StatsNZ is risking our future data with census changes. The Post, June 17, 2024.
Counting what matters: Rethinking Aotearoa’s population statistics without a census. Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa, May 2, 2024.
Poverty and inequity—no data no delivery. Newsroom, April 9, 2024.
The troubling signal from the scrapping of child poverty data. The Post, March 26, 2024.
Labour’s promise of paid parental leave for partners is ‘the right thing to do’ - but NZ could still do better. The Conversation, August 15, 2023.
Budget 2023: what ‘no frills’ looks like in election year. The Conversation, May 18, 2023.
NZ is finally making progress on child poverty - but a ‘no frills’ budget puts that at risk. The Conversation, May 17, 2023.
Child poverty in NZ: The plateau is a signal for change. The New Zealand Herald, March 23, 2023.
A budget for the ‘squeezed middle’ - but will it be the political circuit-breaker Labour wants? The Conversation, May 19, 2022.
The cost of living crisis means bolder budget decisions are needed to lift more NZ children out of poverty. The Conversation, May 17, 2022.
What do mothers really want for Mother’s Day? Probably a break. Woman Magazine, May, 2022.
Parents need to be ready for the invisible burden of school closures. Stuff, February 11, 2022.
Ethical considerations of the use of child data in the Integrated Data Infrastructure. Ethics Notes, September 2021.
The real challenge to COVID-19 vaccination rates isn’t hesitancy—it’s equal access for Māori and Pacific people. The Conversation, June 2, 2021.
NZ’s second ‘Well-being Budget’ must deliver for the families that sacrificed the most during the pandemic. The Conversation, May 19, 2021.
Covid-19 is predicted to make child poverty worse. Should NZ’s government make temporary safety nets permanent? The Conversation, October 8, 2020.
Coronavirus: What we can learn from the lockdown. The Dominion Post, August 13, 2020.
The parenting myth revealed by lockdown. Newsroom, July 3, 2020.
Time, family, work—and bored zombies. New Zealanders open up about life in coronavirus lockdown. The Conversation, June 26, 2020.
Children had no say in New Zealand’s well-being budget, and that matters. The Conservation, May 31, 2019.
Christchurch terrorist failed to sow distrust. Newshub, August 8, 2019.
We can be like the U.S., or pass common sense guns laws. The Dominion Post, March 20, 2019.
Young children of parents with less education face inequality: They miss out on 1,000 hours of vital care. The Child and Family Blog, 2016.
Same-sex parents: More time with children. The Society Pages, April 27, 2015.
Children living with same-sex couples have 40 percent more focused time with parents. The Child and Family Blog, 2015.
Media coverage
More millennials moving back in with mum and dad. Radio New Zealand, September 27, 2020.