Sep 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Events, Policy Commons Blog
Around the world, Covid-19 has exposed and deepened existing social inequities. Frontline workers are typically low paid and often from disadvantaged groups. Women have borne the brunt of caring responsibilities during the pandemic which has had negative effects on...
Jun 30, 2021 | COVID-19, News
Findings from a study of kaumātua in Ngātiwai and Waikato-Tainui Associate Professor Marama Muru-Lanning (School of Social Sciences and the James Henare Māori Research Centre) and her team have been recognised for creating new methodologies drawing on kaupapa Māori...
May 20, 2021 | COVID-19, Events
Date and time: Tuesday 8 June 2021 from 1.30pm to 2.45pm. Venue: Lecture Theatre 206-220, Te Puna Aronui Humanities Building 206 (Room 220). 14a Symonds Street, University of Auckland City Campus REGISTER HERE In this ‘hot topic’ seminar, a panel of experts discuss...
Mar 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Helen Petousis-Harris Dr Helen Petousis-Harris is a vaccinologist and Associate Professor in the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Helen Petousis-Harris looks at the potential complications of vaccinating older New Zealanders –...
Dec 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Events, Policy Commons Blog
Speech to Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School HON DAMIEN O’CONNOR Trade and Export Growth Delivered at the University of Auckland, 4 December 2020 Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I want to recognise the hard work of the University of...
Sep 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Events, Policy Pod
Europe Institute Webinar, co-hosted by the Public Policy Institute Recorded Thursday 23 July 2020 Speakers: Prof. Laura Bear (LSE) Assoc. Prof. Nick Long (LSE) Assoc. Prof. Susanna Trnka (Auckland) Assoc. Prof. Sharyn Davies (Monash) Chaired by: Prof. Alan France...
Jul 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Pod
Centre for Supply Chain Management, April 2020 The Macroeconomics of Pandemics — This Time is Different* PRASANNA GAI UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND *The views herein draw on the collective wisdom of many scholars. Prasanna Gai is Professor of Macroeconomics at the University...
Jul 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Events
Europe Institute Webinar, co-hosted by the Public Policy Institute Thursday 23 July 2020, 19:00 NZST ZOOM ADDRESS: https://auckland.zoom.us/j/91623288449 Speakers: Prof. Laura Bear (LSE) Assoc. Prof. Nick Long (LSE) Assoc. Prof. Susanna Trnka (Auckland) Assoc. Prof....
Jul 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Collin Tukitonga – Dr Collin Tukuitonga draws on New Zealand’s response to Covid-19 to argue for a designated population health agency An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed major shortcomings in the funding...
Jul 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Anne Salmond – Michael Woodhouse still can’t provide evidence of his apocryphal ‘homeless man’ staying for free in quarantine. Dame Anne Salmond argues the Opposition and media need to be better in throwing around such claims. It is now 12...
