I’ll be chairing this year’s Post-Budget Breakfast Hui at St Peter’s Church. It is organised by the St Peter’s on Willis Social Justice Group, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and the Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHANZ) Wellington branch, with support from the Otago University Public Health Communication Centre (PHCC).

This hui will consider if Budget 2026 improves certainty for business, enables key infrastructure and public service developments, addresses pay parity for women, reduces child poverty and provides a path to greater participation in our economy for all New Zealanders.

Speakers include:

Professor Paula Lorgelly, Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland. Paula is President-Elect of the International Health Economics Association, the chair of EuroQol Group's Populations and Health Systems Working Group, a member of the Public Health Advisory Committee and the National Screening Advisory Committee.

Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary of New Zealand's largest union, the Public Service Association Te Pukenga Here Tikanga Mahi.

Janet McAllister, whose work for CPAG includes analysis of child poverty statistics, benefit changes, COVID-19’s impact on children, and the accommodation supplement.

Dr Malcolm Mulholland (Ngati Kahungunu), who chairs Patient Voice Aotearoa and is an executive member of Kaitiaki Hauora. He is a passionate patient advocate most recently coordinating the Buller Declaration on the State of the New Zealand Health System, the world's longest petition ever.

Doors open at 6.30am for breakfast and speeches beginning at 7:30am and concluding at 9am.

Booking: https://events.humanitix.com/st-peter-s-post-budget-breakfast/tickets.

The event will be live streamed from 7:30am on http://opencast.anet.com.au:8080.