Are you raising a future taxpayer? The nation thinks you are resting

In this keynote, Mary Delahunty, founder of Seven Advisory, critiques the inadequacy of GDP as a measure of economic well-being, arguing it ignores the immense productivity driven by unpaid care work, predominantly performed by women.

She advocates for a paradigm shift to value unpaid work as a key economic driver, calling for frameworks like New Zealand’s wellbeing budget to better account for social contributions in policymaking.