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The New Zealand Harkness Fellowships are intended to enable outstanding mid-career professionals in any field of study or vocation except health policy, to undertake a Fellowship programme which best suits their professional and personal objectives. The Fellowships seek to reinforce…

APPLICATIONS – 2023 NOW OPEN

New Zealand Harkness Fellowships are for emerging senior New Zealand Public Service leaders in any field of study or vocation (excluding health care policy and practice) to study or research in the US for between 3-6 months. Applications close 5pm,…

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Over six decades, dozens of New Zealanders have been given the opportunity to further their education and gain invaluable experience in the United States as Harkness Fellows. The generosity of past fellows and individuals and families has sustained the Trust…

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Refreshed NZ Harkness Fellowships resume after three years of covid disruption

After a three-year hiatus caused by the covid-19 pandemic, the relaunched NZ Harkness Fellowships programme is back in business. The NZ Harkness Fellowship Trust has appointed the first two Fellows to travel to the US under its new relationship with…

Harkness Fellowships 2023 – applications are now open!

New Zealand Harkness Fellowships are for emerging senior New Zealand Public Service leaders in any field of study or vocation (excluding health care policy and practice) to study or research in the US for between 3-6 months. Applications close 5pm,…

NZ Harkness Fellowships to resume in 2023 in partnership with the Public Service Commission

After a three-year hiatus created by the Covid-19 pandemic, the New Zealand Harkness Fellowships will resume in 2023, with a refreshed focus on creating career-enhancing opportunities for emerging public sector leaders. Applications will be advertised before Christmas, with applications due…

Fellows in the spotlight: Aphra Green

In 2016, Aphra Green, then a senior manager at the Ministry of Justice, visited the US justice sector as a Harkness Fellow. Her research looked at how New Zealand could deliver better evidence and decision-making tools to criminal justice system…

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Harkness and Axford Fellows share experiences at Wellington meet-up

With Harkness Fellows Doug Jones and Donna Provoost set to embark for the United States to start their fellowships and the Ian Axford Fellows about to return home to the US, a Wellington gathering saw the fellows catch up before…

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Leading from the future – insights from the US

by Peter Coleman, 2016 Harkness Fellow and strategic adviser to the Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force.  The final third of my Harkness Fellowship has flown by, with it ending up the most interesting and diverse phase in terms…

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