Jul 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
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...
Jul 13, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
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...
Jun 24, 2020 | 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...
Jun 18, 2020 | 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...
May 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
The Budget’s investment in physical infrastructure is necessary for economic recovery, but it must be recognised that the number of women in those jobs is much lower than in social infrastructure like heath services and education. The Government should consider...
May 15, 2020 | COVID-19, Events, Policy Commons Blog
This is the first of a number of Gender Impact Analysis Policy Forums we are hosting over the coming six months. Subscribe for updates. Speakers: • Saunoamaali’i Kararina Sumeo (Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Human Rights Commission) • Traci Houpapa...
May 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Events, Policy Commons Blog
This is the first of a number of Gender Impact Analysis Policy Forums we are hosting over the coming six months. Register here for the event About this Event Speakers: • Saunoamaali’i Kararina Sumeo (Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Human Rights...
May 8, 2020 | COVID-19, Events
Watch the recording of the webinar Dear friend Although the COVID-19 pandemic has put the brakes on Australia’s paid market economy, our unpaid non-market economy – the cooking, cleaning and caring taking place within Australians’ households – is still...
May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog, Policy Pod
Professor John Mohan Director of the Third Sector Research Centre Professor of Social Policy University of Birmingham Seelye Visiting Fellow Advocates of the third sector and voluntary action make extensive claims about the distinctive virtues of voluntary...
May 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
If you had mentioned ‘flattening the curve’ in 2019, chances are you would have been met with a blank stare. However, almost halfway through 2020, the language of data visualisation has become commonplace, and data visualisations are widely used to communicate about...
