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Workshop on Solutions to Child Poverty in NZ
REMINDER
Workshop on Solutions to Child Poverty
in New Zealand
Hosted by the Institute for Governance and
Policy Studies
Registration is free.To register or for further
information email igps@vuw.ac.nz or call (04)
4635307
Wednesday 19
September: 9.00am – 4.00pm
Civic Suite No 1, Wellington
Town Hall
New Zealand has significant levels of
child poverty which are having negative impacts on many
children. Poverty also inposes substantial costs on the
wider society, including considerable fiscal costs. In March
2012, the Children’s Commissioner, Dr Russell Wills,
established an Expert Advisory Group (EAG) on Solutions to
Child Poverty. The EAG will publish its first report, an
Issues and Options Paper, on 28 August, together with about
20 background papers on a raft of issues relating to child
poverty. A final report will be completed by mid-December
2012.
The Institute for Governance and Policy Studies in the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington is hosting a one-day workshop to explore the policy options for reducing child poverty and mitigating its effects. Attendance is free.
The Workshop will include formal presentations and moderated discussions.
Contributors include:
Professor Peter
Saunders – Research Professor in Social Policy,
Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South
Wales
Professor Jonathan Boston
(Co-chair of the EAG) – Professor of Public Policy, School
of Government, Victoria University of
Wellington
Dr Tracey McIntosh (Co-chair of the EAG) – Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Auckland
Professor Philippa
Howden-Chapman (Member of the EAG) – Professor of
Public Health,
University of Otago
Professor Richie Poulton (Member of the EAG) – Director, Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit; Co-Director, National Centre for Lifecourse Research, University of Otago
Bob Stephens (Member of the EAG) – Senior Associate, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Nikki Turner (Member of the EAG) – General Practitioner, Director of Conectus and the Immunisation Advisory Centre, Senior Lecturer in the Division of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland
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