Hardship, hope and the systems that create poverty in Aotearoa
Thu, 04 Dec
|Auckland University - Room 423-300L1
4 December 2025, 5:50pm at Auckland University, Architecture Building, Room 423-300L1, 22 Symonds Street. Poverty is a thief. It steals human potential, health, education, security and productivity. Poverty is a product of systems that have been designed, and which can – and must – be redesigned.
Time & Location
04 Dec 2025, 5:50 pm – 8:20 pm
Auckland University - Room 423-300L1, 22 Symonds Street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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About the event
Hardship, hope and the systems that create poverty in Aotearoa
4 December 2025, 5:50pm to 8:20pm | Auckland University, Architecture Building, Room 423-300L1, 22 Symonds Street, Auckland City
Poverty is a thief. It steals human potential, health, education, security and productivity. Poverty is a product of systems that have been designed, and which can – and must – be redesigned. Two new books – Hardship and Hope: Stories of Resistance in the Fight Against Poverty in Aotearoa and Pakukore: Poverty, By Design – bring fresh analysis to our crisis of poverty, its appalling human and economic cost, and pathways to equity.
Hear from some of the voices behind these two powerful books at the Tāmaki Makaurau launch held at Auckland University, Architecture Building - Room 423-300L1. The event will be facilitated by Rebecca Kaukau, who features in Hardship and Hope, and warmly welcomed by Professor Christine Woods, Dame Theresa Gattung Chair for…