Publications

• September 2024 (Anne Bardsley, Tatjana Buklijas) Can we do democracy… more democratically? | Newsroom
• September 2022 (Tatjana Buklijas) Citizen assemblies offer hope for democracy and climate change challenges | Newsroom
• December 2021 (Tatjana Buklijas, Campbell Guy) Let the people have their say on Three Waters | Newsroom
• October 2021 (Tatjana Buklijas) Using deliberative democracy to explore the future of Auckland’s water supply | Greater Auckland

Academic publications

• May 2024 (Simon Wright, Tatjana Buklijas and Max Rashbrooke) The rise, fall and re-rise of deliberative democracy in New Zealand | Policy Quarterly

Public events and recorded public presentations

• July 2025 Reimagining democracy | A Fabian panel discussion
• March 2024 Shaping tomorrow together: Exploring the deliberative democracy journey | Auckland Conversations

Webinars

• March 2024 (Anne Bardsley and Kristiann Allen in conversation with Harley Dibble and Shannon Dowsing) Empowering Communities through Deliberative Democracy | Exchange Café Tairāwhiti
• June 2023 (Art O’Leary, Colin Megill, Anne Bardsley) Democratic innovation: Why we need it and how to do it | Trust Democracy
• March 2023 (Tatjana Buklijas, Max Rashbrooke, Claudia Chwalisz, Jon Alexander) Democratic inspiration from Europe | Informed Futures

Podcasts

• April 2025 Is it time to fix democracy? | University of Auckland Ingenio podcast | Spotify
• June 2024 (John Gastil, Anne Bardsley) Reinventing democracy | Informed Futures
• September 2021 (Tatjana Buklijas, Jenny Wigley) Deliberative democracy for the future of Auckland’s water | Business Lab

Others about our work

• April 2024 What people really think of cycleways and other transport revelations | Simon Wilson, New Zealand Herald (paywall)
• April 2024 100 randomly chosen Aucklanders opt for time-of-use charging | Matthew Scott, Newsroom
• April 2023 The road to water recycling (series) | Rod Oram, Newsroom
• March 2023 The unexpected result of sharing difficult decision-making with citizens | Jack Santa Barbara, Newsroom
• February 2023 Explaining citizens’ assemblies – how they could make politics fit for the future | interview with Jonah Franke, Stuff
• November 2022 Proposal to break central-local deadlock on Three Waters and climate | Jonathan Milne, Newsroom
• September 2022 Direct recycled water recommended as Auckland’s next source of water | Caroline Williams, Stuff
• September 2022 Wastewater suggested as next water source for Auckland | Laura James, 1News
• August 2022 A democratic tool for the climate emergency | Pat Baskett, Newsroom
• July 2022 Citizen assemblies could dramatically shift how Auckland is run as a city | Todd Niall, Stuff