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Matariki Recommended Reading List 2026: Waiho mā te arero rātou e hahu ake

Each year, as we move towards Matariki, I gather the seeds of knowledge I found most valuable in the previous year and offer them to others. In 2021, I focused on good public sector governance, especially collaboration and anticipatory governance, because the authorising environment was struggling with its theory of public governance. In 2022, I…

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Matariki Recommended Reading List 2025: Waiho mā te arero rātou e hahu ake

Each year, as we move towards Matariki, I gather the seeds of knowledge I found most valuable in the previous year and offer them to others. In 2021, I focused on good public sector governance, especially collaboration and anticipatory governance, because the authorising environment was struggling with its theory of public governance. In 2022, I…

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Matariki Recommended Reading List 2024: Waiho mā te arero rātou e hahu ake

Each year, as we move towards Matariki, I gather the seeds of knowledge I found most valuable in the previous year and offer them to others. In 2021, I offered knowledge on good public sector governance, focusing on collaboration and anticipatory governance. I did this because I observed that the authorising environment was struggling with…

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Matariki Recommended Reading List 2023: Kia whakahauti e ngā o Ururangi

Each year, as we move towards Matariki, I gather the seeds of knowledge I have found most useful in the year just gone and offer them to others. In 2021, I offered readings on good public sector governance, with a focus on collaboration and anticipatory governance, and last year my list focused on decolonising Anglo…

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Matariki Reading List 2022: Kia whakahauti e ngā o Pohutakawa

This Matariki, I am sharing my favourite readings on decolonising the state and Indigenous public management. This year, the Pōneketanga has been all about those for and against the bicultural state, while those building and running Indigenous public institutions have been getting on with the mahi. It has been a year of wahahukatanga for some,…

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Matariki Reading List 2021: Kia whakahauti e ngā o Waipuna-ā-rangi

Each Matariki, I share my favourite readings on a particular topic or research area in public management. This year, the Pōneketanga kōrero has been all about co-governance, and the readings below cover governance in that light: its philosophy and Anglo origins, some definitions, networked and collaborative governance, and how governance interacts with public policy. Philosophy…

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