

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Trickle-down Economics? Give Us a Break
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 am – Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 am (+13:00)
- **Event Description**: New Zealand remains a staunch adherent to neoliberal beliefs about the economy – an approach sometimes characterised as “trickle-down economics” and sometimes as privatisation and plunder.

Maybe it’s time to rethink our economy, what we want from it and change the thinking behind government budgets and spending.

Shamubeel Eaqub is chief economist at Simplicity and an author, media commentator and a thought-leading speaker. He has more than two decades of experience in Wellington, Melbourne and Auckland in international banks and consultancies.

Chlöe Swarbrick is the Co-Leader of the Green Party, and also the Party’s spokesperson for Finance and Revenue. She was the first politician to be interviewed on the UK podcast Gary’s Economics (check it out). Last year, the Greens produced their own fiscal strategy and their own draft budget to show how we can do things differently.

Do take the opportunity to grab a drink and a bite to eat from the friendly staff at our in-house caterers, Federal Diner. They will have a pop up café open in the Armstrong Room for the duration of the festival weekend.

Chris and the team from Paper Plus Wānaka will also have a book stall in the Armstrong Room featuring books by several of our speakers. Chris will kindly donate a percentage of sales back to the festival, so buying a book not only supports a great local business, but also supports our festival events!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/queenstown/trickle-down-economics-give-us-a-break/200029702689009
- **Event Categories**: festivals, parties, art, literary-art, entertainment, nonprofit, pop-ups
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2026/mar/aspiring-trickledown-economics?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=queenstown-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Queenstown
- **state**: OT
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Lake Wānaka Centre, 89 Ardmore street, Wānaka
- **lat**: -44.69461
- **long**: 169.13668
- **full address**: Lake Wānaka Centre, 89 Ardmore street, Wānaka, 89 Ardmore St, Wanaka 9305, New Zealand, Queenstown

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Wānaka Festival of Colour (https://allevents.in/org/wānaka-festival-of-colour/2825300)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 03:00 am (+13:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Lake Wānaka Centre, 89 Ardmore street, Wānaka, 89 Ardmore St, Wanaka 9305, New Zealand, Queenstown
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Wānaka Festival of Colour
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** festivals, parties, art, literary-art, entertainment, nonprofit, pop-ups
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Trickle-down Economics? Give Us a Break ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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