Darrin Hodgetts
Covid response reveals hidden homelessness. Calls for national strategy
11 Jun 2020
The true extent of Kiwis in insecure housing was exposed during the Covid 19 response leading to calls for a national homelessness strategy and to make housing a legal right. Audio
Who are New Zealand's precariat?
8 Sep 2017
For New Zealand's precariat, life is a daily struggle: they live in barely adequate insecure housing and are in constant fear of losing their income, often derived from working more than one job. Audio
Residential schools
14 Dec 2016
Could more residential schools be one answer to child poverty? We ask Darrin Hodgetts of Massey University. Audio
Darrin Hodgetts on 'welfare with a big stick'
10 Jul 2016
Darrin Hodgetts is Professor of Societal Psychology at Massey University. He's critical of what he calls the "victim blaming, punitive approach" to welfare in Aotearoa, which is punishing the poor for… Audio