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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 5, 2024February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Ten fixes for a sustainable health system

July 22, 2024February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Africa’s national parks

June 11, 2024February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Fonterra and the sustainability of the New Zealand economic model

May 18, 2024February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Health’s ‘back office’ needs attention

May 11, 2024February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Is the New Zealand economic model sustainable? We need to lift our game.

April 25, 2024February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Can the centre in New Zealand politics hold?

March 28, 2024February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

The dangers of “magical thinking”

December 10, 2023February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

The turbulent global context for the new Government

October 17, 2023February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

The poverty of retail politics

September 23, 2023February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Aim to improve healthcare sits on political common ground

September 3, 2023February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Election 2023: PHARMAC and the dark shadow of adversarial politics

August 12, 2023February 27, 2025 Peter Davis NZ

Reasons to be cheerful in this winter of discontent

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