by EllenR | Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
Juliet attended a hui with the Rauika Māngai group, the Māori advisors to the National Science Challenges. In February Juliet met with National Science Challenge’s Rauika Māngai group, which is working jointly to bring the wisdom of Te Ao Māori to the Challenges. Read...
by juliet | Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorised
This month we are kicking off our work on rethinking plastic. This happens to coincide with the release of the Colmar Brunton Better Futures 2018 report that cites 72% of New Zealanders have plastic as a top concern. With millions of plastic bags used *per minute*...
by juliet | Jan 22, 2019 | Uncategorised
As the Office swings into action for 2019 we welcome the final member of our team – Dr Rachel Chiaroni-Clarke. Rachel was the successful applicant in our search for a Research Analyst and Writer. We had a huge amount of interest in this position and so Rachel...
by juliet | Nov 7, 2018 | Uncategorised
As I’ve travelled around the country, lots of people have asked how many people work in my team and what they do, and been surprised that we are only a small group – much smaller than the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, for example....
by juliet | Oct 8, 2018 | Uncategorised
Kia ora koutou Today marks the end of my first one hundred days in the role – a good time to post my first reflection. I committed to spending this time listening to as many people and visiting as many institutions as possible to hear their views on my role as Chief...
