Craig Renney Collection

Craig Renney is the Economist and Director of Policy at the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions. He previously served as Senior Advisor to the Labour-led government (2017G2023), contributing to the design of the Wellbeing Budgets. He has worked at Treasury, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Reserve Bank, and holds qualifications in economics, urban policy and public administration. As Vice Chair of the Policy Council of the Labour Party, Craig works with a range of unions and NGOs across Aotearoa. Craig is originally from Northumberland in the UK, where the experience of industrial change sparked his interest in economic policy and government. He moved to New Zealand in 2012.