Are you curious about our latest report, Premiums Under Pressure, created in partnership with WSP in New Zealand? This report explores how to keep residential insurance accessible and affordable in Aotearoa New Zealand in the face of increasing climate-related challenges. Watch this 2-minute video for a quick summary of the key insights and what they mean for the future.
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The Helen Clark Foundation is an independent public policy think tank based in Tāmaki Makaurau at the Auckland University of Technology. The Foundation publishes research that aims to contribute to a fairer, more sustainable and inclusive society. Our goal is to gather, interpret and communicate evidence in order to both diagnose the problems we face and propose new solutions to tackle them. We welcome your support - please become a member to get more involved. https://helenclark.foundation/become-a-member/
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Employees at Mahi a Rongo | The Helen Clark Foundation
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Murray Bruges
Executive Director at Mahi a Rongo - The Helen Clark Foundation
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Kali Mercier
Public policy analyst, researcher, and social justice advocate
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Pieta Bouma
Recent graduate with a conjoint degree in health sciences and global studies, a heart for community and a passion for evidence-based social change.
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Wonderful to have three of our four recent interns joins us at our Foundation’s Christmas drinks at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki yesterday. Our Foundation was very lucky to work with Sophia Harré, Pieta Bouma and Oliver Winter (plus Luca Basso) in recent months, each of whom made significant contributions to our work in a very short period. Thanks to Be. Lab, Public Policy Institute Auckland and Victoria University of Wellington for linking us to these excellent interns. Helen Clark
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Our Foundation is delighted to partner with WSP in New Zealand to explore some of the key issues facing New Zealand in the coming decades, like bridging our infrastructure gap and adapting to climate change.
Since 2019, WSP has partnered with Mahi a Rongo | The Helen Clark Foundation to produce evidence-based reports that draw on global research, tailored specifically to address New Zealand’s most critical societal and infrastructure challenges. Our diverse range of reports caters to everyone passionate about advancing our infrastructure, climate, and social development, with themes including climate change, funding and financing, city design, and resilience. Dive into a report today: https://bit.ly/3BJvcyV #WSPandHCF
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Eric Crampton speaking on the basic idea behind congestion charges during our recent webinar "Charging Ahead: Tackling Congestion on our Roads", cohosted by Mahi a Rongo | The Helen Clark Foundation, WSP in New Zealand and The New Zealand Initiative and moderated by Nadine Dodge of New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga. See the full webinar at the link in the comments.
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Thanks Emma Shields for helping us produce this report!
Mahi a Rongo | The Helen Clark Foundation has recently released ‘Junk Food and Poor Policy? How weak rules undermine health and economic growth in New Zealand and how to fix it’, a report discussing how our government can take effective action to improve nutrition and health outcomes for New Zealanders. The Cancer Society’s Emma Shields was a peer-reviewer of the report, which looks at how our current approach is deficient, and what we need to do better to make nutritious food more accessible for all New Zealanders. Read the report here 🔗 https://lnkd.in/g6ZvUY34 Murray Bruges (co-author of the report)
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Sign up as a member of the Mahi a Rongo | The Helen Clark Foundation before the end of November and get a free book 📕 with your membership!
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For nearly six years, Mahi a Rongo | The Helen Clark Foundation has been a leading voice in developing fresh policy solutions to the challenges #NewZealand faces. There’s never been a better time to join the Foundation and support this work. New members this month will receive a free book. Click the link in the comments below the post and join!
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Our new report, Junk Food and Poor Policy? How weak rules undermine health and economic growth in New Zealand and how to fix it, looks at how our government can take effective action to improve nutrition and health outcomes for New Zealanders. For New Zealanders to be healthy, they need to live in a healthy environment and be able to access nutritious food. If politicians fail to accept this, the same failed policies of the past will continue. The prevailing governmental approach has been largely based on promoting personal responsibility – namely, that people can and must take responsibility for their health and the choices they make. But the food system is stacked against individuals – people cannot easily change if they live in an environment that makes that change difficult or impossible. It is no longer excusable to pursue this failed approach. Aotearoa New Zealand needs transformative change to shift the obesity conversation from individuals’ choices to one that focuses on our commercial food environment and the social determinants of poor nutrition.
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💡 Support long-term solutions to New Zealand’s key challenges. Receive a free book when you become a Helen Clark Foundation member in November. For a limited time, be one of the first 100 people to sign up as a member and receive a free copy of Reconnecting Aotearoa: Loneliness and Connection in the Age of Social Distance. As a member, you’ll gain access to exclusive content and events, including: - Members-only events - A special members-only newsletter - Early access to our latest publications 🤝 Together, we can shape the future of New Zealand.
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Joyously nerding out at the Mahi a Rongo | The Helen Clark Foundation webinar on Congestion Charging today With 'time of use' charging (aka congestion charging) featuring in the 2024 NLTP and the promise of supporting legislation this year, I’m keeping a close eye on updates to see what’s ahead. I really valued the diversity of perspectives shared by the panelists—each offering thoughtful insights into this evolving topic. Time of use charging feels like a perfect candidate for #techsolves as we move into an era of smart cars, smarter road networks, and on-demand transport options. The idea of roads with fixed purposes and static lanes increasingly feels outdated. Why aren’t road networks transitioning into more dynamic, flexible spaces? Imagine traffic flow, footpath/road boundaries, and lane directions adjusting in real time as part of an interconnected, adaptive system. Time of use charging could play a pivotal role within this vision—helping influence when and how people travel, while creating a more efficient and sustainable transport ecosystem. Exciting times ahead... Mehmet A. Kali Mercier Nadine Dodge Eric Crampton
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🎧 Exciting News! Missed our webinars or want to revisit them on the go? Our insightful discussions are now available in audio format on Spotify! From climate change to urban planning, tune in anytime, anywhere. 🌏 🚗 🎙️ 👉 Search for "The Helen Clark Foundation" on Spotify (or follow the link in the comments) to start listening now!
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