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Shaun Sutton on how to tackle poverty

Shaun Sutton on how to tackle poverty

Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Teach First NZ, Shaun Sutton, was a speaker on day two of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. You can view this presentation on our YouTube channel or play below. Shaun spoke to the participants about how education can play a part in tackling poverty. He shared three ideas on how to reduce educational inequality with the group. Firstly, by creating multiple...
Dr Ganesh Nana on how to tackle poverty

Dr Ganesh Nana on how to tackle poverty

The Chief Economist at BERL (Business and Economic Research Limited), Dr Ganesh Nana, was a speaker on day one of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. You can view this presentation on our YouTube channel or play below. Dr Nana gave participants an economic perspective on how to tackle poverty and emphasised the need for New Zealand to have a grown up conversation, reflecting on data...
Defining poverty from the inside out video

Defining poverty from the inside out video

Poverty is so often defined from the outside looking in. In the video below, four TacklingPovertyNZ participants define poverty by what it feels like from the inside out. This was shared at the TacklingPovertyNZ finale presentation at Parliament on 9 December 2020. You can view this presentation on our YouTube channel or play below. Participants were Rayden Horton, Lisa Jagoe, Elaina...
Participants present at the TacklingPovertyNZ finale

Participants present at the TacklingPovertyNZ finale

At the end of a fast-paced 72 hours, the TacklingPovertyNZ participants presented their findings to MPs and other guests at Parliament on 9 December 2020. They had the floor for one hour, during which time they reported their observations, reflections and proposals for policy change on how New Zealand might best tackle poverty as a country. You can view this presentation...