Dec 1, 2022 | Policy Commons Blog
By Victoria Woodman Evidence from countries that have reduced their voting age from 18 show that enfranchising 16-to-17-year-olds fosters political engagement and interest Opinion: Voting is a civic right, but every democracy limits who can vote. These limits vary...
Nov 22, 2022 | Liveability, Ecology and Infrastructure, Policy Commons Blog
An analytical case study by Benjamin Haller. New Zealand has the second highest rate of investment in housing as a percentage of total national investment in the OECD, behind only Canada.[1] On the surface, high housing investment could indicate spending on the...
Nov 4, 2022 | Liveability, Ecology and Infrastructure, Policy Briefing
Danial Jahanshahi, Seósamh Costello, Kim Dirks, Subeh Chowdhury – University of Auckland Bert van Wee – Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Cycling is a mode of transport that provides various health, environmental, and societal benefits. However,...
Oct 13, 2022 | News, Policy Commons Blog
In September, the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) was convened at the East-West Center in Honolulu. The PICL members included the heads of government from independent Pacific Island Countries, Pacific Island Territories, and the State of Hawaii. It not...
Sep 30, 2022 | Policy Briefing
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...
Sep 27, 2022 | Events, Liveability, Ecology and Infrastructure, Policy Commons Blog
This seminar, part of a PPI monthly series, includes presentations from Simon Wilson, senior writer at the New Zealand Herald, and transport researchers Professor Kim Dirks from Engineering and Professor Alistair Woodward from Population Health, the University of...
Sep 7, 2022 | COVID-19, Policy Briefing
Jo Smith, University of Auckland Karen Schreder, California State University, Chico and Lorna Porter, WestEd Online learning platforms offer flexibility in the delivery of instruction at all levels of education. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, many schools...
Aug 30, 2022 | Events, Policy Briefing
Ko wai te Māori “o waenga”? Te whakaehu ā-mātāwaka, me te mana rite-kore puta noa i ngā uri, te mātāwaka, me te mātauranga ā-iwi Lara Greaves, Cinnamon Lindsay Latimer, Eileen Li, Logan Hamley, Larissa Renfrew, Andrew Sporle, and Barry Milne – The...
