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Number Inquiry Name Submission
Sub 075 A fair chance for all Adelphi Motel Sub-075-Adelphi-Motel.pdf [47 KB]
Sub 011 A fair chance for all Adrian Hobson Sub-011-Adrian-Hobson.pdf [60 KB]
Sub 037 A fair chance for all Advocacy Anglican Care South Canterbury Sub-037-Advocacy-Anglican-Care-South-Canterbury.pdf [436 KB]
Sub 067 A fair chance for all Age Concern New Zealand Sub-067-Age-Concern-New-Zealand.pdf [394 KB]
Sub 085 A fair chance for all Ako Aotearoa Sub-085-Ako-Aotearoa-updated.pdf [311 KB]
Sub 003 A fair chance for all Alastair Robertson Sub-003-Alastair-Robertson.pdf [116 KB]
DR 087 A fair chance for all Alec Kynaston Waugh DR-087-Alec-Kynaston-Waugh-1.pdf [214 KB]
Sub 052 A fair chance for all Alex Dyer Sub-052-Alex-Dyer.pdf [6.2 MB]
DR 143 A fair chance for all Alex Penk DR-143-Alex-Penk.pdf [684 KB]
Sub 008 A fair chance for all Anonymous Sub-008.pdf [111 KB]
Sub 019 A fair chance for all Anonymous Sub-019-Anonymous.pdf [154 KB]
Sub 071 A fair chance for all Anonymous Sub-071-Anonymous-Attachment-1-The-Housing-Crisis.pdf [277 KB]
Sub-071-Anonymous-Attachment-2-Kiwisaver-First-Home-Grant-Flaws.pdf [242 KB]
Sub-071-Anonymous-Attachment-3-Timeline-STRA-EFFECTS-on-Housing.pdf [436 KB]
Sub-071-Anonymous.pdf [118 KB]
DR 100 A fair chance for all Anonymous DR-100-anonymous-short-form.pdf [53 KB]
DR 152 A fair chance for all Anonymous DR-152-Thriving-or-Not-BCouns.pdf [281 KB]
Sub 057 A fair chance for all Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers Sub-057-Aotearoa-New-Zealand-Association-of-Social-Workers.pdf [260 KB]
DR 141 A fair chance for all Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers DR-141-ANZASW-submission.pdf [267 KB]
DR 132 A fair chance for all Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association DR-132-ANZEA.pdf [82 KB]
Sub 026 A fair chance for all Asian Family Services Sub-026-Asian-Family-Services.pdf [255 KB]
DR 119 A fair chance for all Asian Family Services DR-119-Asian-Family-Services-Submission.pdf [486 KB]
DR 095 A fair chance for all Associate Professor Ben Gray DR-095-Ben-Gray.pdf [297 KB]
DR 153 A fair chance for all Association of Salaried Medical Specialists DR-153-Association-of-Salaried-Medical-Specialists.pdf [191 KB]
DR 122 A fair chance for all Atamira | Platform Trust DR-122-Platform-Trust-submission.pdf [176 KB]
Sub 063 A fair chance for all Ben Wybourne Sub-063-Ben-Wybourne.pdf [114 KB]
Sub 043 A fair chance for all Bev James Sub-043-Bev-James.pdf [162 KB]
Suv 002 Improving Economic Resilience Carel Bezuidenhout Suv-002-Carel-Bezuidenhout.pdf [58 KB]
Sub 073 A fair chance for all Challenge 2000 Sub-073-Challenge-2000.pdf [1.4 MB]
DR 150 A fair chance for all ChangeMakers Resettlement Forum DR-150-ChangeMakers-Resettlement-Forum.pdf [178 KB]
Sub 048 A fair chance for all Child Poverty Action Group Sub-048-Child-Poverty-Action-Group.pdf [437 KB]
DR 103 A fair chance for all Child Poverty Action Group Cost of bread 5865-final.pdf [97 KB]
Sub 072 A fair chance for all Christopher Boxall Sub-072-Christopher-Boxall.pdf [643 KB]
DR 130 A fair chance for all Citizens Advice Bureau DR-130-Citizens-Advice-Bureau.pdf [646 KB]
Sub 054 A fair chance for all COMET Auckland Sub-054-COMET-Auckland.pdf [496 KB]
Sub 081 A fair chance for all Comfort Christchurch Sub-081-Comfort-Christchurch.pdf [61 KB]
Sub 060 A fair chance for all Community Housing Aotearoa Sub-060-Community-Housing-Aotearoa.pdf [224 KB]
DR 142 A fair chance for all Community Networks Aotearoa DR-142-Community-Networks-Aotearoa.pdf [274 KB]
Sub 049 A fair chance for all ComVoices Sub-049-ComVoices.pdf [174 KB]
DR 155 A fair chance for all David King DR-155-David-King.pdf [150 KB]
Sub 042 A fair chance for all David Robinson Sub-042-David-Robinson.pdf [135 KB]
Sub 074 A fair chance for all David Sinclair Sub-074-David-Sinclair-attachment-1.pdf [326 KB]
Sub-074-David-Sinclair.pdf [58 KB]
DR 137 A fair chance for all David Stuart and Tom Eats DR-137-D.Stuart-T.Eats.pdf [164 KB]
Sub 017 A fair chance for all Deborah Robertson Sub-017-Deborah-Robertson.pdf [143 KB]
Suv 001 Improving Economic Resilience Deirdre Kent Suv-001-Deirdre-Kent.pdf [53 KB]
DR 148 A fair chance for all Derek Gill DR-148-Derek-Gill.pdf [249 KB]
DR 136 A fair chance for all Digital Equity Coalition Aotearoa DR-136-Digital-Equity-Coalition-Aotearoa.pdf [235 KB]
Sub 013 A fair chance for all Don Mckenzie Sub-013-Don-McKenzie.pdf [61 KB]
Sub 082 A fair chance for all Douglas G Higgns Sub-082-Douglas-G-Higgins.pdf [498 KB]
Suv 003 Improving Economic Resilience Dr Muhammad Umar Suv-003-Muhammad-Umar.pdf [66 KB]
DR 131 A fair chance for all Dr Peter Winsley DR-131-Dr-Peter-Winsley.pdf [272 KB]
DR 089 A fair chance for all Dr Sandy Callister DR-089-Sandy-Callister-submission-summary-v2.pdf [272 KB]
DR-089-Sandy-Callister-attachment-v2.pdf [596 KB]
Sub 034 A fair chance for all Enoch Qualls Sub-034-Enoch-Qualls.pdf [192 KB]
Sub 035 A fair chance for all Environmental Communications Ltd Sub-035-Environmental-Communications-Ltd.pdf [2.6 MB]
Sub 025 A fair chance for all FinCap Sub-025-FinCap.pdf [213 KB]
DR 135 A fair chance for all FinCap DR-135-FinCap.pdf [256 KB]
Sub 002 Improving Economic Resilience Finlay Stevens-Hunt Sub-002-Finlay-Stevens-Hunt-Submission-on-Economic-Resilience.pdf [45 KB]
Sub 009 A fair chance for all Gary Wills Sub-009-Gary-Wills.pdf [95 KB]
DR 113 A fair chance for all Girol Karacaoglu Love you by Girol Karacaoglu - interactive.pdf [1.7 MB]
Sub 061 A fair chance for all Graeme Dingle Foundation Sub-061-Graeme-Dingle-Foundation.pdf [243 KB]
Sub 005 A fair chance for all Grant Beaven Sub-005-Attachment-1-Citizen-Robot-cover.pdf [136 KB]
Sub-005-Attachment-2-Citizen-Robot.pdf [2.5 MB]
Sub-005-Attachment-3-Emperors-and-Gods.pdf [801 KB]
Sub-005-Attachment-4-Letters-and-emails.pdf [3.2 MB]
Sub-005-Grant-Beaven.pdf [137 KB]
Sub-005-Attachment-5-summing-up.pdf [110 KB]
DR 111 A fair chance for all Grant Beaven DR-111-Grant-Beaven.pdf [214 KB]
Sub 012 A fair chance for all Grant Nelson Trustee of Gama Foundation Sub-012-Grant-Nelson-Trustee-of-Gama-Foundation.pdf [78 KB]
Sub 059 A fair chance for all Green Party Sub-059-Green-Party.pdf [568 KB]
Sub 077 A fair chance for all Hamilton City Council Sub-077-Hamilton-City-Council.pdf [235 KB]
Sub 022 A fair chance for all Hauraki District Council Sub-022-Hauraki-District-Council.pdf [220 KB]
DR 101 A fair chance for all Helen Gilby DR-101-Helen-Gilby-short-form.pdf [50 KB]
Sub 027 A fair chance for all Housing Foundation Sub-027-Housing-Foundation.pdf [1.2 MB]
Sub 014 A fair chance for all IHC New Zealand Sub-014-IHC-New-Zealand.pdf [137 KB]
Sub 016 A fair chance for all Imagine Better Sub-016-Imagine-better.pdf [282 KB]
DR 126 A fair chance for all Inspiring Communities DR-126-Inspiring-Communities.pdf [858 KB]
DR 098 A fair chance for all Institute of Community Psychologists Aotearoa DR-098-IComPA-submission-1.pdf [159 KB]
Sub 065 A fair chance for all Isabella Cawthorn Sub-065-Isabella-Cawthorn.pdf [64 KB]
DR 090 A fair chance for all Jade Speaks Up Trust DR-090-Jade-Speaks-Up-cover-letter.pdf [98 KB]
YGYG Overview August 2022v3.pdf [1.3 MB]
JSU Key Research Results 2017-2019 pdf.pdf [2.6 MB]
JSU Overview V1.1.pdf [3.8 MB]
Loxley Award Final Report July 2022 v5_.pdf [1.5 MB]
DR 107 A fair chance for all James Soligo DR-107-James-Soligo-short-form.pdf [60 KB]
DR 096 A fair chance for all Jason Ashton DR-096-Jason-Ashton.pdf [100 KB]
DR 102 A fair chance for all Jason Duncan DR-102-Jason-Duncan-short-form-1.pdf [56 KB]
DR 127 A fair chance for all John Cody DR-127-John-Cody-1.pdf [436 KB]
DR 118 A fair chance for all Kore Hiakai Zero Hunger Collective DR-118-Kore-Hiakai-Nov-2022.pdf [163 KB]
DR 093 A fair chance for all Leon Iusitini DR-093-Leon-Iusitini.pdf [173 KB]
DR 146 A fair chance for all Leonie Tolua DR-146-Leonie-Tolua-short-form.pdf [49 KB]
DR 147 A fair chance for all Lesley Aabryn DR-147-Lesley-Aabryn-short-form.pdf [49 KB]
DR 088 A fair chance for all Linda Hill, Coalition for Equal Value Equal Pay DR-088-Linda-Hill-Coalition-for-Equal-Value-Equal-Pay.pdf [137 KB]
DR 125 A fair chance for all Local Government New Zealand DR-125-Local-Government-NZ.pdf [283 KB]
DR 116 A fair chance for all Luis Arevalo DR-116-Individual-submission.pdf [143 KB]
Sub 015 A fair chance for all M A Mancer Sub-015-M-A-Mancer.jpg [83 KB]
DR 112 A fair chance for all Manawatu District Council Submission on A fair chance for all - Manawatu District Council.pdf [2.7 MB]
Sub 055 A fair chance for all Marci Rowe Sub-055-Marci-Rowe.pdf [125 KB]
Sub 086 A fair chance for all Maternal Care Action Group NZ Sub-086-Maternal-Care-Action-Group-NZ-Attachment.pdf [674 KB]
Sub-086-Maternal-Care-Action-Group-NZ.pdf [3.2 MB]
DR 154 A fair chance for all McGuinness Institute DR-154-McGuinness-Institute-submission.pdf [1.5 MB]
Sub 029 A fair chance for all Mike Lear Sub-029-Mike-Lear.pdf [140 KB]
Sub 084 A fair chance for all Mike Styles Sub-084-Mike-Styles.pdf [156 KB]
DR 145 A fair chance for all Mike Styles DR-145-Mike-Styles.pdf [173 KB]
DR-145-Attachment-2.pdf [1.3 MB]
DR-145-AGM-2019-infographics.pptx [5.2 MB]
Sub 007 A fair chance for all Naomi Pocock Sub-007-Naomi-Pocock.pdf [135 KB]
Sub 062 A fair chance for all New Zealand College of Midwives Sub-062-New-Zealand-College-of-Midwives.pdf [191 KB]
Sub 047 A fair chance for all New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services Sub-047-New-Zealand-Council-of-Christian-Social-Services.pdf [110 KB]
DR 120 A fair chance for all New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services DR-120-NZCCSS-A-fair-chance-for-all-Submission.pdf [488 KB]
DR 134 A fair chance for all New Zealand Council of Trade Unions DR-134-NZ-Council-of-Trade-Unions.pdf [381 KB]
Sub 028 A fair chance for all New Zealand Medical Association Sub-028-New-Zealand-Medical-Association.pdf [164 KB]
DR 140 A fair chance for all New Zealand Nurses Organisation DR-140-NZNO-submission.pdf [116 KB]
DR 138 A fair chance for all New Zealand Public Service Association DR-138-PSA-submission.pdf [319 KB]
DR 133 A fair chance for all New Zealanders for Health Research DR-133-New-Zealanders-for-Health-Research.pdf [303 KB]
Sub 066 A fair chance for all Ngarangi Kanewa Stokes Sub-066-Ngarangi-Kanewa-Stokes.pdf [162 KB]
Sub 080 A fair chance for all Office of Children's Commissioner Sub-080-Office-of-Childrens-Commissioner.pdf [189 KB]
DR 114 A fair chance for all Office of the Auditor General DR-114-OAG-Productivity-Commission-submission.pdf [148 KB]
DR 123 A fair chance for all Ōpōtiki District Council DR-123-Opotiki-District-Council-Submission.pdf [96 KB]
DR 097 A fair chance for all Parents of Vision Impaired (NZ) Inc DR-097-Parents-with-Vision-Impaired-NZ-PVI.pdf [180 KB]
Sub 020 A fair chance for all Patty Towl Sub-020-Patty-Towl.pdf [133 KB]
Sub 006 A fair chance for all Paula Cross Sub-006-Paula-Cross.pdf [305 KB]
Sub 023 A fair chance for all Payal Ramritu Sub-023-Payal-Ramritu-v2.pdf [88 KB]
Sub 078 A fair chance for all PGF Group Sub-078-PGF-Group.pdf [441 KB]
Sub 068 A fair chance for all Phillip Coghini Sub-068-Phillip-Coghini.pdf [678 KB]
Sub 053 A fair chance for all Platform Trust Sub-053-Platform-Trust.pdf [282 KB]
DR 139 A fair chance for all Poverty Free Aotearoa DR-139-Poverty-Free-Aotearoa-final.pdf [176 KB]
Sub 070 A fair chance for all Pringle Group Sub-070-Pringle-Group.pdf [65 KB]
DR 149 A fair chance for all Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand DR-149-PGF-Group.pdf [255 KB]
Sub 018 A fair chance for all Professor Boyd Swinburn Sub-018-Professor-Boyd-Swinburn.pdf [190 KB]
Sub 050 A fair chance for all PwC Aotearoa Sub-050-PwC-Aotearoa.pdf [558 KB]
Sub 036 A fair chance for all R J Skinner Sub-036-R-J-Skinner.pdf [185 KB]
Sub 004 A fair chance for all Rakau Ora Sub-004-Rakau-Ora-v2.pdf [32 KB]
DR 115 A fair chance for all Rangitīkei District Council DR-115-Rangitikei-District-Council-Submission-on-Fair-Chance-for-All.pdf [351 KB]
Sub 032 A fair chance for all Regional Arts Network of Aotearoa Sub-032-Regional-Arts-Network-of-Aotearoa.pdf [330 KB]
DR 128 A fair chance for all Rewiring Aotearoa New Zealand DR-128-Rewiring-inequity.pdf [1.2 MB]
Sub 021 A fair chance for all Ruapehu District Council Sub-021-Ruapehu-District-Council.pdf [230 KB]
Sub 069 A fair chance for all Ruth Herbert Sub-069-Ruth-Herbert.pdf [769 KB]
Sub 058 A fair chance for all Shar Gardiner Sub-058-Shar-Gardiner.pdf [140 KB]
DR 104 A fair chance for all Shenagh Gleisner DR-104-Shenagh-Gleisner.pdf [89 KB]
Sub 044 A fair chance for all Six former members of Welfare Expert Advisory Group Sub-044-Six-former-members-of-Welfare-Expert-Advisory-Group.pdf [187 KB]
Sub 079 A fair chance for all Social Service Providers Aotearoa Sub-079-Social-Service-Providers-Aotearoa.pdf [332 KB]
DR 129 A fair chance for all Social Service Providers Aotearoa DR-129-Social-Service-Providers-Aotearoa.pdf [345 KB]
Sub 033 A fair chance for all SociaLink Sub-033-SociaLink.pdf [223 KB]
DR 105 A fair chance for all Sue Barker Charities Law DR-105-Sue-Barker.pdf [231 KB]
DR 106 A fair chance for all Susan S DR-106-Susan-S-short-form.pdf [61 KB]
DR 121 A fair chance for all Taituarā DR-121-Taituaraa.pdf [376 KB]
Sub 001 Improving Economic Resilience Te Aoutanga Aotearoa Southern Link Sub-001-Southern-Link-Te-Aoutanga-Aotearoa-Economic-Resilience.pdf [2.2 MB]
Sub 031 A fair chance for all Te Hiringa Hauora Sub-031-Te-Hiringa-Hauora.pdf [305 KB]
Sub 056 A fair chance for all Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Sub-056-Te-Runanga-o-Ngati-Whatua.pdf [190 KB]
DR 108 A fair chance for all Te Whatu Ora Hauora a Toi Mental Health & Addiction Services Consumer Consultant Group DR-108-Te-Whatu-Ora-Hauora-a-Toi-Mental-Health-Addiction-Services-Consumer-Consultant-Group-short-form.pdf [54 KB]
DR 094 A fair chance for all The Gama Foundation DR-094-The-Gama-Foundation.pdf [210 KB]
Sub 001 A fair chance for all The Helen Clark Foundation Sub-001-The-Helen-Clark-Foundation.pdf [6.6 MB]
Sub 051 A fair chance for all The Methodist Alliance Sub-051-The-Methodist-Alliance.pdf [138 KB]
DR 117 A fair chance for all The Methodist Alliance DR-117-The-Methodist-Alliance.pdf [97 KB]
Sub 039 A fair chance for all The Royal Australasian College of Physicians Sub-039-Royal-Australasian-College-of-Physicians.pdf [520 KB]
Sub 024 A fair chance for all The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Sub-024-Royal-Australian-and-New-Zealand-College-of-Psychiatrists.pdf [187 KB]
Sub 041 A fair chance for all Tim Cadogan Sub-041-Tim-Cadogan.pdf [77 KB]
DR 144 A fair chance for all Tim Hazledine DR-144-Tim-Hazledine.pdf [289 KB]
DR 156 A fair chance for all Tōfā Mamao Collective DR-156-Tagata-Sailimalo-Strategic-Framework.pdf [8.3 MB]
Sub 010 A fair chance for all Tokona Te Raki and BERL Sub-010-Tokona-Te-Raki-and-BERL.pdf [450 KB]
Sub 002 A fair chance for all Trina Sellers Sub-002-Trina-Sellers.pdf [58 KB]
DR 091 A fair chance for all UK2070 Commission UK2070-FINAL-REPORT-1.pdf [12 MB]
Sub 030 A fair chance for all Unpublished
DR 110 A fair chance for all Valerie Dewe DR-110-Valerie-Dewe-short-form.pdf [54 KB]
Sub 064 A fair chance for all Waikato Wellbeing Project Sub-064-Waikato-Wellbeing-Project.pdf [975 KB]
DR 124 A fair chance for all Waikato Wellbeing Project DR-124-Waikato-Wellbeing-Project-final.pdf [566 KB]
Sub 040 A fair chance for all Waipa District Council Sub-040-Waipa-District-Council.pdf [796 KB]
DR 109 A fair chance for all Warwick Alexander DR-109-Warwick-Alexander-short-form.pdf [61 KB]
DR 151 A fair chance for all Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa DR-151-the-Wellbeing-Economy-Alliance-Aotearoa.pdf [241 KB]
DR 099 A fair chance for all Wendy Dowling DR-099-Wendy-Dowling-short-form.pdf [54 KB]
Sub 045 A fair chance for all Wesley Community Action Sub-045-Wesley-Community-Action.pdf [248 KB]
Sub 038 A fair chance for all Xero Sub-038-Xero.pdf [329 KB]
Sub 076 A fair chance for all You Thrive NZ Ltd Sub-076-You-Thrive-NZ-Ltd.pdf [5.8 MB]
Sub 046 A fair chance for all YWCA Auckland Sub-046-YWCA-Auckland.pdf [169 KB]