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Welfare Working Group Forum

Presentations and papers

The following documents can be downloaded and are in PDF format PDF.

Adema, Willem
"New Zealand policies towards sole parents in international perspective." Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Akuhata, Kereama & Harawira, Joe
"What contributes to long term benefit receipt?" Sawmill Workers Against Poisons INC. Society (SWAP).

Anderson, Paul
"Do employers have a role in reducing long-term benefit dependency?" KiwiRail.

Asher, Prof. Innes
"Looking after children and improving their outlook in the WWG review." University of Auckland.

Angus, Dr. John
"Poverty, benefits and work as the road to salvation — The position of children." Children's Commissioner.

Bennett, Hon. Paula
Speech to the Welfare Working Group Forum.

Boven, Dr. Rick
"Benefits in context: some questions worth answering." The New Zealand Institute.

Bradford, Sue
"Future proofing the welfare system."

Bratt, Dr. David
"Benefit sunshine: Is being on a benefit bad for your health?" Work and Income.

Brereton, Kay
"Welfare dependency." Wellington People's Centre.

Brown, Jessica
"Moving from a disability to an ability focus." The Centre for Independent Studies.

"Defeating Dependency: Moving Disability Support Pensioners Into Jobs." Issue Analysis No. 120, 30 April 2010. The Centre for Independent Studies.

Carters, Graham
"Focusing services on employment — the Australian approach." Australian Department of Human Services.

Caygill, Hon. David
"Will the benefit system deliver for NZ in the future?"

Cobb-Clark, Prof. Deborah
"Disadvantage across the generations." Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.

Collins, Dr. Barbara
"Teen parents and benefit receipt." Ministry of Social Development.

" Teen parents and benefit receipt -- background paper."

Cosgrove, Denise
"Lessons from the insurance approach — Making ACC more 'business-like'." ACC.

Fagaloa, Cr. Taima
"What are your views from the outside looking in and seeing the impacts of the system on your community or communities?" Pacific Health, Capital and Coast District Health Board.

Fakalogotoa, Colleen
"Hard to reach at our place." Family Start Manukau.

Fletcher, Michael
"Addressing the growth in sickness and invalid's benefit receipt."

Gemmell, Dr. Norman
"Social welfare benefits and economic performance." New Zealand Treasury.

Gregg, Prof. Paul
"Personalised support in welfare and social services." University of Bristol.

Gregory, Prof. Bob
"Australian welfare reform: Lessons I have learnt? Shifting beliefs and discovery." Australian National University.

Hanna, David
"Can we improve services for hard to reach families?" Wesley Community Action.

Hawea, Sonia
"…towards inclusion." Taikura Trust.

Hawke, Emeritus Prof. Gary
"The origins of the benefit system: An iconoclastic view." Victoria University of Wellington.

Hyslop, Dean
"Earnings supplements for long-welfare recipients: Experimental evidence from Canada." Victoria University of Wellington.

Jackson, Prof. Natalie
"Demographic challenges and opportunities for New Zealand's welfare state." University of Waikato.

McClure, Margaret
"Social security 1898–1998." Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Maloney, Dr. Tim
"Intergenerational welfare participation in New Zealand." Auckland University of Technology.

Matahaere-Atariki, Donna
"Problem definition in welfare reform: What sort of society do we want? And how might a collective vision contribute to reducing long-term benefit receipt?" Arai Te Uru Whare Hauora.

Max, Dame Lesley
"Can we improve services for hard-to-reach families?" Great Potentials.

Mills, Michael
"Lessons from the insurance approach." Martin, Jenkins & Associates Limited.

Mitchell, Lindsay
"Should New Zealand adopt the sole parent benefit policies of other countries?"

Morris, Dr. Kevin
"Is being on a benefit bad for your health?" ACC.

Ohia, Bentham
"Transformation through education." Te Wānanga o Aotearoa.

Pini, Tyron
"Ma te mahi ka tino ora - Work brings health." Workwise.

Prinz, Dr. Christopher
"Disability and work: New Zealand's challenges in OECD perspective." Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Queisser, Dr. Monika
"Welfare reform in New Zealand: An OECD overview." Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Reade, Patricia
"Focusing on employment." Work and Income.

Rebstock, Paula
Opening speech to the Welfare Working Group Forum. Welfare Working Group.

Rodway, Paul
"Challenges and choices." The Treasury.

Tamihere, Hon. John
"Te Whanau O Waipareira business case overview." Te Whanau O Waipareira Trust.

Tawhiwhirangi, Dame Iritana
"Will the benefit system deliver for New Zealand in the future?"

Whiteford, Prof. Peter
"Family joblessness, child poverty and welfare state design." University of New South Wales.

"Welfare state design: Architecture and outcomes—the New Zealand benefit system in comparative perspective." University of New South Wales.

Wood, David
"Work is good for health, wellbeing & productivity: An insurance industry perspective." Aon.

 

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