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Families Who Find Themselves Poor in New Zealand: Some Important Data

Jess Berentson-ShawMarch 7, 2017Tax and Welfare

How many families with children find themselves struggling with rising costs in New Zealand? According to research by Statistics New Zealand in 2009, over half of New Zealand families experience at least a year of income poverty after the arrival … Read More

Pennies from Heaven – Why cash works best to ensure all children thrive

Jess Berentson-ShawMarch 2, 2017Tax and Welfare

Today the Morgan Foundation’s new book Pennies from heaven is released. In it we propose that all New Zealand families with a child under 3 years of age receive $200 a week unconditional payment called a “Thriving Child” payment. We … Read More

Employment Policy Built on Quality Evidence or Reckons?

Jess Berentson-ShawMarch 1, 2017Tax and Welfare

Recently the Prime Minister Bill English followed in the tradition of the previous Prime Minster John Key and suggested the reason we had a skills shortage was because young people could not pass drugs tests . He said this was … Read More

Where is the vision for thriving lives for all Kiwis?

Jess Berentson-ShawFebruary 8, 2017Tax and Welfare

Today the Salvation Army released its annual state of the nation report. It highlights particularly the lack of evidence that crime is on the rise, and questions the focus of spending on policing and prisons. Instead it asks why is … Read More

We Can Improve Children’s Lives if We Choose: We Need to Understand these 6 Things

Jess Berentson-ShawDecember 13, 2016Tax and Welfare

The latest child poverty monitor has been released, but nothing has changed. Let me predict: commentators & politicians will argue over poverty measurements, the ‘real’ numbers, parents will be blamed, social investment mentioned and our focus will slide oh so … Read More

Does the State Have a Clue how to Look After Children Yet?

Jess Berentson-ShawDecember 2, 2016Tax and Welfare

The abuse of children while ‘in the care of the State’ in the 1950’s, 60s and 70’s in New Zealand is a dirty smear on our system of so called ‘child protection’. The excoriating interview of Social Development Minister Tolley … Read More

The Case for A Basic Income for Families with Children in New Zealand

Jess Berentson-ShawNovember 18, 2016Tax and Welfare

It is amazing what a difference a few miles (and a totally different political paradigm) can make to the vulnerable in society. While in the US life looks like becoming a lot harder for those on low incomes with the … Read More

The Police (and pretty much everyone else) Know how to Prevent Crime, Why Don’t the Politicians?

Jess Berentson-ShawOctober 26, 2016Tax and Welfare

It was nicely done really; Judith Collins neatly deflected the question posed by a delegate at a Police Association’s Conference about when the government was going to start addressing the causes of the crimes, notably child poverty. She repelled that … Read More

Politicians need to face up to reality and discuss the future of NZ Super

Geoff SimmonsOctober 25, 2016Tax and Welfare

Over the weekend the Retirement Commissioner foreshadowed the launch of a new study. The findings are that despite its success, NZ Super is not sustainable in the long term unless we make some changes to it. This sparked the usual … Read More

Inequality, Housing and Economic Growth – In Perspective

Gareth MorganOctober 21, 2016Economics, Tax and Welfare

Earlier this week the New Zealand Initiative (NZI) released their thoughts on inequality and specifically the role housing affordability has played in exacerbating the numbers. It’s good to see a business-funded think tank acknowledging that inequality matters – despite the … Read More

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