I was the original VUW School of Government Programme Director (2003-2015). Now, on behalf of SoG, I lead and deliver the Postgraduate Certificate in Public Management, customised for the social sector and delivered in Auckland (where I live), This year-long, four-course programme is run in association with the Auckland Regional Leadership Group and provides practice-oriented professional education for middle and upper level public managers and professionals sponsored by their agency. The people taking this programme are wonderful and it's an absolute joy working with them. If you're interested, please contact me at bill.ryan@vuw.ac.nz. I've been a public administration and management academic in Australia and New Zealand since the late 1980s, publishing and consulting in governance and governing, strategic planning and management, service delivery and monitoring and evaluation. I'm particularly interested in developing a genuinely bi-cultural form of teaching and learning based on ako and poutama, and emerging 21st century public management trends such as collaboration, networks, participation, co-design/production, public value and their application in the New Zealand and Australian contexts. My research areas are government and governing in the 21st century; theory and practice in public management and policy; public sector reform; civil society and government.