When & How to Enter
Our Policy Brief Competition has ended for 2025. Congratulations to our winners!
- First Place ($300 prize): Leo Taylor, "Securing Tomorrow: Reforming Superannuation for Fiscal and Social Sustainability'
Watch this space in 2026 for announcements regarding future competitions. Follow us @uoappc to stay in the loop!
What It Involves
Our 2025 Iron Duke Partners Policy Competition ran from 4 July - 10 August 2025. Participants were tasked with writing a policy brief on ensuring the long-term sustainability and intergenerational fairness of New Zealand's superannuation scheme.
Awards include big cash prizes for the top three submissions, which are awarded at our annual Public Policy Pathways panel and networking event.
Are you interested in today’s big domestic policy issues that experts foresee will be an important election issue next year? Did you miss or love participating in our Harvard x PPC Treaty Competition earlier this year?
The Policy Brief Competition is a chance for you to hone your policy writing skills and gain knowledge around an important policy issue in Aotearoa.
Policy Brief Competition
Policy Brief Competition
Are you interested in today’s big domestic policy issues that experts foresee will be an important election issue next year? Did you miss or love participating in our Harvard x PPC Treaty Competition earlier this year?
The Policy Brief Competition is a chance for you to hone your policy writing skills and gain knowledge around an important policy issue in Aotearoa.