Nation Dates presents a timeline of 440 key events, spanning the years 1770-2011, that have shaped the development of New Zealand as a nation. The Sustainable Future Institute has compiled this timeline as an important record of our nation's past and a valuable resource for establishing a context for our future.
Author Biography:
Wendy McGuinness is the founder and chief executive of the Sustainable Future Institute. A Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) specialising in risk management, Wendy has worked in both the public and private sectors. She has also studied environmental ethics and philosophy, and in 2004 she established the Sustainable Future Institute as a way of contributing to New Zealand's long-term future. Wendy maintains relationships with the foremost future thinkers in the world, and futures organisations around the globe. She is committed to learning about international developments in strategic foresight development and future thinking. Miriam White has worked for the Sustainable Future Institute since 2006, and in 2008 completed a BDes (Honours) at Massey University in Wellington.
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