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Scaling Climate Finance: Forest Finance Instruments
Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 8:47 am | The Policy Observatory
New Zealand, like other countries around the world, is facing twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. Forests address both by sequestering carbon, enhancing land resilience, and creating habitat for endangered flora and fauna. But a lot hangs ... More >>
Inclusive workspaces: Diversity and public policy
Thursday, 29 November 2018, 12:07 pm | The Policy Observatory
Workplace inequality remains a challenge for diversity and inclusion. Ethnic pay gaps continue to disadvantage Māori, Pacific and Asian workers. Gender pay gaps have reduced over time in Aotearoa New Zealand, but there is not equity yet. In an ... More >>
The Moriori myth and why it’s still with us
Friday, 3 August 2018, 1:54 pm | The Policy Observatory
By Keri Mills, The Policy Observatory, AUT. This was first printed on the Briefing Papers website: http://briefingpapers.co.nz/the-moriori-myth-and-why-its-still-with-us/ More >>
Budget 2017: What does “Social Investment” really mean?
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 12:42 pm | The Policy Observatory
Media Advisory Budget 2017: What does “Social Investment” really mean? Julienne Molineaux, Director of The Policy Observatory, interviews Simon Chapple More >>
New report on housing: The Mess We're In
Monday, 15 May 2017, 1:53 pm | The Policy Observatory
AUT Professor of Construction Management John Tookey, recently interview by Kathryn Ryan on RNZ’s Nine to Noon Show [ here ], has written a report on the mess that is the Auckland housing market. While a lot has been written about the crisis of ... More >>
Key going as rules change - David Hall
Monday, 19 December 2016, 10:34 am | The Policy Observatory
"The personal is political": a slogan that John Key, our outgoing Prime Minister, fudged vigorously throughout his tenure. More >>
The Wellington Problem
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 5:01 pm | The Policy Observatory
It is difficult to take the Government’s housing policy seriously when a central plank of that policy is a continuing series of threats aimed primarily at blaming the Auckland Council for the current housing shambles as if Council (and Auckland) ... More >>
The budget that failed Auckland
Tuesday, 31 May 2016, 10:23 am | The Policy Observatory
The 2016 budget offered Auckland nothing in the way of vision or hope and it continued the National Government’s threats against the Auckland Council. Threatening the Council with over-riding its democratic processes if it fails to release land for ... More >>
Central Government is a problem!
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 4:36 pm | The Policy Observatory
The relationship between central and local government was singled out by the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance as a key measure of the success of the reforms that produced a unitary council for the region. It is relationship that has been ... More >>
