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Realising Urban Sustainability: A collective case study of slippages between principles, policies, and practices in masterplanning
Attitudes toward ethnic and racial identity have been linked to both wellbeing and maladaptive outcomes that affect belonging at school. Affirmative feelings towards school have resulted in positive subjective wellbeing and more optimistic thoughts of the future. Further, improved academic achievement and fewer negative behaviours, such as discipline issues, truancy, and dropping out have been associated with students’ liking for school.
Policy Briefing: Pathway modelling to optimise long-term policy impact in New Zealand
Michael O’Sullivan, Suzanne Woodward, Jennifer Curtin University of Auckland Download the Briefing PDF Introduction Wicked problems are described as “inherently intractable late-industrial problems associated with modern social planning” (Farrell, 2011). They...
Harirū, hongi and hau in the time of COVID-19
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...
NZ Budget 2021
Hon Grant Robertson presented the NZ Budget 2021 to Parliament on Thursday 20 May. Public Policy Institute Director, Professor Jennifer Curtin and the Gender Responsive Analysis and Budgeting team have provided detailed commentary on the new budget. From The...
Commentary: New Zealand’s Proposed Health Reforms
Health Minister has announced a major overhaul of the healthcare system in Aotearoa New Zealand, following the Health and Disability Review. The changes will prioritise primary care and accessibility by removing all District Health Boards and replacing them with a...
Covid-19: Vital that tikanga adapts again
By Charlotte Muru-Lanning - The voice of kaumātua is key to Māori wellbeing beyond the Covid-19 crisis - and a new study seeks their understanding and advice on how tikanga might have to change. As we near the end of the fourth week of a nationwide lockdown in...
Lecturer in Public Policy: Griffith University
Lecturer in Public Policy The School of Government and International Relations has integrated world-class research and teaching into a specialist degree program that is small enough to ensure every student receives the attention they deserve. In 2017, the School’s...
New Zealand can lead the world on net zero emissions
New Zealand's decisions in 2019 could help frame the global climate agenda for many decades to come, believes an eminent British climate change scientist. As part of the Institute's 2019 Global Issues Speaker Series, Professor Allen gave a free public lecture:...
World Health Organization’s QualityRights Initiative
Dear friends of PPI, The World Health Organization’s QualityRights initiative needs your assistance in contributing to a good practice guidance document which will present information on community-based mental health services that promote human rights and the...
First female Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland
Public Policy Institute’s Dr Jennifer Curtin became the University of Auckland’s first female Professor of Politics and International Relations in 2018. Jennifer gave her inaugural lecture on 18 September 2018, on the eve of the 125th anniversary of women’s...
