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What the Australian election result means for New Zealand
University of Auckland Public Policy Institute director Jennifer Curtin provided comments on the outcome of the Australian Federal election outcomes as the final ballots were counted. Speaking on Newshub's AM show, Professor Curtin discussed the impact of the Labor...
A comment on MBIE’s decision to change its practice of detaining asylum claimants Part 2
By Tim Fadgen --Part II— In my last post, I summarised the Victoria Casey QC’s assessment of the New Zealand government’s practice of detaining asylum seekers and MBIE’s recent choice to (largely) accept this criticism and to enact changes to improve New Zealand’s...
A comment on MBIE’s decision to change its practice of detaining asylum claimants
By Tim Fadgen --Part I-- On 3 May 2022, the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) accepted recommendations made in review of its practice of detaining asylum seekers. The review, conducted by Victoria Casey QC, was initiated at the request of the...
Healthier Lives National Science Challenge: Policy Inventory
A report commissioned by the Healthier Lives–He Oranga Hauora National Science Challenge Authors: Cameron Leaky, Jennifer Curtin, and Lara Greaves This report represents a ‘landscape’ of government health policy documents in Aotearoa New Zealand specific to the...
Panel Discussion – Pandemic precarity: Exposing our Inequities
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...
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...
Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand’s Deportation Policy and Practice in Regional Context
By Dr Tim Fadgen Deportation policy is a regional dilemma that won’t be solved by Australia and New Zealand trading diplomatic insults. Both nations must recognise their complicity in a system of regional dislocation and their joint responsibility to address it....
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...
Prioritising a National Women’s Health & Wellbeing Strategy and Action Plan
Gender Analysis Briefing 1/2021 Sarah Bickerton, Jennifer Curtin, University of Auckland Gender Justice Collective www.genderjustice.nz Background In 2020 a group of individuals and organisations, committed to a vision for Aotearoa as a place of leadership in...
ICYMI: Ecological decline can no longer prop our economy
Stephen Knight-Lenihan Dr Stephen Knight-Lenihan is a senior lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland. The fundamental nature of our economic system is to benefit from ecological decline. Dr Stephen Knight-Lenihan makes the...
ICYMI: Stop the behaviour change talk, give us better systems
By Jess Berentson-Shaw We need to be talking about changing the structure of our systems and built environments so that climate-positive behaviour isn't a tough personal choice, it's the easy default I count myself incredibly privileged each year over summer to be...
ICYMI: Why we’re not ready for a vaccine rollout
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 - and...
ATEPS2020: Rachel Tauleilei’s Speech
APEC BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL ADDRESS TO AUCKLAND TRADE AND ECONOMIC POLICY SCHOOL SESSION TWO: THE NEW TRADE ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 2020 RACHEL TAULELEI ABAC NZ and CEO, KONO ‘THE NEW TRADE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH...
Carrie Stoddart: Speech to ATEPS2020
Deconstructing the patriarchy through the habitual practice of radical inclusion in international trade Prepared for Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School. Text republished from OpinioNative. Gender and Trade Panel University of Auckland Saturday 5 December...
ATEPS Keynote: Hon Damien O’Connor
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 Auckland’s...
Transformative Housing Policy for Aotearoa New Zealand
Transformative Housing Policy for Aotearoa New Zealand: A Briefing Note on Addressing the Housing Crisis Jacqueline Paul, Jenny McArthur, Jordan King, Max Harris, and Scott Figenshow *We would like to thank Dr Diane Menzies, Vanessa Cole, Professor Jonathan Boston,...
Green bonds a small step in a dual crisis
Dr Ryan Jones and Dr Tom Baker ask if ‘green bonds’ can save us from economic and climate collapse Covid-19 has combined with climate change to create a dual crisis that demands extraordinary financial solutions. Governments around the world, including ours in...
Virtual hosting of APEC a bold move
By Rob Scollay - What New Zealand must do to play virtual host to APEC next year is something perhaps never attempted before. The rewards could be big. Virtual hosting of 2021 APEC: a rewarding challenge for NZ New Zealand’s confirmation that it will proceed with...
Covid exposes need for public health agency
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 and...
Covid-19 and clickbait
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 days since the...
