Includes bibliographical references and index.

New Zealand in the making: past and present / Gary Hawke -- Social laboratory: reality or myth? / Colin James -- Economic performance: a prosperous, very distant economy / Michael Reddell -- Maori interests and rights: four sites at the frontier / Maria Bargh and Carwyn Jones -- Agriculture: continued strengths / Frank Scrimgeour -- From growth to wellbeing: evolution of policy frameworks / Arthur Grimes -- On sustainable development / Les Oxley and Mubashir Qasim -- State sector governance reform: past experience, contemporary challenge / Graham Scot -- Strengthening integrity systems: complacency versus confidence / Suzanne Snively -- Fiscal policy governance: a focus on principles / Bob Buckle -- Monetary policy governance and inflation targeting in New Zealand / Bob Buckle -- Digital anthropocene: leadership, innovation and integration / Elizabeth Eppel and Barbara Allen -- Environmental governance- are we making the grade? / Marie Doole and Fleur Maseyk -- Public sector reform since 2000: the quest / Iain Rennie.

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