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Policy CommonsThe realities and aspirations of people experiencing food insecurity in Tāmaki Makaurau
Caitlin Neuwelt-Kearns, Alice Nicholls, Helen Robinson, Desiree Lowe, Ra Pope, Tracy Goddard, Micaela van der Schaaf - Auckland City Mission Kelsey L. Deane, Allen Bartley - University of Auckland Food insecurity continues to affect significant numbers of people in...
PPI Seminar – Transport and Auckland: What is required for inclusive urban mobility?
This seminar, part of a PPI monthly series, includes presentations from Simon Wilson, Senior Editor at the New Zealand Herald, and transport researchers Professor Kim Dirks from Engineering and Professor Alistair Woodward from Population Health, the University of Auckland. Together they share research findings on Auckland’s transport challenges, some possibilities and necessities for improved urban mobility and perspectives gathered during the 2022 local election campaign trail.
We Should Demand More from Those Who Cover the Solomon Islands
By Michael Walsh Over the last few months, a great deal of ink has been spilt over the strengthening of relations between the Solomon Islands and the People’s Republic of China. Unfortunately, very few of the commentators and reporters have ever been on the ground...
Are they paying attention, or are they shoe-shopping? Evidence from online learning
Online learning platforms offer flexibility in the delivery of instruction at all levels of education. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, many schools worldwide made an abrupt transition to teaching online as governments instituted stay-at-home measures.
In light of the lingering Covid-19 pandemic, distance learning has definite benefits for ensuring teaching and learning can continue. Understanding the impact of how instructors choose to engage with various online delivery formats to maximise attentiveness is important for engagement in learning.
PPI Seminar: Going Straight Home? Post-release housing and experiences of reintegration and desistance
PPI Seminar Series Friday 30 Sept 1-2pm OGGB Case Room 2 (260-057) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://auckland.zoom.us/j/91753300727 Dr Alice Mills (Social Sciences) AP Barry Milne (COMPASS) Every year around 7,500...
PPI Seminar – Transport and Auckland: What is required for inclusive urban mobility?
Public Policy Institute Seminar Series Friday 16 Sept 1-2pm OGGB Case Room 2 (260-057) Join Zoom Meeting https://auckland.zoom.us/j/97738367300 Professor Alistair Woodward (Population Health) Professor Kim...
Who are the Māori “In-Between”? Indigenous diversity and inequity across descent, ethnicity, and iwi knowledge
There is considerable diversity within Māori identities concerning knowledge of whakapapa or descent. Those without knowledge of their whakapapa can have difficulty connecting to both te ao Pākehā and te ao Māori, simultaneously or individually. At the same time, a stronger cultural connection to identity can protect Māori against the impacts of discrimination and buffer against the effects of living in a colonised world.
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Inā rā te whakaehu o roto i ngā tuakiri Māori e hāngai ana ki te mātauranga mō te whakapapa, ngā uri rānei. Me uaua ka tūhonoa te ao Pākehā me te ao Māori e ērā tē mōhio ki te whakapapa, takitahi mai, takitini mai rānei. Me te aha anō, mā te taukaea ahurea kaha o te tuakiri e tautiaki ai te Māori i ngā pānga o te toihara, e ārai ai hoki rātou i ngā pānga o te ao kua whakapākehā.
Costs of Going to University in Aotearoa
Sereana Naepi, Kate Jack, Nathan Rew & Chelsea Naepi University of Auckland This research project compared the cost of undertaking study at a New Zealand university using data collected over six months in 2021. The research undertakes statistical analyses of...
PPI Seminar Series: Critical Reflections on Samoan and Māori Rangatahi Engagement with Criminal Justice Policies and Interventions
Independent research on Samoan and Māori rangatahi experiences youth justice policies in Aotearoa New Zealand is rare. For this reason, in 2016 criminologists from the University of Auckland, Associate Professor Tamasailau Suaalli-Sauni and Dr Robert Webb, along with Dr Juan Tauri (then with the University of Wollongong, now with the Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland) applied for and were successful in gaining a Marsden Grant to research this issue.
How to get suburbanites out of their cars – Dr. Timothy Welch on realising the potential of public transport in Auckland
We have to bridge the gulf between suburban front doors and cheap public transport if we want more people on buses and trains. Timothy Welch looks at how.
PPI Seminar: Going Straight Home? Post-release housing and experiences of reintegration and desistance
PPI Seminar Series Friday 30 Sept 1-2pm ...
PPI Seminar – Transport and Auckland: What is required for inclusive urban mobility?
Public Policy Institute Seminar Series Friday 16 Sept 1-2pm ...
PPI Seminar Series: Critical Reflections on Samoan and Māori Rangatahi Engagement with Criminal Justice Policies and Interventions
Independent research on Samoan and Māori rangatahi experiences youth justice policies in Aotearoa New Zealand is rare. For this reason, in 2016 criminologists from the University of Auckland, Associate Professor Tamasailau Suaalli-Sauni and Dr Robert Webb, along with Dr Juan Tauri (then with the University of Wollongong, now with the Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland) applied for and were successful in gaining a Marsden Grant to research this issue.
How to get suburbanites out of their cars – Dr. Timothy Welch on realising the potential of public transport in Auckland
We have to bridge the gulf between suburban front doors and cheap public transport if we want more people on buses and trains. Timothy Welch looks at how.
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PPI Seminar – Transport and Auckland: What is required for inclusive urban mobility?
This seminar, part of a PPI monthly series, includes presentations from Simon Wilson, Senior Editor at the New Zealand Herald, and transport researchers Professor Kim Dirks from Engineering and Professor Alistair Woodward from Population Health, the University of Auckland. Together they share research findings on Auckland’s transport challenges, some possibilities and necessities for improved urban mobility and perspectives gathered during the 2022 local election campaign trail.
