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<div id="divRpF574168" style="direction:ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Stanley Koh<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 16 April 2013 1:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> research-info@lists.vu.edu.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Research-info] Invitation to Victoria Institute Seminar "Child Poverty in 'Godzone'? Action for New Zealand Children Living in Poverty"<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">You are invited to a research seminar hosted by The Victoria Institute:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0; line-height:115%">CHILD POVERTY IN ‘GODZONE’? ACTION FOR NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN LIVING IN POVERTY</span></b></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0; line-height:115%">: Wednesday, 24<sup>th</sup> April 2013</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0; line-height:115%"></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0; line-height:115%">: 2:00pm – 3:30pm</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0; line-height:115%"></span></p>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0; line-height:115%">: Executive Boardroom (Level 4), The Victoria Institute, 300 Queen Street Melbourne VIC 3000</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0; line-height:115%">SPEAKER</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#1f497d; line-height:115%">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0; line-height:115%">: Dr. Airini, The University of Auckland, New Zealand</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0; line-height:115%"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:red; line-height:115%">As places are limited, please RSVP to
</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:red; line-height:115%"><a href="mailto:Victoria.Institute@vu.edu.au" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:red">Victoria.Institute@vu.edu.au</span></b></a><b>.</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0">Seminar outline</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">New Zealand is a first-world nation with a child poverty problem. As New Zealanders, we like to believe ‘Godzone’ is a great place for children. For most children this
is indeed true. But it is not so for children living in poverty. As many as 25 percent of New Zealand’s children – about 270,000 – currently live in poverty. This is startling news. Such figures compare unfavourably with those of Australia and many European
countries.<br>
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Child poverty brings extremely high individual, social and economic costs. For individual children, it can mean going to school hungry and living in a cold, damp house. Important childhood opportunities are missed like school outings and sports. This can influence
educational achievement and health outcomes. In New Zealand each year, there is at least $6bn in additional health and education costs associated with child poverty, as well as reduced productivity.
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Like many nations, New Zealand has come to a decision point of fundamental importance to how it understands itself as a nation: is child poverty accepted as unavoidable, or is child poverty is preventable? If the latter is the case, then the task is to adopt
a child-centred focus, find out what causes child poverty and well-being, and intentionally focus on reducing child poverty.
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This presentation draws on the report and recommended actions of the Expert Advisory Group on Solutions to Child Poverty, established in 2012 by the New Zealand Children's Commissioner (see
<i>Solutions to Child Poverty in New Zealand: Evidence for Action. </i><a href="http://www.occ.org.nz/publications/child_poverty#final" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.occ.org.nz/publications/child_poverty#final</span></a>). The account
highlights how finding the policy mix that will get results is needed, but not simple. Key questions are addressed:
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">How can a country improve the circumstances of their most deprived children?
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">How do you ensure your country is a great place to live for all your children?
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">What does the evidence suggest are reasonable and priority actions to reduce child poverty?<b></b></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">What is the role of education for solutions to child poverty?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">Hundreds of New Zealanders, including children, provided advice to the Expert Advisory Group. Their views will be included in this presentation. Overall the message from
communities, business and evidence was clear: action is needed, now. No child should experience severe and persistent poverty, least of all in ‘the land of plenty’.<span style="color:#1f497d"></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#0070c0">Speaker<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.education.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/airini" target="_blank">Dr. Airini</a></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">
is Head of the School of Critical Studies in Education, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. She does research into equity issues in education and solutions. Airini has led national strategy and policy development in New Zealand, OECD and developing nations,
and has worked for UNESCO. She was the sole education specialist invited by the New Zealand Children’s Commissioner to join the 2012 Expert Advisory Group to plan actions to overcome child poverty in New Zealand.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">We look forward to seeing you at the seminar.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">With best regards,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-family:'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'">Stanley</span></p>
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