Auckland Policy Commons
Telling Better Stories for the Sake of Civil Society
By Simon Wilson - **This speech was given at the welcome reception for the Public Policy Network Conference, 29 January 2019, at the University of Auckland** It used to be local body politics was the essence of boring. Council meetings were the politics no one...
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A little compassion in an age of bullying
By Mike Webster - The University of Auckland's Dr Mike Webster takes a look at a slightly different approach to school and workplace bullying In the days that followed World Compassion Day last week, I couldn’t help but think about the increasing problem of...
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Policy strategies for inclusive renewable energy in Aotearoa (New Zealand)
By Anna Berka, Julie MacArthur, Steve Matthewman, Stephen Poletti, and Maria Bargh -...
Get real on transport – and improve all our lives
By Jess Berentson-Shaw - With the return of our evidence-driven Associate Minister for...
Expanding End-of-Life Choice in New Zealand
By Justin Alsleben - Many people who are terminally ill, or otherwise suffer from serious and...
Some myths about NZ superannuation
By Susan St John - 'Let’s not mindlessly raise the age, argues Susan St John, but try to...
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Hamid Mamdouh: E-Commerce and Digital Trade Issues
PUBLIC LECTURE: Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh Senior Council at King and Spalding LLP - Geneva Office; Visiting Professor, Queen Mary, University of London; Former Director of Trade in Services and Investment, WTO FRIDAY 29 MARCH, 12-1pm Humanities Building, Room 220...
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Latest Policy POD
Professor Paul Cairney: Why don’t policymakers listen to my evidence, and how should I respond?
* Recorded with the University of Auckland Public Policy Institute, 11 October 2018 Since 2016, my most common academic presentation to interdisciplinary scientist/researcher audiences is a variant of the question, ‘why don’t policymakers listen to your evidence?’...
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Accessibility Legislation: Legal and Policy Insights for New Zealand
By DAVID LEPOFSKY Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Toronto Visiting Professor of Legal Ethics and Public Interest Advocacy, Osgoode Hall Law School Canadian experience with accessibility legislation - what has Ontario done right or wrong on accessibility?...
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