prime minister of New Zealand? Brad Olsen (December 2015)

Nation Voices essay competition – 2015 Topic: What makes a good prime minister of New Zealand? Paul Winter (December 2015)

Submission: Submission to the Flag Consideration Panel on the New Zealand flag (July 2015)

Interview – Dr Bernard Cadogan: What makes a good political speech in New Zealand? (July 2015)

Contributing papers – Nation Voices: What makes a good political speech in New Zealand? (May 2015)

2013

Interview – Noel Cheer interviews Wendy McGuinness for Face Television (October 2013)

Submission: Ensuring New Zealand’s Constitution is Fit for Purpose: Submission to the Constitutional Advisory Panel (July 2013)

Press Release: 28.05.13 Back to the Future of New Zealand: McGuinness Institute bringing EmpowerNZ together again (28 May 2013)

Letters to Members of Parliament: Update from the McGuinness Institute constitutional conversation (14 May 2013)

Press Release: 5.02.13 The Treaty is important, but it is not the only constitutional conversation New Zealanders must have (5 February 2013)

Report 14 – EmpowerNZ: Drafting a constitution for the 21st century (February 2013)

2012

Working Paper 2011/19: The State of the Constitutional Review as at November 2011 (November 2012)

Press Release: 27.08.12 Fifty Young People Gather at Parliament to Draft a Constitution for the 21st Century (EmpowerNZ Media kit, EmpowerNZ Programme) (27 August 2012)

Contributing papers – EmpowerNZ: Draft Constitution for the 21st Century (August 2012)

Contributing papers – EmpowerNZ: Reflections (August 2012)

Contributing papers – EmpowerNZ: Finale Speech (August 2012)

Contributing papers – EmpowerNZ: Key Elements of a Constitution (August 2012)

Contributing papers – EmpowerNZ: Context Setting (August 2012)

Contributing papers – EmpowerNZ: 1984 And All That (August 2012)

Worksheet: EmpowerNZ Exercise Sheet 1 (August 2012)

Worksheet: EmpowerNZ Exercise Sheet 2 (August 2012)

Worksheet: EmpowerNZ Exercise Sheet 3 (August 2012)

Worksheet: EmpowerNZ Exercise Sheet 4 (August 2012)

Worksheet: EmpowerNZ Exercise Sheet 5 (August 2012)

Worksheet: EmpowerNZ Exercise Sheet 6 (August 2012)

Worksheet: Constitutional Crossword (August 2012)

Worksheet: Constitutional Crossword Answers (August 2012)

Press Release: 18.06.12 A Workshop on Drafting a Constitution for the 21st Century (18 June 2012)

Working Paper 2012/01: The State of the Constitutional Review as at June 2012 (June 2012)

Submission: Electoral Commission Review on the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) Electoral System (May 2012)

Working Paper 2012/03: EmpowerNZ: Drafting a constitution for the 21st century Participant Feedback (2012)

Book: Nation Dates 2012 Second Edition (2012)

Interviews – EmpowerNZ: Workshop videos (2012)

2011

Press Release: 16.11.11 ’Time to Treat our Constitution as a Blank Canvas’ – www.EmpowerNZ.co.nz Project Launch (16 November 2011)

Press Release: 6.09.11 ’Nation Dates: Significant events that have shaped the nation of New Zealand’ – Book Launch (6 September 2011)

Think Piece 14: Constructing a House Fit for the Future (June 2011)

2010

Think Piece 13: The Day They Decided That Sneetches Are Sneetches (October 2010)

Report 7 – Exploring the Shared Goals of Maori: Working towards a National Sustainable Development Strategy (October 2010)

Working Paper 2010/05: The Treaty Settlement Process: An overview of the Waitangi Tribunal and the Office of Treaty Settlements (July 2010)

Report 8 – Effective Māori Representation in Parliament: Working towards a National Sustainable Development Strategy (July 2010)

Working Paper 2010/04: The 2008 Election: Reviewing seat allocations without the Maori electoral seats (June 2010)

Submission: Electoral Referendum Bill (June 2010)

Press Release: 10.06.10 Time for parliamentary committee to use modern media (10 June 2010)

Working Paper 2010/02: Institutions and Mechanisms Designed to Progress the Goals of Maori (June 2010)

Working Paper 2010/03: The Evolution of New Zealand as a Nation: Significant events and legislation 1770–2010 (May 2010)

2009

Background Report 7a – Environmental Goals of Iwi and Hapū: Six case studies (December 2009)

Working Paper 2009/04: Statistics: A selection of available data associated with shared Maori goals (December 2009)

Working Paper 2009/03: Identifying the Shared Goals of Six Maori Organizations (November 2009)

Working Paper 2009/02: A Methodological Approach to Maori-focused Research (November 2009)

Press Release: 21.10.09 James Duncan Reference Library: Instilling long-term thinking into New Zealand’s DNA (21 October 2009)

Think Piece 12: New Zealand is No Longer New (October 2009)

Think Piece 9: Think Tanks: NZ’s Own Idea into Action (May 2009)

2008

Interviews – ‘Conversations’ video series (2008)

2007

Submission: Electoral Finance Bill (September 2007)