Aug 25, 2022 | Policy Briefing
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 730...
Aug 16, 2022 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
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...
Jul 21, 2022 | Liveability, Ecology and Infrastructure, Policy Commons Blog
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. The Government has extended half-price public transport fares until 2023 – excellent news for many who use...
Jul 11, 2022 | News, Policy Commons Blog
The University of Auckland’s Public Policy Institute deputy director, Juan Tauri (Ngāti Porou), comments on the proposed firearms protection order and anti-gang legislation in this article by Laura Walters on Stuff.co.nz. In the article, Tauri speaks to the failure of...
Jul 6, 2022 | COVID-19, Events, Policy Commons Blog
Launched in 2019 with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the University of Auckland’s Public Policy Institute hosts an annual Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School (ATEPS). In December 2021, we hosted our first fully-online Auckland Trade...
Jul 4, 2022 | Liveability, Ecology and Infrastructure, News, Policy Commons Blog
Dr Jen McArthur, Associate Professor in Urban Infrastructure and Policy at University College London Transport funding is a famously dry subject. Regardless, mayoral candidate Efeso Collins’ promise to introduce fare-free public transport has sparked much debate over...
Jun 16, 2022 | Policy Commons Blog
Amidst the current Working for Families review, Susan St. John discusses the conflicting objectives of the Working for Families ‘In Work Tax Credit’ (IWTC) in this Newsroom piece, ‘The only trade-off that matters’. Probing at recent claims by Eric Crampton that issues...
