Interest Areas

The Trust is supported by Advisory Committees with experience in particular policy areas and draws on acknowledged experts in the field. The current advisory group is:

Deliberation and sustained dialogue: Sue Driver, Tu Williams, and David Robinson.

SCPI Values

SCPI’s work is based on a belief in the value of:

• Empowering people
• Treaty partnership
• Open-mindedness
• Integrity and quality
• Engaging people
• Cooperation
• Difference and diversity
• The pursuit of wisdom
• Activism
• Honesty and truthfulness
• Dynamism
• Change and renewal
• Inter-dependence
• Process-orientation
• The promotion of trust
• Social capital

To register your interest in the institute's activities, please write to or email David Robinson at davidjrobinson@xtra.co.nz, and please include your name, address and email, and let us know if you have a particular interest in any specific policy areas.

Also, please list any specialist policy knowledge which you would be happy to contribute to SCPI's activities.