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Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on November 9, 2020

The Labour-Greens cooperation agreement having been signed, and ministerial portfolios allocated, what progress can we expect in the next three years towards greater economic equality and deeper democracy in New Zealand? Verdict: Small steps towards dealing with one half of the problem Labour has a free hand to implement the promises in its manifesto, many…

Wealth thresholds: new data

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on October 13, 2020

Today we are releasing the second tranche of our wealth inequality data in conjunction with Statistics New Zealand. The data, available at this link, give details of wealth inequality thresholds – that is, the boundaries between wealth deciles (and in some cases percentiles) by both individual and household. Other tabs in the same spreadsheet provides…

SFO charges over NZ First Foundation

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on September 29, 2020

The Serious Fraud Office has laid charges against two – currently unnamed – individuals in conjunction with its investigation into the New Zealand First Foundation. This is hardly surprising, given the strong evidence that the foundation was being used to circumvent donation laws, channelling donations to the party without declaring them. Whatever the next steps,…

Wealth inequality 2020: first data

Opinion by Max Rashbrooke on August 31, 2020

Today we’re publishing the first data from our investigation of the net worth module attached to the 2017-18 Household Economic Survey. This data looks at wealth broken down by five groups: the Poorest 50% (P1-50), the Next 40% (P51-90), the Next 5% (P91-95), the Next 4% (P96-99) and the Wealthiest 1% (P99-100). The data are…

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Lecture Theatre 1

12nov

2020 Sir Frank Holmes Memorial Lecture in Policy Studies - David Skegg

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for our Future The coronavirus pandemic is far from over, but already it is clear that some aspects of life will never return to the ‘old normal’. [...]

Event Details

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for our Future

The coronavirus pandemic is far from over, but already it is clear that some aspects of life will never return to the ‘old normal’. It is time for radical thinking about options for improving the resilience of our health and society.

Sir David Skegg is an epidemiologist and public health physician. After training in medicine in New Zealand, he was a Rhodes scholar and then a lecturer in epidemiology at the University of Oxford. At the age of 32 he returned to the Chair of Preventive and Social Medicine at the University of Otago. From 2004 to 2011, he was the Vice-Chancellor of the University. As well as advising the World Health Organization in Geneva, Professor Skegg has chaired many government bodies, including the Health Research Council, the Public Health Commission, and the Science Board. He was also the President of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, which is the national academy for science, technology and the humanities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he has served as a special adviser to Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee, and has also been called as a witness by the equivalent select committee of the UK House of Commons.

Refreshments will be served after the lecture. RSVPs are essential for contract tracing: email lynn.barlow@vuw.ac.nz or phone 04 463 6966. Let us know if you wish for someone to attend in your place. Social distancing will be applied depending on alert levels. Please stay home if you are unwell.

Time

(Thursday) 6:00 pm

Location

Old Government Buildings, Wellington

Lecture Theatre 1

Organizer

VUW School of Government