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Suzy Morrissey

Associate

Dr Suzy Morrissey specialises in later life policy, especially pensions, both public and private.  She is a regular presenter and commentator on pensions, including the gender pensions gap, as well as on broader issues related to older people and welfare.

Suzy was the Independent Reviewer for the Third State Pension Age Review and has been the Deputy Director of the Pensions Policy Institute since mid-2024.  Suzy previously held several senior positions in the New Zealand civil service, including at Treasury and the Retirement Commission, as Director of Research and Policy.

Suzy’s PhD research focused on care of children (paid parental leave) but her later work has focused on (unpaid) care of adults.  She has been a country representative on the International Network on Leave Policies and Research for over a decade.

Suzy holds a PhD in Taxation (Policy and Gender) from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and a Masters in Applied Taxation from the University of New South Wales, Australia.  Suzy is a Chartered Accountant and member of ICAEW, and was conferred Fellowship (FCA) by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the profession.

Publications

NZ country study (with Annick Masselot, University of Canterbury) in International Review of Leave Policies and Related Research 2025.

An overview of the pensions policy agenda in the United Kingdom (2025). Policy Quarterly, 21(3), 26-31. 

Parental leave policies in Australia and New Zealand: an Antipodean model? (2022) with Marian Baird and Gillian Whitehouse.  In Research Handbook on Leave Policy.  Dobrotić, I., Blum, S. & Koslowski, A. (Eds.).  Edward Elgar.   

2022 Review of Retirement Income Policies.  NZ Retirement Commission.  https://assets.retirement.govt.nz/public/Uploads/Retirement-Income-Policy-Review/2022-RRIP/RRIP_2022.pdf

Gender Budgeting: A useful approach for Aotearoa New Zealand (2018). Working Paper WP 18/02.  The Treasury, Wellington, New Zealand. 

Using wellbeing statistics to improve how government and business interact. Written for and selected for publication as part of the 6th OECD World Forum on Statistics, Knowledge, and Policy.  South Korea, November 2018. 

Why New Zealand Should Introduce Paid ‘Dad and Partner Leave’ (2016) – with Amanda Reilly.  New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations, 41(3), 66-75.