Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Dr Claire Charters – Where does our rock, New Zealand’s constitutional foundation, te Tiriti o Waitangi, fit in all the emergency powers, regulations and obligations on the Government in this time of pandemic? The Covid-19 era is like a fast-moving picture...
Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, News, Policy Commons Blog
By Charlotte Muru-Lanning – The voice of kaumātua is key to Māori wellbeing beyond the Covid-19 crisis – and a new study seeks their understanding and advice on how tikanga might have to change. As we near the end of the fourth week of a nationwide...
Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Jay Marlowe – As the world, and New Zealand, shuts its borders, the millions of refugees globally are forgotten in high density camps. Jay Marlowe argues we can’t only look inward in fighting Covid-19. The “cautious optimism,” expressed recently by...
Apr 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By John Mohan – As the ripple effects of Covid-19 continue to put livelihoods on the line and a recession seems inevitable, the fate of organisations that largely survive on donations and volunteers is precarious. Current severe restrictions on movement mean the...
Apr 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Susan St John – When we rethink our economy and how we support citizens, we must end the 19th Century bias against those in relationships, writes the University of Auckland’s Susan St John It is vital that all new welfare policies to cushion the...
Mar 23, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
By Jess Berentson Shaw – The economy will be okay if we focus on what matters in our decision making: caring for each other, writes Jess Berentson-Shaw It doesn’t make too much difference whether it is an economic recession, climate change or a pandemic,...
Mar 19, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
The University of Auckland’s Jennifer Curtin takes a look at what the political implications of Tuesday’s Covid-19 relief package might be The Government’s $12.1 billion package to alleviate the far-reaching effects of the Covid-19 pandemic is aimed at...
Feb 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Policy Commons Blog
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...
