Mar 31, 2023 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
ATEPS 2023: ‘Trans-Tasman, Regional and Global Initiatives for Sustainable Trade Futures’ took place 23-24 February 2023 and addressed the Trans-Tasman geo-political context, Regional Trade Agreements, developments in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand...
Mar 29, 2023 | Events, Policy Commons Blog
ATEPS 2023: ‘Trans-Tasman, Regional and Global Initiatives for Sustainable Trade Futures’ took place 23-24 February 2023 and addressed the Trans-Tasman geo-political context, Regional Trade Agreements, developments in Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand...
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...
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...
May 25, 2022 | News, Policy Commons Blog
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...
Apr 28, 2021 | Policy Commons Blog
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....
Oct 6, 2020 | Policy Commons Blog
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,...
Jan 20, 2020 | Policy Commons Blog
By Jennifer Curtin and Olivia Healey (2019) This report is designed to provide a contextual overview of the way relationships are defined, incentivised, and sanctioned in the current welfare system in Aotearoa, and how this compares with similar systems overseas. Our...