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Work = Wellbeing
“Choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” This cliché was printed on a…
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Alex’s op-ed on the End of Life Choice Bill featured on the Spinoff
Alex Penk’s op-ed highlighting flaws of David Seymour’s End of Life Choice Bill featured on the Spinoff. Read the article: …
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Budget reveals Wellbeing will cost more than Rules allow
The figures announced in last week’s Wellbeing Budget stretches the Government’s self-imposed Budget Responsibility Rules (keeping the level of net…
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Government needs to give answers on “wellbeing”
This week the Government will unveil the first-ever Wellbeing Budget, somewhat breathlessly described by the New York Times as “New…
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Creating poverty-busting opportunites that work for people with disabilities
by Alex Penk and Danielle van Dalen This week there’s been a lot of coverage about employment opportunities for people…
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Media coverage of the launch of “Creating Opportunity” Policy Paper
On the morning of the release of our latest Disability Policy Paper, our research was featured on the news across…
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MEDIA RELEASE: Creating work opportunities for people with disabilities to get out of poverty
Thursday, 23 May In New Zealand people with disabilities earn just half of the average income of people without disabilities….
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Creating better opportunities for work
New Zealand is in the middle of a national conversation on poverty, and yet, despite being over-represented in the poverty…
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Policy Paper: Creating Opportunity
People with disabilities are overlooked in the national conversation on poverty and overrepresented in New Zealand’s poverty statistics. They face…
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The “yeah, nah” government
That gutting feeling of unfulfilled expectations is hard to shake, and the bigger the promise, the bigger the disappointment. The…
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Making New Zealand “sexy”
In contrast with our apparently “sexy” accent, New Zealand is struggling when it comes to being attractive as a long-term…
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Raising resilient children through healthy relationships
When we hear of the overwhelming, and often heart-breaking challenges that some families face it can be easy to feel…
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RNZ interview Alex in response to the PGF audit release
In response to the Provincial Growth Fund Audit Office stating payments need to be reviewed and managed better, Alex Penk talks to…
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Dom Post feature Alex Penk’s op-ed on the End of Life Choice Bill
With the End of Life Choice Bill facing its second reading, Alex releases an op-ed printed by The Dominion Post…
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Life and death consequences of shoddy legislation
Now that the Justice Select Committee have reported back to Parliament on the End of Life Choice Bill, our MPs…
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MEDIA RELEASE | End of Life Choice Bill report highlights multitude of “concerns and contradictions”
Released today, the Justice Select Committee’s report does not recommend passing the End of Life Choice Bill. Instead, it highlights…
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Hate-speech review risks being too hasty
The Justice Minister put the cart before the horse when he spoke about hate speech recently. In the shadow of…
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Offering the best of “real” New Zealand
We’ve been rightly proud of our country’s unity in response to the Christchurch mosque attacks. But in the weeks following…
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This is our home
Vibrant flowers gild the gates of the Christchurch mosques, each bouquet laid with trembling hands, representing a beautiful solidarity amidst…
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Keeping an eye on transparency
“Constant vigilance!” I’m finding that Professor Mad-Eye Moody’s childhood encouragement to be ever watchful still applies now to the way…
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