Pakukore: Poverty, by Design

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Poverty in Aotearoa is not accidental. It is designed into our systems, ourinstitutions, and our policies.

Poverty is not the result of individual failure or misfortune. It is a productof the design of our economic and institutional systems. Pakukore bringstogether leading thinkers and practitioners to expose the systemic nature ofpoverty in Aotearoa and explore pathways for change.

From education, health and housing to government finance, welfare andjustice, this book shows how inequality is embedded in the structures of our
society. It offers analysis from economists, public health experts, legal scholars,community leaders and those working at the front lines of social need.

Originating from the 2024 conference Pakukore: Poverty, by Design, hostedby the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, this collection is acompelling call to rethink how we understand and address poverty in thiscountry.

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Contributors include: Sue Bradford, Huhana Hickey, Callum Katene,Lisa Marriott, Tracey McIntosh, Hana ORegan, Sarah-Jane Paine,Craig Renney, Bill Rosenberg, Max Rashbrooke, Jin Russell,Miriana Stephens, Nikki Turner.


Rebecca Macfie is an acclaimed New Zealand journalist and awardwinningauthor. In 2024, she was the JD Stout Research Fellow at the
Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, Te Herenga WakaVictoria University of Wellington.

Graeme Whimp is a Senior ResearchFellow at the Stout Research Centre and Adjunct Research Fellow at theSchool of Social and Cultural Studies, both at Te Herenga WakaVictoriaUniversity of Wellington.

Brigitte Bnisch-Brednich is the is the Directorof the Stout Research Centre and Professor of Cultural Anthropology at TeHerenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.