Recent Research
Following the December 2015 workshop, we are continuing to list interesting developments and research reports below:
Lines within New Zealand Infographic
The McGuinness Institute – November 2016
Are we there yet?: Five years on the road to addressing child poverty
Dr Russell Wills – Children’s Commissioner – May 2016 (presentation slides)
Characteristics of Children at Risk Infographics
New Zealand Treasury and Statistics NZ – February 2016 (an excellent wall poster)
Poorly Understood: The State of Poverty in New Zealand
The New Zealand Initiative – February 2016
Social Investment Insights
Statistics New Zealand and New Zealand Treasury – February 2016
Using integrated administrative data to identify youth who are at risk of poor outcomes as adults
New Zealand Treasury – 2015
Working Group on Poverty and Opportunity
AEI-Brookings – December 2015
Beggars out in force for summer
Stuff – December 2015
Registration decision: Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust (QUE51343)
The Charities Registration Board – November 2015
Stephen Hawking on the Future of Capitalism and Inequality
CounterPunch – October 2015
More effective social services Summary version
Productivity Commission – August 2015
The Global Goals for Sustainable Development Challenges and possible implications for Norway
Fafo, Norway – 2015
NZDEP2013 index of deprivation
University of Otago – May 2014
Treasury Report: Data on Poverty in New Zealand
New Zealand Treasury – January 2012
What do New Zealand students understand about civic knowledge and citizenship?
Ministry of Education – 2010
Ministerial Committee on Poverty
DPMC
Pre-2015 workshop Resources
The following is a list of resources that we want participants to be aware of prior to the workshop. They are divided into two sections – Essential and Recommended – and are arranged by date, beginning with the most recent.
In providing these resources, we aim to build a shared platform for participants to discuss ways to tackle poverty. Please note that these resources deliberately represent a wide range of perspectives, not all of which we agree with. Some are research-based or statistics-based, and these are included in order to ensure that participants enter the workshop with a shared awareness of the current factual realities of poverty both within New Zealand and throughout the world. Others are included with the aim of orientating participants to a range of different opinions, approaches and modes of expression around this issue.
A: ESSENTIAL
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Improving the family environment in which children are raised is vital to any serious effort to reduce poverty and expand opportunity. Twenty-five years of extensive and rigorous research has shown that children raised in stable, secure families have a better chance to flourish.
The family structure in and of itself is an important factor in reducing poverty: children raised in single-parent families are nearly five times as likely to be poor as those in married-couple families.
Household Incomes in New Zealand: Trends in indicators in inequality and hardship 1982 to 2014
Ministry of Social Development – Bryan Perry, August 2015
Economic Survey of New Zealand 2015
OECD – June 2015
Child Material Hardship Report
Ministry of Social Development – Bryan Perry, May 2015
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New Zealand General Social Survey: 2014
Statistics New Zealand – May 2015
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Recent Wealth and Income Trends in New Zealand
Salvation Army – Alan Johnson, February 2015
Income Mobility in New Zealand: A Descriptive Analysis
The New Zealand Treasury – Kristie Carter, Penny Mok and Trinh Le, November 2014
Regulatory Impact Statement for Minimum Wage Review 2013
Ministry of Business and Innovation – February 2014
Relief of poverty
Charities Services – 2012
The Living Standards Framework
The New Zealand Treasury – June 2012
Watch online
TalentNZ: Creating a place where talent wants to live – the journey
McGuinness Institute – September 2015
Understanding Social Mobility
Brookings Institution – August 2014
The case for letting business solve social problems [New]
Professor Michael Porter, 2013
Forums for the future: Closing the Gap between Rich and Poor
Te Papa – Nana et al. October 2012
Consequences of Inequality
Closing the Gap – Richard Wilkinson, 2011
A place where talent wants to live
McGuinness Institute – Sir Paul Callaghan, April 2011
B: RECOMMENDED
Books
Wealth and New Zealand
BWB Texts – Max Rashbrooke, 2015
The Child Poverty Debate: Myths, Misconceptions and Misunderstandings
BWB Texts – Jonathon Boston and Simon Chapple, 2015
The Inequality Debate: An Introduction
BWB Texts – Max Rashbrooke, 2014
Growing Apart: Regional Prosperity in New Zealand
BWB Texts – Shamubeel Eaqub, 2014
The Piketty Phenomenon: New Zealand Perspectives
BWB Texts – Multiple contributors, 2014
Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet
Earthscan – Tim Jackson, 2009
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SSIR newsletter on measuring pathways out of poverty
Peter Manzo – December 2015 (recommended by David Rutherford)
Child Poverty in New Zealand
Unicef New Zealand – October 2015
Richard Gere goes incognito as homeless man
Stuff.co.nz – October 2015
Robert Reich on Why Capitalism Needs Saving
Rolling Stone – Mike Konczal, October 2015
It’s not a lack of self-control that keeps people poor
The Conversation – Elliot Berkman, September 2015
BROKE
SB Nation – Spencer Hall, September 2015
Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations – September 2015
A glimpse into homelessness in West Auckland
Salvation Army – Reina Tuai Harris, August 2015
MBIE’s Pacific Economic Strategy 2015-2021
Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment – 2015
National Drug Policy 2015 to 2020
Ministry of Health – August 2015
Inequality in New Zealand 1983/84 to 2013/14
The New Zealand Treasury – Christopher Ball and John Creedy, June 2015
An overview of New Zealand’s Housing
Child Poverty Action Group – Alan Johnson, May 2015
Mixed Fortunes – The Geography of Advantage and Disadvantage in New Zealand
The Salvation Army – Alan Johnson, May 2015
On a Plate
The Wireless – Toby Morris, May 2015
“Goldblog” Searches related to poverty
Paul Goldsmith – 2015
Working for Families Changes: The effect on the labour supply in New Zealand
The New Zealand Treasury – Penny Mok and Joseph Mercante, November 2014
The Role of Value Judgements in Measuring Inequality
The New Zealand Treasury – John Creedy and Jesse Eedrah, November 2014
Our children, our choice: priorities for policy
Child Poverty Action Group – Edited by M. Claire Dale, Mike O’Brien and Susan St John, September 2014
Te Kupenga 2013
Statistics New Zealand – May 2014
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Society at a Glance 2014 Highlights: New Zealand OECD Social Indicators
OECD – March 2014
Child Poverty in New Zealand: Building on progress to date
Expert Advisory Group on Child Poverty – October 2013
Government Response to the Children’s Commissioner’s Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty
Beehive – May 2013
Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand – Evidence for Action
Children’s Commission – Expert Advisory Group, December 2012
Report of an investigation into defining a living wage for New Zealand
Family Centre Social Policy Research Unit – Peter King and Charles Waldegrave, December 2012
Reducing Child Poverty in Māori Whānau
Solutions to Child Poverty – Expert Advisory Group, August 2012
Public Perceptions of Poverty and Social Exclusion: Final Report on Focus Group Findings
Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK research project – Eldin Fahmy, Simon Pemberton and Eileen Sutton, August 2012
Inquiry into the determinants of wellbeing for Māori children
Child Poverty Action Group – 2012
2010: The Social Report
Ministry of Social Development – October 2010
Report and Data
Poverty, Income Inequality and Health
The New Zealand Treasury – Ken Judge and Iain Paterson, January 2001
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The story we tell about poverty isn’t true
TEDtalks – Mia Birdsong, May 2015
The New Haves and Have Nots
TVNZ – Nigel Latta, July 2014
Mind the Gap
TV3 – Inside New Zealand, August 2013