by admin | Dec 17, 2013 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
While assisting with the LivingStandardsNZ Workshop, Diana Tam produced a working paper for the Institute, entitled Living the Good Life – Defining ‘living standards’, which is now available for download on the McGuinness Institute website. The working paper is...
by admin | Dec 13, 2013 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
We had a great week last week hosting 28 young New Zealanders, who came together to stress-test the Treasury’s Living Standard’s Framework. The Institute, in collaboration with the New Zealand Treasury, brought together 28 participants from all around New Zealand...
by admin | Dec 4, 2013 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
For each day of the LivingStandardsNZ workshop (3-5 December 2013) we are giving the participants a ‘Thought for the Day’. These thoughts are from a range of sources and are designed to encourage the participants to think broadly about some of the issues...
by admin | Dec 3, 2013 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
For each day of the LivingStandardsNZ workshop (3-5 December 2013) we are giving the participants a ‘Thought for the Day’. These thoughts are from a range of sources and are designed to encourage the participants to think broadly about some of the issues...
by admin | Jun 25, 2013 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
On 14 June, McGuinness Institute interns Jeremy Todd and Susie Krieble attended the 2013 Financial Literacy Summit in Auckland hosted by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income. Although New Zealand has come out on top in a study comparing average...
by admin | Feb 19, 2013 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
You may have heard talk in the media recently about a ‘living wage’. The campaign was launched by Living Wage Aotearoa New Zealand (LWANZ), which unites a wide range of organisations who support the living wage. I spent two days at LWANZ’s Precarious Work and The...
