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Peter Davis NZ

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I retired from the University of Auckland a few years ago. Since then I helped found - and now chair - The Helen Clark Foundation, an independent public policy think tank. I have also been elected to the Auckland District Health Board. While at the University I established and headed the COMPASS research group in the Faculty of Arts for ten years and before that taught and researched in health policy and health services in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (and for a time at the Christchurch Medical School) for 30 years. I remain an Honorary Professor in Statistics and an Emeritus Professor in Population Health and Social Science at the University of Auckland. The purpose of this site is to provide a platform for encouraging debate on public policy issues of the day, as well as keeping track of Street Art in my region and a log of the books I have published.
September 12, 2026 Peter Davis NZ

Why is sociology the hate discipline of the social sciences?

September 7, 2026 Peter Davis NZ

How Rezoning Changed the Face of Auckland

August 24, 2026 Peter Davis NZ

“Off the guardrails”. Helen Clark Profile, Book Review

July 29, 2026 Peter Davis NZ

“A Place To Stand” – Book Review

July 17, 2026 Peter Davis NZ

Thinking Long in Tumultuous Times

July 4, 2026 Peter Davis NZ

The case for a four-year term of Parliament*

June 23, 2026 Peter Davis NZ

‘Defining axis of social division’: How politics is feeding our housing crisis

June 9, 2026 Peter Davis NZ

Homelessness: Is this the New Zealand we want?

December 31, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

George Clark. The passage of time, the flux of life.

October 19, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

New Zealand is struggling on many fronts. Are we headed for failure?

October 5, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Aotearoa New Zealand has come a long way

September 7, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

The case for a four-year term – as part of a wider reform process

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