Maxim Institute Podcast

"As one of our last truly public rituals, Anzac Day claims a sacred space in New Zealand’s national attention." This month on the podcast we are joined by our most recent addition to the research team: Dr Rowan Light. Rowan and Jeremy chat from their respective lockdown bubbles, discussing the turbulent history of New Zealand's ANZAC day commemorations. Starting from the Flint & Steel article Rowa...

Dying towns, urban drift, housing crisis, and immigration: over the last five years, Senior Researcher Julian Wood has been digging into some of the big topics that face New Zealand now and over the coming decades. In this podcast, Jeremy Vargo talks with Julian about the big picture issues that create the context for his research, and what New Zealand should do to change regional development and...

This month join us as we say a fond farewell to Maxim Institute’s CEO, Alex Penk. Having spent over 14 years as an integral part of the organisation, this month’s podcast is all about him. Alex shares with us his reflections over the time he’s spent here, what he’s proud of, some regrets, times of celebration and what he will miss. Alex is joined by our Communications Manager, Jeremy Vargo, and In...

In November we launched our 2020 Summer issue of Flint & Steel, our annual magazine that this year explores the central theme of vocation, working, and living. We were grateful to have Leilani Tamu as our guest for the launch of the magazine, discussing her contribution to one of the articles in this year's volume. This podcast is an edited recording of Alex Penk's conversation with Leilani on Pac...

We recorded this conversation between Maxim Institute CEO Alex Penk and AUT Senior Researcher David Hall at an evening we hosted around hate speech and free speech. Within the evening, we hear them discuss what hate speech means, why free speech matters, the duties we owe each other when we speak and when we decide to limit speech, and what the Government review into hate speech laws should do. Da...

New Zealand expert in poverty and inequality Max Rashbrooke sits down with our CEO Alex Penk and Research Manager, Kieran Madden to talk all things poverty, inequality, free lunches in schools, the Kiwibuild reset and donut economics. Enjoy the listen. You can find Max's books here: http://www.maxrashbrooke.org.nz The following links tie in with what we spoke about in the conversation with Max. -...

Last year we read a beautiful book called With the End in Mind: dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial, by Dr Katherine Mannix. This beautiful collection of stories on death and the process of dying captivated us as an important conversation for society. These are ideas that shape our understanding of dying, and even impact the way we live. We invited Dr Kathryn Mannix to come to New Zealand...

What does it look like to ask an entire ethnic group to forgive another? How can we hope to speak across the fault lines of historic injustice? This year, our annual Sir John Graham Lecture was delivered by South Africa’s Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a clinical psychologist and esteemed academic with a unique perspective on violence, trauma, and racial injustice. Through her experience on So...

Welcome to the Maxim Institute Podcast. Maxim is an independent think tank based in Auckland, New Zealand, with a vision to promote the dignity of every person in Aotearoa New Zealand by standing for freedom, justice and compassion. We are so excited to be launching our new series October 2019. In this series we will we have fascinating conversations that go beyond policy, and get down to the foun...