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The purpose of the workshop was to understand futures thinking and tools, as well as impart tips for putting these into practice in a policy setting. Read the conversation tracker here.

The Policy Project is working on building public service demand and capability for advice that in informed by evidence and insights. Read the conversation tracker here.

Making sense of evidence: a guide to using evidence in policy will help us take a structured approach to using evidence at every stage of the policy cycle. Read the conversation tracker here.

The handbook has been developed to provide people new to valuation with an overview of evaluation concepts and processes so that they are sufficiently equipped to work in this space (often, but not always, with a professional...

This handbook is a companion to Making sense of evaluation: A handbook for everyone. The handbook helps you take a structured approach to using evidence at every stage of the policy and programme development cycle. Download the handbook here.

From late January 2018, the Service Innovation Lab (LabPlus) facilitated a cross-agency and multidisciplinary team in a 3 week Discovery Sprint exploring the challenges and opportunities of developing human and machine consumable legislation for...

Policy practitioners apply tools and frameworks to policy challenges in order to improve social, economic, and environmental outcomes. Could such tools and frameworks be applied to improve the quality of policy design itself? Sally Washington and...

In March 2018 the UK Civil Service Policy Profession asked Andrew Kibblewhite to reflect about the first three years of the New Zealand Policy Project.  The UK Civil Service Quarterly published and article on Andrew's reflections which can be ...

To be a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: HEALY, Ms Catherine Alice For services to the rights of sex workers Ms Catherine Healy was appointed National Coordinator of the New Zealand Prostitutes Collective (NZPC) in 1989, which was a...

To be a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: BUSBY, Mr Hekenukumai Puhipi, ONZM, MBE For services to Māori Mr Hekenukumai Busby is a master waka builder and accomplished carver who was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of...

To be a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit: BANG, Ms Elizabeth Margaret, MNZM, JP For services to health, women and the community Ms Elizabeth Bang was CEO of Hospice Waikato from 2002 to 2012 and led the fundraising team to purchase and...

To be an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit: ALLAN, Ms Fiona Kathryn For services to Paralympic sport Ms Fiona Allan has been Chief Executive of Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) since 2007, having first been appointed as Operations Manager in 2006...

To be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit: AKERS, Mr Clive Alan For services to rugby and historical research Mr Clive Akers is a leading rugby football archivist and historian in New Zealand. Over several decades Mr Akers has contributed in...

To be a Companion of the Queen’s Service Order: COMER, Mr Leith Pirika For services to Māori, the State and local government Mr Leith Comer was Chief Executive of Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK), the Ministry of Māori Development, from 2001 to 2013. During this...

The Queen’s Service Medal ABEL-WILLIAMSON, Ms Martine For services to people with disabilities Ms Martine Abel-Williamson has been an advocate, lecturer, policy advisor, and service coordinator for New Zealand’s disability sector for 22 years and has...

The New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration GOFTON, Captain Gabrielle Louise For services to the New Zealand Defence Force Captain Gabrielle Gofton served as the Force Engineer Project Officer and Second-in-Command of the New Zealand Contingent...

The New Zealand Bravery Decoration RILEY, Mr Michael Scott Citation For an act of exceptional bravery in a situation of danger. On 8 September 2015 a man entered the McDonald’s restaurant on Main and Wakefield Streets in Upper Hutt carrying a .303...

  Ministry for the Environment staff have initiated the Behavioural Insights Community of Practice, to build a public service network of people who can share their experiences and identify opportunities for using behavioural insights....

On 10 April 2018, the Policy Project co-hosted a round-table with the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University on protecting the interests of future generations, and foresight. The lead speaker was Marie Brousseau-...

On 30 and 31 May Diane Owenga participated in the Policy by Design Symposium held by the Auckland Co-design Lab. The symposium brought together an invited group of experienced commissioners, senior managers, expert practitioners, researchers...

The following register lists the 544 recipients who were awarded the Suffrage Medal in September 1993, arranged in alphabetical order by surname. The styles, titles, post-nominals and location of recipients are as at the time of the award of...

A summary of the different behavioural change models On this page: Nudge, system-thinking, and peripheral - and central-thinking models The theory of planned behaviour and related models of rational decision-making Motivated reasoning and cognition,...

The Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy, launched on 29 August 2019, sets out a shared understanding of what’s important for child and youth wellbeing, what government is doing, and how others can help. View transcript Have you ever...

If you want to encourage a behaviour (nudge!), make it Easy, Attractive, Social and Timely (EAST) These four simple principles are the basis for a simple, memorable framework to increase targeted behaviours and improve the success of social...

Maximising collaboration between public servants and academics in evidence-based policy making.  The conversation tracker is about how Paul Cairney discussed ways to encourage greater use of research evidence in policy through greater...

To be a Knight Grand Companion of the said Order: TINDALL, Sir Stephen Robert, KNZM For services to business, the community, and the environment Sir Stephen Tindall has contributed to the community, business, international trade and commerce, and the...

To be a Dame Companion of the said Order: BRIMBLE, Distinguished Professor Margaret Anne, CNZM For services to science Distinguished Professor Margaret Brimble has made world-class contributions to research in medicinal chemistry and has been a key...

To be a Knight Companion of the said Order: HASSALL, Dr Ian Bruce For services to the welfare of children Dr Ian Hassall has spent his career championing children’s rights and to this day his work continues to impact on child welfare services,...

To be a Companion of the said Order: BAGSHAW, Mr Philip Frederick (Phil) For services to health Mr Phil Bagshaw was a key driver of the establishment of the Canterbury Charity Hospital, chaired its Trust from 2004, and remains a volunteer specialist...

To be an Officer of the said Order: BLACK, Mr Malcolm James Prentice For services to the music industry Mr Malcolm Black was the lead singer and song writer with the Netherworld Dancing Toys in the 1980s. Mr Black subsequently established himself as...

To be a Member of the said Order: AREORA, Mrs Vaine Arai For services to the Cook Islands community and sport Mrs Vaine Areora has been involved with volunteer work for the Cook Islands community in Auckland since the 1950s. Mrs Areora was involved...

To be a Companion of the said Order: BODGER, Ms Eleanor Anne For services to seniors Mrs Eleanor Bodger co-established Eldernet in 1997, an online database and directory of services for older people, their families, and those working in the aged-care...

AGGARWAL, Mr Virinder Kumar, JP For services to Asian communities Mr Virinder Aggarwal was a founding member of the Asian Network Inc in 2002, served on the Executive Committee, and has been Chairperson for six years. The Asian Network provides a...

LANGHORNE, Professor Patricia Jean (Pat) For services to Antarctic science Professor Pat Langhorne is New Zealand’s foremost sea-ice scientist with a specific focus on ice physics and has been travelling to Antarctica on research visits for more than...

SERVICEMAN S For services to the New Zealand Defence Force Serviceman S has made significant contributions to New Zealand’s interests during a number of tours of duty in the Middle East over the past five years. Across several deployments in...

Professor Richie Poulton CNZM has been appointed as the Chief Science Advisor (CSA) to the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction. His appointment strengthens the efforts of the child poverty reduction and wellbeing teams within DPMC. While...