2929,0606,20202020 | Policy Commons Blog
Angie Tangaere & Penny Hagen This blog is the second in a series of reflections and projections from the Lab and the teams that we work with about equity, systems health and systems change in the context of COVID-19. Originally published by The Auckland Co-Design...
2828,0606,20202020 | Policy Commons Blog
By Jennifer Frost – Systemic white violence against black Americans is alive and well, and it’s white violence that sustains white supremacy Current scenes from the United States are both familiar and shocking. George Floyd’s life being brutally snuffed...
2727,0606,20202020 | Policy Commons Blog
Dr Louise Humpage was hoping Covid would help Kiwis better understand how tough it is to live off the benefit, but the newly unemployed are not being treated like main beneficiaries at all Foolishly, I had thought one serendipitous outcome of the Covid-19 crisis would...
2626,0606,20202020 | Policy Commons Blog
Anomalies in the policy for superannuitants with overseas pensions are an indictment on the justice process in New Zealand, write Susan St John and Dr Claire Dale Along with many others, the Retirement Policy and Research Centre has worked assiduously for more than a...
2525,0606,20202020 | Policy Commons Blog
By Gehan Gunasekara – Kiwis have a natural aversion to following strict rules day in, day out, but when it comes to Covid, we need those rules Clearly, the Kiwi attitude of ‘she’ll be right’, individualism and aversion to following strict...
2525,0606,20202020 | Policy Commons Blog
The NZ-UK trade talks that launched recently offer renewed hope and optimism for an agreement that benefits these historical allies, writes Dr Asha Sundaram The UK’s entry into the European Economic Community, the precursor to the European Union (EU) in 1973...
2424,0606,20202020 | COVID-19, Events
Date and Time Wed, 1 July 2020 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM NZST Register for this event As Aotearoa New Zealand began to control its COVID-19 cases, calls began to grow for the creation of a Pacific—and Trans-Tasman—travel bubble. The general concept would see tourism and other...
2323,0606,20202020 | Policy Commons Blog
By Associate Professor Tim Tenbensel – Implementing recommendations from a major review of the health and disability system will require the Government to bring its A Game, writes Dr Tim Tenbensel The long-awaited Final Report of the Health and Disability...
1818,0606,20202020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
Diane Brand asks what the post-pandemic city will look like and how do we adjust our concept of urbanism to accommodate it? *Originally published in Newsroom. Republished with permission Public spaces where people are able congregate, streets, squares, parks and...
1212,0606,20202020 | Events, Policy Pod
Advancing Equal Pay and Women’s Economic Wellbeing post-COVID19 Recorded Wed 10 June 2020, 1-2pm Despite the passage of the Equal Pay Act in 1972, gender pay gaps remain an intractable feature of the New Zealand labour market. Compared to their male counterparts,...