{"title":"The Nature of Disadvantage. Faced by Children in New Zealand: implications for policy and service provision","authors":"L. Davies, A. Webber, J. Timmins","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i3.7714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i3.7714","url":null,"abstract":"This article summarises key findings from three recent New Zealand research projects looking at how disadvantage due to a lack of resources and increased ‘toxic stress’ in the household impacts on child wellbeing and development in early childhood. About one in ten children experience substantial disadvantage relating to a lack of resources during early childhood, and for many children this lack of resources is persistent. This disadvantage is inequitably distributed across the population and is associated with worse outcomes later in childhood. The challenge for policy is to find a way to provide support that is flexible and values the choices family and whānau make to look after their children in the early years of life.","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76226343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Art of the Possible. Data-Driven Insights into Child Poverty in New Zealand","authors":"Meghan Stephens","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i3.7715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i3.7715","url":null,"abstract":"A central goal of income support policies is to reduce the number of families below a minimum standard of living; in other words, to reduce the number of people in poverty. But one challenge is that there is no single measure of what it means to be poor. This article outlines an experimental approach that uses the available data to provide insights into the different dimensions of poverty. It applies a statistical algorithm to three poverty indicators to identify seven different categories of children in poverty, and describes the characteristics of children in each group.","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88434598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modelling Child Poverty and Wellbeing the Treasury’s TAWA microsimulation model","authors":"Patrick B. Nolan, Y. Wang, Meghan Stephens","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i3.7717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i3.7717","url":null,"abstract":"Large tax–transfer microsimulation models can play a key role in guiding tax–transfer analysis and reform. This article discusses the Treasury’s microsimulation model of the tax–transfer system (the Tax and Welfare Analysis (TAWA) model), including how it is used and the standard outputs it produces. The article also considers whether these standard outputs continue to be fit for purpose. This includes a discussion of different ways of estimating poverty impacts, the role reporting should give to financial incentives to work, and the opportunities provided by improved data. This final point is particularly important for understanding take-up and the prospect for extending the model to cover non-financial measures.","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"11 5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77037511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"House Prices and Wealth Inequality in New Zealand","authors":"Luke Symes","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i3.7713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i3.7713","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the relationship between house prices, the wealth distribution and wealth inequality. It considers long-term changes in overall wealth distribution in New Zealand and the share of wealth that is held in the form of housing. It also explores the potential impact of large increases in house prices using a ‘scenario’ approach – modelling the effect of house price growth scenarios on the 2018 wealth distribution and, in turn, wealth inequality, while holding all else constant. The article shows how looking at headline measures can obscure changes in wealth inequality between groups. It also reinforces the value of complementing such analysis with measures that illustrate other dimensions of wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81019762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intergenerational Income Mobility in New Zealand","authors":"Simon Brown","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i3.7712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i3.7712","url":null,"abstract":"Intergenerational mobility considers how a child’s outcomes are associated with their parents’ situation. If intergenerational mobility is low, then a child has less of a chance of moving up the income distribution relative to their parents. This can influence skills development, productivity growth and the achievement of improved living standards. \u0000The findings presented in this article highlight the importance of policies that focus resources on improving educational outcomes for students from low socio-economic backgrounds, which would help lift intergenerational economic mobility and support higher living standards for all.","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82085201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improvements to Drinking Water","authors":"Tim Chambers, S. Hales, N. Wilson, M. Baker","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i2.7571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i2.7571","url":null,"abstract":"Taumata Arowai, the new independent water services regulator, recently consulted publicly on the drinking water rules for water suppliers. We use a case study on nitrate and official information requests to demonstrate the current weaknesses in the drinking water monitoring and reporting systems and why the reforms proposed by Taumata Arowai seem unlikely to substantively address many of these deficiencies. To ensure sufficient public health surveillance and robust epidemiological research into the potential health impacts of drinking water contaminants, Taumata Arowai should: 1) establish a national database for water supply and quality; 2) mandate the standardisation of reporting requirements across water suppliers; 3) increase the frequency and range of water quality testing; and 4) maintain a national map of water supplies. These upgrades are particularly important in an era of rapid land use changes and climate change.","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87183093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Living Within Biophysical Limits: green growth versus degrowth","authors":"J. Boston","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i2.7578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i2.7578","url":null,"abstract":"Since the early 1970s there has been vigorous debate over whether global economic growth can continue more or less indefinitely on afinite planet. Central to the most recent version of this debate are the claims and counterclaims of those advocating ‘green growth’ and those advocating ‘degrowth’. This article outlines and briefly assesses the main areas of agreement and disagreement between these contending schools of thought. It is argued that humanity must live within real, non-negotiable biophysical constraints. Failure to make the required transformation of the global economy soon will ultimately undermine social progress. But what level and form of global economic activity is ultimately","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77519887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Lines to Circles: reshaping waste policy","authors":"Hannah Blumhardt, L. Prince","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i2.7577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i2.7577","url":null,"abstract":"The impacts of waste transcend landfills and litter; emissions and pollution occur at every stage of the linear ‘take–make–waste’ economy. Zero waste and circular economy theories offer systemic perspectives and practical solutions. The New Zealand government has committed to a circular economy vision for Aotearoa. Given New Zealand’s ‘rubbish record on waste’, the social and economic transformation required will take extraordinary collaboration and a common direction of travel. This article diagnoses the extent of global waste problems, the circular pathways forward, and New Zealand’s early steps along them. With the government re-oriented to act, we urge an ambitious, joined-up approach that avoids locking in inadequate responses to existential threats.","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79955028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adapting to Avoidable and Unavoidable Climate Change: What must Aotearoa New Zealand do?","authors":"J. Lawrence, A. Wreford, S. Allan","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i2.7575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i2.7575","url":null,"abstract":"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report Climate Change 2022: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability gives a stark warning of the urgency to adapt to avoidable and unavoidable climate change impacts and to transition to a more climate-resilient future. Aotearoa New Zealand has made some progress in setting up the institutional and planning frameworks for adaptation, but implementation is slow. Delay will increase the adverse consequences for humans and ecosystems, widen the adaptation gap, and increase the cost and damage burden to current and future generations, and those least able to adjust. Taking proactive actions today to avoid further exposure will enable a fairer and more robust and effective path for adaptation. Here we develop a report card for Aotearoa New Zealand’s adaptation effort and recommend what we must do next.","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78177367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new Natural Environment Act is Needed - Now","authors":"G. Palmer, R. Clarke","doi":"10.26686/pq.v18i2.7568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v18i2.7568","url":null,"abstract":"This article advocates a new mindset to protect the natural environment following repeal of the Resource Management Act (RMA). The proposed new legislation will be insufficient to protect the natural environment, which has deteriorated during the life of the RMA and now requires urgent action. A new Natural Environment Act is needed that focuses on the natural environment and embraces principles that governmental decision makers are obliged to follow. Limits must be laid down. The principles must be simple and clear and based on the many international law instruments negotiated since the Stockholm Declaration in 1972. New systems of monitoring and enforcement must be devised, with a new environmental watchdog with substantial powers.","PeriodicalId":43642,"journal":{"name":"Turkish Policy Quarterly","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2022-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75448936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}