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Pakukore: Poverty, by Design – Addressing the systemic causes of poverty and options for change.
November 21, 2024 @ 5:00 PM – November 23, 2024 @ 5:00 PM
This conference addresses poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand. It analyses the economic, governmental, legal and institutional systems that have created poverty, and which continue to lock too many whānau in its grip. It asks whether a developed nation should continue to tolerate poverty and inequality. It invites speakers who work at the front lines in the fight against poverty to tell us of the lasting and severe harms it inflicts on people’s lives. The programme will be ordered around the systems that have played, and continue to play, key roles in underpinning and maintaining the crisis of poverty: economic management, the housing, health, welfare and education systems, the courts and corrections, and short-term political thinking. The conference will also look at where hope lies, and how we can choose to re-design Aotearoa to eradicate poverty and heal those who suffer its harms.
Speakers from research backgrounds and the front lines will provide evidence, present joined-up thinking and examine where hope lies for eradicating poverty and assisting those who suffer its harms.
The conference will include sessions covering: The cost of poverty – Welfare and Inequality – State Violence and Legacies of Poverty – Housing and Homelessness – Health and (In)equality – The outcomes of Education – The Politics of Poverty – Lines of Hope.
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I appreciate the commitment of people who walk in Christ faith in the discourse around poverty
I am a retired social worker in Wairoa. Not a lay preacher but a solid community worker. Been a Presbyterian since birth. Now in my 80th year
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Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing your inspiring story of lifelong dedication to community work. Your commitment to serving others, particularly in a faith-driven context, is truly a blessing. It’s people like you who remind us of the importance of walking alongside our communities in love and action. God bless you for your steadfast service, and we pray that together, we can continue making a difference. Blessings to you!
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