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Charter Schools A Positive Initiative
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 3:13 pm | Maxim Institute
“Charter Schools provide a great opportunity for education to diversify and strengthen in New Zealand,” says Steve Thomas, Researcher at Maxim Institute. “They would allow community groups and entrepreneurial educators to start new and different schools ... More >>
Polls Showing MMP'S Rough Edges
Saturday, 19 November 2011, 10:21 am | Maxim Institute
“There is no perfect voting system. Deciding which system is best for New Zealand involves making trade-offs among a whole range More >>
Know What You're Voting For - Maxim
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 9:58 am | Maxim Institute
New Zealanders are pretty good at turning out to vote on election day, but there are a couple of concerns. One is that voting is lowamong young people and another is that it can be hard to keep track of all the policies and people we need to know ... More >>
On Balance, the Best Voting System for New Zealand Is SM
Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:53 am | Maxim Institute
Maxim Institute releases two papers on the voting system—one that recommends SM as the best system, and one that looks at how MMP could be improved. “There is no perfect voting system. Deciding which system is best for New Zealand involves ... More >>
Maxim Institute Recommends a Voting System
Friday, 28 October 2011, 9:52 am | Maxim Institute
In September we released a paper called Kicking the Tyres: Choosing a voting system for New Zealand which took a neutral stance on the referendum, by evaluating all the voting systems on offer. We have spent the past month getting the paper into ... More >>
Time To "Kick The Tyres" Of Voting Systems
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 9:23 am | Maxim Institute
“Representative democracy comes in lots of shapes and sizes. The voting system we use plays a big part in determining what that shape and size is. A country's voting system not only affects the kind of voting paper that we use, it also affects the ... More >>
Maxim Institute To Host Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith in NZ
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 2:36 pm | Maxim Institute
Maxim Institute is pleased to be hosting the UK’s Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, on Friday 22 July, to deliver the Annual Sir John Graham Lecture. The purpose of the SirJohn Graham Lecture is to provide an opportunity for ... More >>
Help the Pacific Instead Of the Whole World
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 2:55 pm | Maxim Institute
22 June 2011 - “New Zealand’s aid programme should stop scattering tiny bits of aid across the world and should more tightly focus its money on the Pacific,” says Dr Jane Silloway Smith, author of Maxim Institute’s new policy paper on foreign ... More >>
Aid Doesn't Always Work
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 12:01 pm | Maxim Institute
“Not all the aid that goes to the developing world works,” says Jane Silloway Smith, author of a new policy paper being released by Maxim Institute. “Sometimes we waste our money, or even do damage through the aid that we send.” More >>
Aid Doesn't Always Work
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 9:22 am | Maxim Institute
“Not all the aid that goes to the developing world works,” says Jane Silloway Smith, author of a new policy paper being released by Maxim Institute. “Sometimes we waste our money, or even do damage through the aid that we send.” More >>
Sir John Graham Is Right – Performance Pay Has Merit
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 10:49 am | Maxim Institute
“Sir John Graham is right to say that performance pay could help New Zealand’s schools,” says Steve Thomas, Researcher at Maxim Institute. More >>
2011 Budget Is Solid But Unimaginative
Friday, 20 May 2011, 3:36 pm | Maxim Institute
“There isn’t much to argue with in the 2011 Budget’s focus,” says Steve Thomas, a researcher at Maxim Institute. “It makes sensible steps to help increase New Zealand’s savings and investment, and to start reining in government spending and ... More >>
Regulatory Standards Bill a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 2:42 pm | Maxim Institute
"The Regulatory Standards Bill introduced to Parliament yesterday is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Despite its bland title, the Bill could significantly change the relationship between Parliament and the courts. It would give unelected judges the sorts of powers ... More >>
Lower Income Taxes Is The Key For Savings
Friday, 12 November 2010, 3:16 pm | Maxim Institute
“The Savings Working Group’s has suggested raising GST to 20 percent and lowering personal income taxes, to help encourage saving. Moving the tax tax burden is a good idea, but the salient point is not so much to raise GST as to lower income taxes,” ... More >>
Maxim Institute Support Critique Of Earthquake Act
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 1:37 pm | Maxim Institute
“Christchurch needs our support in the wake of the earthquake, but the law that was passed a fortnight ago goes too far and is open to an abuse of power” says Alex Penk, Policy and Research Manager at Maxim Institute. More >>
Support For Critique of Earthquake Response Act
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 12:46 pm | Maxim Institute
Maxim Institute Supports Constitutional Experts’ Critique of the Canterbury Earthquake Response Act 2010. More >>
GST Change Would Be a Backwards Step
Monday, 27 September 2010, 3:31 pm | Maxim Institute
“Labour’s new policy of exempting fresh fruit and vegetables from GST would make our tax system more complex and less efficient, and would cost us $250 million that we do not have,” says Steve Thomas, Researcher at Maxim Institute. More >>
Quality Not Just Quantity Matters In Foreign aid
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 9:32 am | Maxim Institute
“Foreign aid can do more damage than good, if it is directed to the wrong places or delivered in the wrong way,” says Maxim Institute Researcher Jane Silloway-Smith. “We need to not just talk about reaching motivational targets, but we need to concentrate ... More >>
Education Expert Argues For A Paradigm Shift
Thursday, 2 September 2010, 9:30 am | Maxim Institute
“Some of the poorest people on Earth are not waiting for their governments or aid agencies to provide them with an education. They’re doing it for themselves – successfully and in vast numbers. It’s most definitely ‘community self-help,’” ... More >>
Helping the World’s Poor is Not Just About GDP
Wednesday, 26 May 2010, 10:32 am | Maxim Institute
“We need to move away from seeing aid as purely a government to government exercise,” says Dr Jane Silloway Smith, Researcher at Maxim institute. More >>
