School of Government

School of Government

New Zealand's only School of Government undertakes teaching and research on public policy and public administration/management.

Through the Faculty of Commerce and Administration, we offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Based at the Pipitea Campus in Rutherford House, directly across the road from the seat of government; Parliament, Ministerial Headquarters and Government Departments, the School is ideally placed to help build capacity in the public sector of New Zealand.

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News

30 April 2012 Dr Jaikishan Desai on TVNZ One News
Dr Jaikishan Desai, of the School of Government's Health Services Research Centre, appears in… Read more
21 March 2012 Child Poverty Experts Group
Professor Jonathan Boston has been appointed Co-Chair of an Experts’ Group established by the Children’… Read more
21 March 2012 Professor Jonathan Boston awarded a Victoria University Public Contribution Award
We are delighted to be able to tell you that Professor Jonathan Boston has… Read more

The School of Government is Building for the Future

We are seeking five passionate and motivated academics for a range of positions from Lecturer to Professor, committed to working with students and professional colleagues in a dynamic and changing public sector environment.  To find out more (PDF, 433KB)

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2012 Undergraduate and Postgraduate Prospectuses are now available.

What is Public Policy?

Wondering what Public Policy is all about? Check out this lecture to first-year students which discusses the nature of Public Policy and its processes.