by Sophie Peat | Feb 22, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
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...
by Sophie Peat | Feb 22, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
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...
by Sophie Peat | Feb 22, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
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...
by Wendy McGuinness | Feb 19, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
The 2015 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 2015. It...
by Sophie Peat | Feb 18, 2016 | Project TacklingPovertyNZ
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 2015. They had the floor for one hour, during which time they reported their observations, reflections and proposals...