Media mentions
NZWRI is regularly mentioned in the media. A selection of articles is listed below:
Continuing Panel Discussion with Private Investigator Julia Hartley Moore and Peter Fa'afiu
An in depth discussion with Julia Hartley Moore and Peter Fa'afiu on the main driving factors of poverty with Gail Pacheco discussing the findings and methodology of the In-work poverty report.
The rise of the 'side hustle': Millennials are running businesses in their spare time
Dr Marcus Ho, leader of our Wellbeing and Performance group, spoke with Stuff reporter, Brittany Keogh, about the rise of the 'side hustle' and it's popularity with millennials.
In-work poverty in New Zealand
The NZWRI report ‘In-work poverty in New Zealand’ examined the prevalence and characteristics of poverty rates in working households. The findings of this report sparked a range of media interest (below).
More than 50,000 working households in New Zealand live in poverty
50,000 NZ working households live in poverty
How bad is poverty in New Zealand?
More than 50,000 working households live in poverty, new report reveals
Call to lift thousands of NZ households out of poverty
Thousands of working households live in poverty – study
TVNZ: Te Karere, 24 November 2019
Working not enough to escape poverty
Working Households living in Poverty with Dr. Alexander Plum
Working, still poor: Is renting keeping us that way?
The staggering number of Kiwi workers living in poverty
Other mentions of in-work poverty report
Newstalk ZB (broadcast across 13 stations nationwide)
AUT Excellence Awards winners – New Zealand Work Research Institute
The New Zealand Work Research Institute won the Research Team award at the AUT Excellence Awards 2019. They won the award for their interdisciplinary, enquiry-driven research with social impact.
From invasion to studying life on the margins
Weekend Herald, 26 October 2019
NZ Herald's Liam Dann writes about Gail Pacheco's childhood; how the 1990 Iraq attack shaped her passion for applying her economic research to the lives of the most vulnerable people.
Escape from Iraq invasion inspired economic focus on the vulnerable
The NZ Herald present a case-study on the life of our director, Professor Gail Pacheco, who built her career on researching issues such as the minimum wage, the gender pay gap and mapping New Zealand's poorest and most transient communities.
Economist Wins Top Award at AUT
AUT has bestowed its top award on our director, Professor Gail Pacheco, for her research, scholarship and application of integrated data to help inform social policy and wellbeing. Congratulations Gail!
Prof Pio awarded Te Rangi Hīroa Medal
Professor of Diversity, Edwina Pio, has been awarded the Te Rangi Hīroa Medal by Royal Society Te Apārangi for her pioneering research in diversity; specifically, how the intersection of ethnicity, religion and gender impacts and is influenced by the world of work.
2019 Te Rangi Hīroa Medal: Working to break glass, concrete and bamboo ceilings
Royal Society Te Apārangi, 17 October 2019
Professor of Diversity, Edwina Pio, was awarded the Te Rangi Hīroa Medal by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for her pioneering research in diversity. The award recognises excellence in social history, culture diversity, socioeconomics or medical anthropology.
How women’s life-long experiences of being judged by their appearance affect how they feel in open-plan offices
The Conversation, 8 October 2019
Dr Rachel Morrison, member of our Wellbeing and Performance Research Group, published an article in The Conversation on the gender differences in the perception of open-plan office spaces.
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