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Evidence gathering

How researchers and experts contributed evidence for this report.

To inform the Our Futures:Te Pae Tawhiti review, the Steering Panel and the Royal Society of New Zealand Secretariat contacted researchers in September 2013 from a broad range of disciplines to comment on what they saw as the major issues and trends facing New Zealand society in their area of expertise, and the impact on those views of the 2013 Census results. This was followed up in 2014 when they were asked if their views had changed since the 2013 Census data had been released.

Forty eight written submissions were received covering everything from demographic change, the kiwi ‘diaspora’ and trends in the Māori population, to implications for our labour market, our place in the Asia/Pacific region, values and identity, health, education, religion, urban/rural trends, and many more.

In early 2014, workshops were held in Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and Auckland to hear from additional stakeholders. Sixty one stakeholders from academia, government and community groups attended and gave input into what they considered to be the key issues and trends facing New Zealand society.

This process of evidence gathering has ensured the review draws on the best available knowledge, and is firmly focused on the evidence of change to which the 2013 Census and other surveys draw attention.

Written submissions were received from:

Dr Melani Anae	Ms Robyn Baker Key issues and trends in New Zealand education 2013
Dr Maria Bargh	Dr Charlotte Bedford
Professor Tony Blakely	Professor Richard Boast Implications of 2013 Census
Ms Sheryl Boxall	Dr Teena Brown-Pulu Comment on 'Our Futures'
Dr Andrew Butcher Asia New Zealand Foundation	Professor Peter Crampton New Zealand's rapidly changing population: Implications for health
Professor Charles Crothers Using Census data to further understand New Zealand society	Professor Jackie Cumming
Professor Paul Dalziel	Professor Mason Durie
Associate Professor Stephen Epstein	Dr Ward Friesen
Dr Alan Gamlen Knowns and know unknowns on emigration and the diaspora	Professor Arthur Grimes The changing demography of New Zealand: economic consequences
Professor John Hattie	Associate Professor Janine Hayward The 2013 Census and representation in local government
Associate Professor Elsie Ho	Professor Manying Ip
Professor Natalie Jackson New Zealand's population trends	Mr Peter Kennedy
Dr John Larkindale	Professor Miriam Lips
Professor James Liu Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research	Brother Patrick Lynch Educating within a deliberate values-based context
Professor Charlotte McDonald	Professor Philippa Mein Smith Trans-Tasman migration
Mr Paul Merwood	Ministry of Education
Professor Paul Moon Major issues and trends facing New Zealand in Māori-Pakeha interactions	Professor Paul Morris The 2013 Census and religion
Professor Lawrence Murphy	Mr Terence O’Brien The 2013 Census and New Zealand's strategic circumstances
Dr James Newell	Professor Les Oxley
Dr Shee-Jeong Park	Mr Steven Perdia
Dr Edwina Pio	Professor Jacques Poot
Dr Jim Rolfe	Mr Dennis Rose
Ms Clare Salmond Trends in the health sector	Dr Chris Sibley
Dr Rachel Simon-Kumar	Professor Jack Vowles
Dr Cathy Wylie Key issues and trends in New Zealand Education 2013

Further evidence was gathered at four workshops with these attendees:

Eyal Apatov, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Mike Berry, Statistics New Zealand

Dr David Bromell, Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury)

Denise Brown, Statistics New Zealand

John Bryant, Statistics New Zealand

Richard Carr, Canterbury Development Corporation

Len Cook, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies

Professor Bronwen Cowie, Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research

Dr Eric Crampton, School of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury

Christine Deans, Statistics New Zealand

Will Dorset, Christchurch City Council

Associate Professor Rosemary du Plessis, School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury

Lise Eriksen, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Dr Alan Gamlen, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington

Dr Mazin Ghafel, Auckland District Health Board

Diana Gomez, Auckland District Health Board

Associate Professor Mike Grimshaw, School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury

Meegan Hall, Maori Association of Social Scientists

Dr Bronwyn Hayward, School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury

Adam Heinz, Christchurch City Council

Maui Hudson, Research Office, University of Waikato

Professor Manying Ip, Faculty of Arts – Asian Studies, University of Auckland

Susan Isaacs, National Commission for UNESCO

Dr Catherine Jackson, Auckland District Health Board

Professor Natalie Jackson, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis

Ron King, Auckland District Health Board

Professor Te Kani Kingi, Health Research Council of New Zealand

Dr John Larkindale, Institute of Public Administration NZ (IPANZ)

Professor James Liu, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington

Dr Kathleen Logan, Office of the Children’s Commissioner

Brian Lynch, New Zealand Institute of International Affairs

Dr Penny Lysnar, Transforming Cities, University of Auckland

Corinne MacIntyre, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority

Matt Males, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority

Dr Kahu McClintock, Te Rau Matatini/ Health Research Council of New Zealand

Joy McDowall, Department of Internal Affairs

John McKinnon QSO, Asia New Zealand Foundation

Dr Carina Meares, Auckland Council

Kirsten Nissen, Statistics New Zealand

Professor Ian Pool, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis

Professor Jacques Poot, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis

Vanessa Pullen, Alzheimers New Zealand

Honey Rasalan, Migrant Action Trust

Fezeela Raza, Department of Internal Affairs

Alison Reid, Auckland Council

Elizabeth Rose, National Commission for UNESCO

Dr John Ryks, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis/Aria

Dr Janet Sceats, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis

Dr David Schaff, Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs

Emily Shrosbree, Statistics New Zealand

Dr Rachel Simon-Kumar, School of Social Sciences, University of Waikato

Angela Sopp, Department of Internal Affairs

Dr Anna Stevenson, Canterbury District Health Board

Simon Templeton, Age Concern – Canterbury

Kyle Uerata, Statistics New Zealand

Miranda Voke, McGuinness Institute

Anaru Waa, Department of Public Health, University of Otago

Philip Walker, Statistics New Zealand

Clare Ward, Families Commission

Dr Helen Wihongi, Waitemata and Auckland District Health Boards

Dr Cathy Wylie, New Zealand Council for Educational Research

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Evidence gathering

Written submissions were received from:

Further evidence was gathered at four workshops with these attendees:

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