Booklet presentation at the Treasury on Thursday, 3 March 2020
Seven of the original TacklingPovertyNZ participants came together at the New Zealand Treasury in Wellington on Thursday, 3 March 2020. They shadowed officials from the Treasury and then presented the TacklingPovertyNZ booklet that the 36 participants had produced as a result of the December 2020 workshop. This was a first for the Treasury – the opportunity was created by the...
Chris Theobald on the relationship between racial discrimination and poverty
Chris Theobald, Principal at Holy Family School in Cannons Creek, Porirua, was a speaker on day one of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. You can view this presentation on our YouTube channel or play below. Chris discussed the barriers that face those living in poverty. He suggested that we should focus on equity over equality, that we need new ideas to tackle the problem, and that...
Geoff Lewis on how to tackle poverty
Geoff Lewis, Inquiry Director at the New Zealand Productivity Commission for its recent inquiry into More Effective Social Services, was a speaker on day one of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. You can view this presentation on our YouTube channel or play below. Geoff shared the conclusions from the More Effective Social Services report and his presentation explained what he thought the report offers in regard to...
McGuinness Institute Newsletter Issue 16 Out Now!
This newsletter gives updates on our work since our July 2020 newsletter and sets out the work programme for the next six months. We have a lot planned for 2020, which you can see on our updated work programme (February 2020). If you are interested in receiving the Institute’s twice-yearly newsletter, please subscribe. Please also connect with TalentNZ. By connecting you will receive our monthly TalentNZ newsletter, which outlines recent...
Shay Wright on how to tackle poverty
The founding Head of Māori Development at the Icehouse, Shay Wright, was a speaker on day two of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. You can view this presentation on our YouTube channel or play below. Shay explained his vision for New Zealand. He shared a number of practical ‘hows’ with participants, which sat under three overarching topics: increasing household incomes; reducing regressive tax systems, for...
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
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
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...
Booket exploring ways to reduce poverty in New Zealand is now published online
The 2020 TacklingPovertyNZ workshop booklet, Exploring ways to reduce poverty in New Zealand, is now published. This booklet presents the 36 participants’ conclusions from the workshop held in collaboration with the New Zealand Treasury in December 2020. It documents the group’s observations, reflections and proposals for policy change. You can download the booklet on the McGuinness Institute publications page here. The...
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...
Max Rashbrooke on how to tackle poverty
Journalist and author, Max Rashbrooke was a speaker on day one of the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop. His presentation is now available to view on the McGuinness Institute YouTube channel. You can also watch the video below. Max discussed the relationship between a lack of income and poverty. He argued that solutions to tackling poverty do not need to...
Tania Tapsell on how to tackle poverty
Councillor Tania Tapsell’s (Rotorua District Council) presentation from the TacklingPovertyNZ workshop is now available on the McGuinness Institute YouTube channel. You can also watch the video below. As one of the youngest local government councillors in New Zealand, Tania Tapsell offered an interesting perspective from within local government. Although poverty can be intergeneration because of education, housing and...
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