All budgets are about economics and politics, and 2022’s was no different. The Labour government continued its economic rebuild through commitments to infrastructure and industry, low- and middle-income earners’ living costs, and the successful implementation of signature reforms in health and climate.

Jennifer Curtin (Professor of Politics and Policy, University of Auckland) Sarah Hendrica Bickerton (Research Fellow, University of Auckland) Suzy Morrissey (Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland) Udari Herath (Research Assistant, Public...

The Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, Saunoamaali'i Dr Karanina Sumeo is sounding warnings around lack of gender analysis in the government's budgeting for the Covid-19 economic response. She's asked the government for a 'please explain' as to why when...

By Jennifer Curtin, Suzy Morrissey and Sarah Bickerton Jennifer Curtin is the head of the Gender Responsive Analysis and Budgeting project, run out of the Public Policy Institute at the University of Auckland, with funding from MBIE, Suzy Morrissey is a Research...

Submission to the Inquiry into Gender Responsive Budgeting Professor Jennifer Curtin Director, Public Policy Institute University of Auckland [republished from Victorian Parliamentary Website  https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/paec/article/4346] 2 December 2019 Lizzie...

Jennifer Curtin and Suzy Morrissey discuss how gender differences might impact the Government’s budget priorities *Originally published in Newsroom. Republished with permission. The Wellbeing Budget is a new initiative for New Zealand. However, asking states to go...

In June 2018, Professor Jennifer Curtin attended the OECD Experts’ Meeting on Gender Budgeting. The meeting hosted senior budget officials from OECD and non-OECD countries and multilateral organisations to share experiences and promote cross-country learning on gender-responsive budgeting. Jennifer presented a review of New Zealand to the OECD’s Roundtable on ‘Better Governance on Gender Equality.’  Jennifer is one of the few non-government members of the Gender Budgeting Experts Group and continues to liaise with the OECD on new global developments in gender-responsive budgeting and mainstreaming gender analysis.