Podcast appearances and mentions of jonathan boston

Professor Jonathan Boston is Chair of the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington expalins the issues around a managed retreat.

Civilisation and Democracy in Crisis - Jonathan Boston, Professor of Policy Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington School of Government. He is the Author of a report prepared for the environmental Defence society on Managed Retreat and was the author of Transforming the Welfare State and Moving Towards a New Social Contract. In August he will be giving a lecture In Wellington On The Future Of Democracy! Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Prof Jonathan Boston from Victoria University joins us to talk about the ACT policy to reduce the number of core public servants by 15,000 people. Jonathan is from the School of Government and asks why does the arbitrary number of 15,000 make any sense? Cenk Uyger is on Piers Morgan's show talking Gaza and the war crimes that are happening to the citizens every day Chloe Swarbrick and David Seymour from the AM Show talk about the caretaker government and what should NZ do, if anything, publicly about Gaza under caretaker leadership. Seymour is keen to help, but there are a lot of 'buts' in his messaging Journalist Annabelle Lee-Mather speaks on why she thinks the treaty referendum will not be something the right let go of easily as a part of coalition negotiations. +++++++++++++++ We have a new three-week merch drop, come in solidarity with all the other 'Bottom Feeders' and represent by visiting www.BHNShop.nz +++++++++++++++ Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

With Dr Carlos Cheung, Aigagalefili Fepulea'i Tapua'i, Fisher Wang, Felix Poole and Professor Jonathan Boston

Mostly, this series takes the scriptures at face value, without asking the historical or scientific questions. This sermon is an exception, as Jonathan Boston takes a theistic evolutionary perspective on the account in Genesis 3. He then asks how a committed Christian should understand the doctrine of the Fall, and how that should shape our life in today's world. Fittingly, the sermon was preached on Hiroshima Day 2023, a day when we remember the tragic ability of humanity to wreak destruction. Texts: Genesis 3 Romans 8.18-27

Managed retreat from sealevel rise - Jonathan Boston Professor Emeritus of Policy Studies at the Wellington School of Government . Victoria University Author of a report prepared for the Environmental Defence Society on Managed Retreat from Climate Change Catastrophe and was the author of Transforming the Welfare State and Moving Towards a New Social Contract. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Professor Jonathan Boston continues the Lenten series on the Habits of Occasionally Effective Christians. This week - charitable giving, or as it used to be called, "almsgiving". How do we give intelligently and faithfully in a world so different from the world Jesus encountered in 1st C Palestine? Readings 2 Corinthians 9.6-15 Matthew 6.1-4

Recent extreme flooding events have bought the need for managed retreat into sharp focus. We will have no choice but to move tens of thousands of people out of harms way over the coming decades according to Jonathan Boston.

What can be done about the climate crisis? Can individuals make a real difference to climate change? What changes should the government make? Rayne and Mika chat with Emeritus Professor Dr. Jonathan Boston ONZM about his work in climate change research and policy. Jonathan discusses the increasing threat of the climate crisis, explains how he maintains a realistic outlook, and shares about his faith and where he finds hope. Show notes Rod Donald (1957–2005) NZ emissions reduction plan The Apostles' Creed Lake Onslow pumped storage option (MBIE) Extinction Rebellion NZ Faith in Democracy: Framing a Politics of Deep Diversity, 2021, Jonathan Chaplin

CHRISTOPHER LUXON to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government's statements and actions? Dr LIZ CRAIG to the Minister of Housing: What actions is the Government taking to increase the supply of housing outside the main urban centres? KAREN CHHOUR to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she agree with the statement in yesterday's report on the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People's Commission Bill by Jonathan Boston and David King that "locating the Monitor so close to the centre of power creates the risk of a vicious cycle of increasing levels of abuse and the potential for abuse to be swept under the carpet", or does she agree with Minister Davis's statement that for those who submitted against the bill, it was "just another thing to grizzle about"? ANGELA ROBERTS to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What progress has been made on supporting people into jobs in the regions? NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Revenue: Has Inland Revenue advised him why some people who haven't lived in New Zealand for several years have received the cost of living payment, and will Inland Revenue be investigating what specific errors have led to these payments being made? IBRAHIM OMER to the Minister for Trade and Export Growth: What progress has the Government made on its Trade for All agenda? Dr SHANE RETI to the Minister of Health: Does he stand by all his statements and actions around the health workforce? ANNA LORCK to the Minister for Economic and Regional Development: What recent announcements has he made on Government support for regional economies? Hon LOUISE UPSTON to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she agree with the Prime Minister that "it does matter to us as a Labour Government that we have people in the dignity of work"; if so, why are 55 percent more people receiving jobseeker support for longer than one year as at the June 2022 quarter compared to the September 2017 quarter? Hon EUGENIE SAGE to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries: Will he commit to further action in New Zealand's exclusive economic zone to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems, such as seamounts, in light of the United Nations workshop under way in New York and relevant United Nations resolutions, including 6472, 6668, and 71123? TAMATI COFFEY to the Associate Minister of Health (Maori Health): What recent announcements has he made regarding the roll-out of Kaupapa Maori primary mental health and addiction services? MARK CAMERON to the Associate Minister for the Environment (Biodiversity): Does he stand by the exposure draft of the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity that objectives, policies, and methods developed under it "must, to the extent practicable: enable new occupation, use and development of Maori Lands"; if so, will he extend the same criteria to all New Zealanders with significant natural areas on their land?

A new report out today urges the government to put the brakes on a bill that would establish a new independent monitor agency charged with overseeing Oranga Tamariki. The 46 page report - "Improving a System When Young Lives are at Stake" - says having the new entity as a government department means it can't be independent enough from the bureaucracy its supposed to be criticising in cases where children and young people may be suffering harm. Report authors former senior public servant David King, and Victoria University emeritus professor of public policy Jonathan Boston spoke to Corin Dann.

Outrage at moves to get rid of the Children's Commissioner.There's a bill in front of Parliament that would dismantle the role and replace it with a board of between three and six people.The bill would also see the Commissioner stripped off their power to investigate, no longer handling complaints from children and families.Victoria University emeritus professor of public policy Jonathan Boston joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.LISTEN ABOVE

This episode's guest is Jonathan Boston, Professor of Policy Studies in Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington's Te Kura Kāwanatanga—School of Government. He has served as Co-Chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty, and has written extensively on climate change policy. Jonathan suffers from an anxiety disorder, and talks to Annemarie about living with this. He Pai Tatou, We're Good is a podcast about emotions and mental health and is hosted by Professor of Health Annemarie Jutel from the Wellington Faculty of Health—Te Wāhanga Tātai Hauora.

Professor Jonathan Boston speaks to The Panel about what progress has been made.

Dr Jonathan Boston joins The Panel discussion about the pros and cons of banning petrol and diesel-run cars.

On Tuesday 29 September we held a webinar on the Cannabis Legislation and Control Referendum. This was the second in a series of four online panel discussions delving into some of the big issues facing New Zealanders in the upcoming election. The session was moderated by Professor Jonathan Boston. Panelists were Dr Carol Shand, Emeritus Professor Peter Thirkell and Dr Jessica Young

Child Poverty - Jonathan Boston - Post Covid 19 transition to a just transition to a sustainable future? Jonathan Boston Professor of Policy Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington School of Government. he served as Co-Chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty, established by the Children’s Commissioner. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 2014 to undertake research on ‘Governing for the Future: Bringing Long-Term Policy Issues into Short-Term Political Focus’. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

Transforming the Welfare State and Moving Towards a new Social Contract - Jonathan Boston Is a Professor of Public Policy at Victoria University and Co-Chair of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty, established by the Children’s Commissioner. He is the author of ’Transforming the Welfare State Towards New Social Contract Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

In this episode of the Expert Perspectives podcast, sponsored by ID Experts and hosted on BenefitsPRO, we’ll hear highlights from the August 13th presentation titled, How to Engage Employees of All Ages in Today’s Digital Landscape.  In addition to traditional health care and retirement offerings, modern benefits plans must help employers and employees address a variety of new challenges, including data protection and other difficulties presented by today’s digital landscape. Moreover, understanding the increasingly multi-generational workforce, their differing needs and how to create employee benefits strategies that suit this diversity is critical.   Cheryl Morrison Deutsch, Chief Experience Officer at Zillion, Bo Armstrong, Chief Marketing Officer at DataPath and Jonathan Boston, Senior Vice President, Global Sales at ID Experts explain how you can differentiate your offerings and appeal to today’s digitally savvy consumers.     The full on-demand webcast can be found here: https://www.benefitspro.com/2019/07/21/how-to-engage-employees-of-all-ages-in-todays-digital-landscape/   Cheryl Morrison Deutsch | Chief Experience Officer (CXO) | Zillion   Cheryl Morrison Deutsch is the Chief Experience Officer at Zillion, a leading health behavior modification company, where she leads the strategy, planning, and execution of the Zillion experience for customers, members, and employees across the digital health programs on the platform. She has nearly three decades of experience in optimizing internal operations through the development and implementation of activities designed to accelerate change, specifically in the healthcare sector. Bo Armstrong | Chief Marketing Officer | DataPath   Bo Armstrong is a national conference speaker and author of numerous white papers and articles on the health care benefits industry. As DataPath’s Chief Marketing Officer, Bo focuses on identifying emerging market trends within the benefits industry and advocating for customers and their needs within DataPath. DataPath, Inc. creates cloud-based technology solutions for FSA, HRA, and HSA administration. The company also created the award-winning employee education and engagement program, The Adventures of Captain Contributor. Jonathan Boston | Senior Vice President, Global Sales | ID Experts   Jonathan brings more than two decades of sales leadership to his role as the Senior VP of Global Sales at ID Experts. Jonathan’s focus has been in driving the dramatic growth of ID Experts’ employee benefits business, as well their industry leading data breach response business unit. Prior to joining ID Experts, he was vice president of sales at NAVEX Global, governance, risk and compliance software and services provider to more than 12,500 organizations globally. Before joining NAVEX Global, Jonathan was the director of North American Sales at global software company, Sage Software.

Jodie is a Trustee for Physicians Scientists for Global Responsibility, an organisation that has been around for about 20 years. Its focus is on independent science information in the public interest, and the public’s right to be independently informed on issues concerning both ecosystem and human health. https://www.psgr.org.nz/about-us  Jodie also founded the organisation Rite-Demands.org to draw attention to the problems of inadequate chemical regulation, that currently is too outdated and too dependent on private industry produced science to protect public health. However, she stresses that this interview is not on behalf of PSGR.  This interview reflects her independent research on what is happening in NZ.   The challenges today are how to promote wellbeing in the population and protect NZ's future generations. Though at heart it is very simple – it is about good nutrition, clean food and water, and transparency and accountability in Government. But when you delve into it, it is very complex, because we deal with each issue separately – we put health issues in silos, but when people tip into one illness, they frequently tip into more. The Data is Telling The data increasingly demonstrates that the nation’s health is being unduly affected by a combination of poor nutrition and toxicity that we are finding in the growing list of illnesses that we see in our population today. New Zealand doesn’t do much research to understand this, but this shouldn’t keep us from understanding the international science that indicates nutritional parameters are presently at very low levels. These can cause disease and depressive symptoms, as well as chemical exposures in the general public, thus creating long-term damaging stress to our body biology, that also sets the stage for increasing even more disease.   The increases in population level illnesses are alarming. But, especially in children. Comorbidity  Jodie wants everyone to know what the word ‘comorbidity’ means – because when you become ill - you frequently do not become ill with just one affliction.  For example, the science literature shows that people with irritable bowel or a functional disturbance of the intestines - that about 60% of people are likely to also suffer from depression as well. Comorbidity is common. With obesity - there is a massive overlap with type 2 diabetes and depressive disorder - that is an issue and these have been increasing dramatically over just the last 5 years. Then heart disease risk, cancer risk, osteoporosis can be added in etc. Yet, we do not see budgeting in the public sector to talk about this cumulative cost of comorbidity. Overlapping illnesses with other illnesses. So if you are not taking in healthy food (chemical free, with appropriate, bio-available fibre), then down-stream, you may experience bowel issues - that is where we absorb nutrients. We are now having issues with bone density or we have rheumatoid arthritis - or we can’t properly concentrate at school, and it’s affecting our IQ and our ability to learn, cope and have resilience. All of these may be impaired as well. But, what is shown is that you just don’t have eczema or Crohn’s disease and fatigue - what you are experiencing can be an overlap of many ailments. Why is this Happening?The question that is being asked is why is this happening? Science tells us that we can have a genetic connection, but frequently a genetic disposition is a secondary factor, - it is the environment, the combination of dietary and inflammatory stress that tips us into disease that we are genetically predisposed to. (Of course some people will express clearly inherited traits in every generation.) This is why 50 to 80 years ago we did not have the huge numbers of problems that we have now. Endocrinologists are noticing the problemsHormone mimicking chemicals harm us at parts per billion and parts per trillion, lower than the levels chemical regulators look at. So what are the endocrinologists saying - like Dr. Leo Trasande - he’s looking at the plastics in our diet - pesticides, air pollution, personal care products, household products and that they are adding up. Dr Trasande said in the book ‘Sicker, Fatter, Poorer’ that the problems of hormone damage directly relate to the pressures from all these chemicals – ‘Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are the second greatest environmental challenge of our time.’ Second to Climate Change.  This is how serious things are becoming. Jodie, says we are affected from conception - a baby foetus inside its mother can be exposed to between 200 to 300 plus different chemicals. A young child is worryingly more exposed. For example you give a toddler a glass of milk and then give an adult a glass of milk - the toddler will have 3 to 5 times the exposure of the adult because of the size of the drink to body weight - so when you do a urine test or a blood serum test for that toddler it has a far greater exposure rate with high urinary or blood germ concentrations. This means that the toddler is being exposed to far more challenges than any adult – but there are no science resources in New Zealand to understand how this is harming our children. This is not really being considered by regulators.  - please listen Just like a young mother putting on sunscreen to protect their child from the intensity of UV, yet the creams are now considered to have ingredients that are toxic as well.  Once NZ had an Independent Scientific Government Department - called the DSIR. Need for Independent Science Research Jodie sees the importance to not only have authorities check food for safety but also we critically need funding to protect and regenerate our soil health so that our crops and our animals are healthier and more resilient to pests. The science is there. We need to inform and resource farmers via old fashioned but really effective extension services. Where once NZ had a very robust Government Department called the DSIR - the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, which had top quality research scientists who were free of any commercial interests and could check out and publish research on all aspects of nature - the food chain, and any other industrial purpose, having especially a deep focus on biology, but this has nearly all been lost. This came about, when the 4th Labour Government found themselves selling off a large percentage of NZ's State Owned Enterprises, the Crown Jewels of Government - and the DSIR was off loaded as well. Thus we lost an independent body of scientists who at one level were also public health watch dogs. Lack of Robust NZ Media.So the precautionary approach today has in many ways a very small voice - as the media, the Fourth Estate rarely puts out an article that for example, reflects who paid for the science, or what the ethical implications might be.  The importance of ‘basic’ science – science silos can’t address comorbidity New Zealand pays people to do ‘applied’ ‘silo-like’ science – zero in on one little issues. But the important ‘basic’ science that can look across issues and see big problems is comparatively rare.  The importance of Epidemiologists Epidemiologists in NZ are so now very critical, as like Grant A Schofield,  Boyd Swinburn and Alister Woodward - that we have very few areas in public health science where people are focusing on this multi-disciplinary problem - this comorbidity - that is not being looked at as either an economic problem or a ‘wellbeing' perspective. NZ is not paying people to research this area - just like Jodie, she is a volunteer and not being paid. So we have a vacuum in this field and it is important for the NZ public to address this yawning horrible gap in public health and in our general awareness. NZ Revolutionary ‘Wellbeing’ - Budget did not cover food or diet. Boyd Swinburn in referring to the NZ’s Government’s ‘Revolutionary’ Wellbeing Budget’ said no mention was made of food or diet - so this is a huge dropout by both treasury and the health department - because we all have to eat 3 times a day. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12245436 Jul 2, 2019 - Boyd Swinburn: Drastic change in our food systems needed. 2 Jul, 2019 ... Our future food systems must continue to add to our wellbeing In asking about who else is speaking out about health and wellbeing …she said there are a lot of science based experts in NZ talking on the need for healthy nutrition, diet and the importance of micronutrients - but they are not getting any traction in Government Policy – their idea of ‘treatment’ involves drugs, not nutrition. So Jodie says we just have to look further up the command chain within Government.  In particular if public servants are really making rules and policies that are consistent with the purpose or function or intention of the Act -  that then actually gives them the power to make decisions and rules. Everything the Government (our elected servants) does should be in the public interest, and there is a wide body of administrative law supporting this. NZ Health Act 1956 What is it under the Act that our Government Departments are working for? For example - Jodie is talking with young Mums with two year olds that are home - she says - go to your computer and Search - Legislation NZ Health Act 1956 and then search up the function of the Ministry in relationship to public health and this shows you in Section A  … the Ministry shall have the function of improving, promoting and protecting public health’ Note: ‘Protecting Public Health.’ Education for our children – connecting nutrition with biology. We do not have home economics of food science - that actually look at nutrition - as food science is slanted towards food technology. So teenagers are taught to prepare food for the market - Let's produces something suitable that can be sold on the market – but they don’t understand how cabbage or broccoli work in the gut to prevent disease and reduce mental illness. Preferably organic. They are not taught that magnesium comes from plant chlorophyll that many thousands of years ago, prior to starting to become an agricultural society we were eating so many dark green leafy plants - and now the food we eat today is being denuded of the magnesium that we need in our diet.  A Better Green Healthy Diet improves Wellbeing.Due to our present diet, our body physiology that requires magnesium is devoid of this important mineral.  Children are lacking this element that is in need to give them deep quality sleep at night. Current diets don’t provide the broad variety bioavailable fibre that the microbiome needs (the intestines) i.e to feed beneficial bacteria and fungi - that not only assist for better sleep, but better skin, plus they might not be so irritable and actually doing better in school tests, too.  Education is Needed!Our education system should be teaching our kids that a good healthy gut synthesises hormones, as well as makes neurotransmitters. The population of New Zealand thinks that mental health is only in the brain. Mental health is directly connected to stress and trauma – but critically – nutrition and toxicity (and the ability of the microbiome to deal with that toxicity). They may not be so 'jumping up and down' - they might also not be so sad … Deficiency In Our DietAnother example Jodie mentions - If we look up the B vitamins - Vitamin D and Vitamin C and magnesium and you look up the symptoms of deficiency - then come from the other end - look at depression and anxiety and look at the somatic symptoms the physiological body symptoms of depression and anxiety - and if every young mother did this and connected the dots as to where these deficiency symptoms that we are seeing in mental health - that this is why it's so debilitating to our youth or in Jodie’s words it’s actually trashing our young people. Obligations of the Ministry of HealthConsider the obligation of the Ministry of Health – that they should have the ‘function of improving, promoting and protecting public health.’ - and we are given prescriptions of anti-depressants and anti-anxiety - she says they have their place - but they do not heal. Add on the other drugs for the frequently comorbid conditions…  The Ministry has the ‘function of improving, promoting and protecting public health.’ We have to clean up our diet and clean up all food additives going all the way back through the food chain to our soil and water. This interview covers so many points affecting our health - within our body - but also the soil and waterways of NZ. It is important that you take the time to download this interview into your computer as it is only 20 megabytes and that is the equivalent of around 7 photographs.  - Tim Extra Data. This below is the 25th Australian dietary survey, It’s important as the North Island receives most of its wheat from Australia, these cereals have many different sprays of agrichemicals, so the mixture of chemicals (some of which probably cause cancer) on cereals is eye opening. http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/publications/Pages/25th-Australian-Total-Diet-Study.aspx  Recommended reading: Sir Geoffrey Palmer & Andrew Butler’s critically important 2018 book ‘Towards Democratic Renewal’ draws attention to the problems of democracy in New Zealand, with recommendations moving forward. Members at PSGR’s annual AGM stressed members read ‘Towards Democratic Renewal’ (ISBN: 9781776561834). The content provides an assessment of problematic governance and the requirement for greater transparency and accountability within the public sector. This book is a great gift for the younger generation, it is useful for understanding the machinery of government, while providing a hopeful and logical pathway to a new era of governance-direction and human rights for New Zealand. Professor Catherine Iorns’ insightful paper on New Zealand’s outdated environmental chemical (pesticides) regulation standards ‘Permitting Poison’ – draws attention to the complexity of biological systems and risk and how the precautionary principle should operate at a 'meta-level' in decision-making. Professor Jonathan Boston produced a 2017 book on governance titled ‘Safeguarding the Future’. He wrote ‘Part of the solution must be to embed a concern for the future within day-to-day policy-making frameworks & processes rather than treating it as an optional extra or expendable luxury.’ Max Rashbrooke’s positive 2018 book encouraging participatory democracy  ‘Government for the Public Good’.  An extract from a 2014 paper: JA Tainter & TG Taylor: Complexity, problem-solving, sustainability and resilience: ‘Increasing complexity, effective at first, seems inexorably to accumulate and to evolve to diminishing returns, undermining the ability to solve future problems’.  ‘Complexity is a basic problem-solving tool. Confronted with problems, societies often respond by developing more complex technologies, establishing new institutions, adding more specialists or bureaucratic levels to an institution, increasing organization or regulation, or gathering and processing more information. While societies usually prefer not to bear the cost of complexity, problem-solving efforts are powerful complexity generators. All that is needed for the growth of complexity is a problem that requires it. Since problems continually arise, there is persistent pressure for complexity to increase’. P.169  In human societies that are hierarchical, the benefits of complexity often accrue at the top of a hierarchy, while the costs are paid at lower levels. Since benefits and costs do not connect, the cost of complexity often cannot constrain its growth. P.170  

Jonathan Boston discusses Clojure, business, the best and worst code he wrote last year, and the ClojureScript community.. ClojureScript Made Easy My Worst and Best Code of 2018 10,000 core.async processes

Professor Jonathan Boston (on reforming the welfare state) Interview by Jamie Green on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Professor Jonathan Boston (on reforming the welfare state) Interview by Jamie Green on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Professor Jonathan Boston Interview by Jamie Green on Radio One 91fm Dunedin

Public Lecture with Professor Jonathan Boston from the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington. He discusses the role of governance in sustainability and how to move from a short term focus at a governmental level to a longer term focus.

Public Lecture with Professor Jonathan Boston from the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington. He discusses the role of governance in sustainability and how to move from a short term focus at a governmental level to a longer term focus.

Public Lecture with Professor Jonathan Boston from the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington. He discusses the role of governance in sustainability and how to move from a short term focus at a governmental level to a longer term focus.

Professor Jonathan Boston, Professor of Public Policy at VUW, Director of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies and Co-chair, Expert Advisory Group (2012) on Solutions to Child Poverty discusses the issue of child poverty: myths, misconceptions and misunderstandings. In discussions about child poverty in New Zealand, one often hears the following claims: ‘There is little or no real child poverty in this country'; ‘The fundamental problem is that some people have too many children'; ‘Many parents are lazy or irresponsible and thus deserve to be poor'; ‘The real problem is not poverty but poor parenting'; ‘We can't afford to reduce child poverty'; and ‘If we give the poor more money, they will simply waste it'. How valid are such claims? What does the available empirical evidence tell us? What can we learn from the experience of other developed countries? And what ethical principles should guide our policy responses to the challenge of child poverty? 12 June 2014

Professor Jonathan Boston, Professor of Public Policy at VUW, Director of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies and Co-chair, Expert Advisory Group (2012) on Solutions to Child Poverty discusses the issue of child poverty: myths, misconceptions and misunderstandings. In discussions about child poverty in New Zealand, one often hears the following claims: ‘There is little or no real child poverty in this country'; ‘The fundamental problem is that some people have too many children'; ‘Many parents are lazy or irresponsible and thus deserve to be poor'; ‘The real problem is not poverty but poor parenting'; ‘We can't afford to reduce child poverty'; and ‘If we give the poor more money, they will simply waste it'. How valid are such claims? What does the available empirical evidence tell us? What can we learn from the experience of other developed countries? And what ethical principles should guide our policy responses to the challenge of child poverty? 12 June 2014

Professor Jonathan Boston, Professor of Public Policy at VUW, Director of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies and Co-chair, Expert Advisory Group (2012) on Solutions to Child Poverty discusses the issue of child poverty: myths, misconceptions and misunderstandings. In discussions about child poverty in New Zealand, one often hears the following claims: ‘There is little or no real child poverty in this country’; ‘The fundamental problem is that some people have too many children’; ‘Many parents are lazy or irresponsible and thus deserve to be poor’; ‘The real problem is not poverty but poor parenting’; ‘We can’t afford to reduce child poverty’; and ‘If we give the poor more money, they will simply waste it’. How valid are such claims? What does the available empirical evidence tell us? What can we learn from the experience of other developed countries? And what ethical principles should guide our policy responses to the challenge of child poverty? 12 June 2014

Open Lecture and Panel with Professor Jonathan Boston (Professor of Public Policy, Victoria University School of Government), Dr Janet Stephenson ('Risk Assessment for NZ' and Director of the Centre for Sustainability), Professor Colin Campbell-Hunt (Otago Climate Change Network), and Alec Dawson (Generation Zero). 22 April 2013.

Open Lecture and Panel with Professor Jonathan Boston (Professor of Public Policy, Victoria University School of Government), Dr Janet Stephenson ('Risk Assessment for NZ' and Director of the Centre for Sustainability), Professor Colin Campbell-Hunt (Otago Climate Change Network), and Alec Dawson (Generation Zero). 22 April 2013.

Open Lecture and Panel with Professor Jonathan Boston (Professor of Public Policy, Victoria University School of Government), Dr Janet Stephenson ('Risk Assessment for NZ' and Director of the Centre for Sustainability), Professor Colin Campbell-Hunt (Otago Climate Change Network), and Alec Dawson (Generation Zero). 22 April 2013.

The Centre for Theology and Public Issues presents The Public Square. The Public Square is a forum for a variety of current issues. This panel includes Professor Jonathan Boston of Victoria University of Wellington; Louisa Wall, Labour MP; Aaron Hawkins of Dunedin's Radio One; and Guy McCallum of the youth wing of the ACT party. 3 October 2012.

The Centre for Theology and Public Issues presents The Public Square. The Public Square is a forum for a variety of current issues. This panel includes Professor Jonathan Boston of Victoria University of Wellington; Louisa Wall, Labour MP; Aaron Hawkins of Dunedin's Radio One; and Guy McCallum of the youth wing of the ACT party. 3 October 2012.

The Centre for Theology and Public Issues presents The Public Square. The Public Square is a forum for a variety of current issues. This panel includes Professor Jonathan Boston of Victoria University of Wellington; Louisa Wall, Labour MP; Aaron Hawkins of Dunedin’s Radio One; and Guy McCallum of the youth wing of the ACT party. 3 October 2012.