Special Panel Treasury Guest Lecture: VIRTUAL attendance

Join us for a special panel event to close the Fiscal Policy for the Future seminar series

In 2025, Te Tai Ōhanga – The Treasury released a suite of stewardship reports intended to support a sustained public and political discussion on how to achieve long-term fiscal sustainability and higher living standards for all New Zealanders. These reports include the Long-term Insights Briefing Te Ara Mokopuna, which focuses on sustainable and resilient fiscal policy through economic shocks and cycles, the Long-term Fiscal Statement He Tirohanga Mokopuna 2025, which explores the impacts of structural trends like population ageing and climate change on our fiscal sustainability, and the Investment Statement He Puna Hao Pātiki which explores prudent investment and balance sheet management to benefit future generations.

To complement this work, the Treasury has hosted a series of seminars featuring a range of international and domestic fiscal policy experts, who shared their diverse perspectives. Now, in this final panel event, join Struan Little, the Treasury’s Chief Strategist, alongside New Zealand experts Sarah Baddeley, Zoe Wallis and Shamubeel Eaqub, as they reflect on the key insights from the stewardship reports and discuss the next steps and priority areas for understanding New Zealand’s long-term fiscal challenges.

This is your opportunity to join in a thought-provoking conversation about fiscal sustainability, explore priority areas for future research, and consider the implications for policy and practice. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of shaping New Zealand’s fiscal future!

About this event

This will be a hybrid event. Please use this site to register if you plan to attend it virtually (via MS Teams).

If you would like to attend it in person (The Treasury, 1 The Terrace, Wellington), please use THIS LINK to register.

About the presenters

Sarah Baddeley is a Partner and Board member at advisory firm MartinJenkins, where she combines analytical skills with strategic thinking to help policymakers, boards, and executive teams address some of the country's most important challenges and opportunities.

Originally trained as a commercial regulatory economist at New Zealand Treasury, Sarah has built extensive cross-sector expertise spanning water, energy, transport, labour markets, healthcare, and social services. Her career includes senior leadership roles in the public sector and 8 years working in the energy sector here and Australia.

Zoe Wallis is an experienced investment strategist based in New Zealand with nearly two decades in financial services, banking, and economics across New Zealand and London. At Forsyth Barr, she is responsible for macro‑economic analysis and market strategy, helping shape asset allocation and investment insights for clients and advisers. Before moving to Forsyth Barr in 2023, she was the Chief Economist at Deloitte New Zealand and prior to that at Kiwibank. Zoe holds an Honours Degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Canterbury and is a CFA charterholder.

Shamubeel Eaqub makes economics easy and fun. Shamubeel is the Chief Economist at Simplicity. He is also an author, media commentator and a thought leading public speaker. He graduated with Honours in Economics from Lincoln University and is also a CFA Charterholder.

He has over two decades of experience as an economist in Wellington, Melbourne and Auckland in leading international banks and consultancy (ANZ Bank, Goldman Sachs JBWere, NZIER, Sense Partners and Simplicity). He balances a portfolio of economics, consulting, public speaking, governance and family duties.

About this seminar series

New ideas, innovative concepts, research evidence and expert advice are all crucial to stimulate and inform the Treasury’s economic analysis and advice. Our current theme for guest lectures - Fiscal Policy for the Future – explores the role of stabilising, sustainable and effective fiscal policy. Speakers have been providing insights into how fiscal policy can be designed to support government to meet its current and future objectives and obligations while adapting to changing circumstances and delivering value to the New Zealand public.

Please note that the views, opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in the Treasury Guest Lecture Series are those of the individual presenters. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the New Zealand Treasury or the New Zealand Government.

About the stewardship reports

The Public Finance Act 1989 requires the Treasury to produce two stewardship reports, each on a four-year cycle: Long-term Fiscal Statement (LTFS) and Investment Statement (IS).

In addition, the Public Service Act 2020 requires all departments, including the Treasury, to publish a Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) within a three-year, ongoing window.

You can access all three reports via the Treasury website:

LTIB: Te Ara Mokopuna: Treasury's 2025 Long-term Insights Briefing | The Treasury New Zealand

LTFS: He Tirohanga Mokopuna (2025) | The Treasury New Zealand

IS: He Puna Hao Pātiki: Investment Statement 2025 | The Treasury New Zealand

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