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A Tradie Can Earn As Much As A Policy Analyst, So Why Does New Zealand Still Treat University As The Gold Standard?
Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 7:59 am | The New Zealand Initiative
The report,Working Knowledge: Designing Industry-Led Subjects for Students and Schools, examines the Ministry of Education's proposal to introduce industry-led subjects as part of the new school qualifications system. More >>
Who Runs The Country? New Zealand’s System Stops Elected Governments From Governing
Wednesday, 8 April 2026, 8:21 am | The New Zealand Initiative
The New Zealand Initiative recommends that New Zealand adopt a version of Germany’s model, where ministers appoint their top officials while a protected career service operates below. More >>
Leading Urbanist Alain Bertaud To Deliver A Public Lecture In Wellington
Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 2:45 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
He is the author of Order Without Design, a book that has helped inform New Zealand’s cross-party consensus on the need for more enabling urban policy and planning reform. More >>
Government Urged To Recycle Crown Assets To Fund Infrastructure Without New Taxes Or Debt
Monday, 2 March 2026, 8:56 am | The New Zealand Initiative
New Zealand is asset-rich but infrastructure-poor, Initiative chair Roger Partridge said. More >>
A Grades On Track To Overtake Bs At New Zealand Universities
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 8:57 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Drawing on official university records from 2006 to 2024, the analysis shows that A grades have expanded substantially while virtually every other grade has contracted. More >>
New Act Makes Government More Accountable To Parliament
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 5:31 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
The Bill requires the government of the day to be much more transparent to Parliament than before about why it is asking Parliament to pass laws and regulations. More >>
New Zealand Needs Four-year Terms And 50 More MPs, New Report Argues
Thursday, 30 October 2025, 8:17 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
The research also reveals New Zealand’s Parliament is undersized. At 120 MPs, it is about 30 percent smaller than international benchmarks suggest it should be. More >>
State Housing Costs Taxpayers Nearly Double The Private Sector Rate, Report Finds
Thursday, 16 October 2025, 10:32 am | The New Zealand Initiative
While the report welcomes and supports the current government’s initiatives to achieve greater financial stability, the enduring question of how best to help those in housing need remains open for public debate. More >>
Devolution Empowers Canadian First Nations, Provides Lessons For New Zealand, Says Report
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 3:22 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
The Squamish Nation’s 6,000-apartment development in downtown Vancouver is helping to solve the city’s housing crisis on its own terms. More >>
Reserve Bank Needs Support, Not Scapegoating, In Inflation Fights
Tuesday, 23 September 2025, 10:36 am | The New Zealand Initiative
"The Reserve Bank has been put in a difficult position," said Dr Eric Crampton, Chief Economist at The New Zealand Initiative. "It has a clear mandate to get inflation back to its target. Criticising the Bank for doing the very job it was set up to ... More >>
Too Many Ministers, Too Little Accountability: New Report Calls For Cabinet Overhaul
Tuesday, 2 September 2025, 7:44 am | The New Zealand Initiative
A new report from The New Zealand Initiative, Unscrambling Government: Less Confusion, More Efficiency, argues that this sprawling Cabinet structure makes accountability unclear, drives up costs, and slows solutions to challenges like housing, welfare ... More >>
Government FastTracks Supermarket Entry In Line With NZI Blueprint
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 4:33 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
The Initiative previously proposed a grocery-competitionfocused fasttrack that bundles multisite rezoning and consents, integrates Overseas Investment decisions, and adds independent economic expertise to panels – all with targeted overrides ... More >>
Top Grades Soar At NZ Universities, New Report Finds
Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 8:47 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Amazing Grades: Grade Inflation at New Zealand Universities, published by The New Zealand Initiative, is the first analysis of grading patterns across all eight New Zealand universities. More >>
Government’s NCEA Reforms Vindicate Decade Of Education Research
Monday, 4 August 2025, 11:17 am | The New Zealand Initiative
The proposed reforms – including compulsory English and Mathematics at Year 11, structured subject requirements and clearer A-E grading – directly address the fundamental flaws The New Zealand Initiative has identified through years of research. More >>
The New Zealand Initiative Supports Resource Management Reform Package As Important Interim Step
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 8:31 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
The reforms include proposed amendments to a suite of existing national direction instruments and several new instruments across three key areas: infrastructure and development, primary sector regulation, and freshwater management. More >>
A Fast-Track To Stronger Grocery Competition
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 8:04 am | The New Zealand Initiative
The Initiative’s Chief Economist Dr Eric Crampton added, “The underlying problem has always been regulatory structures that make new entry practically impossible. Fixing that real problem makes far more sense than break-ups that risk increasing ... More >>
The New Zealand Initiative Supports Industry-Led Training Reforms, Calls For School Pathway Changes
Thursday, 24 April 2025, 10:29 am | The New Zealand Initiative
The Government's industry-led reforms set a strong foundation. Complementing them with improved school-level pathways would create a comprehensive solution to New Zealand's skills challenges. More >>
GP Investment Crucial To Easing Healthcare Pressure
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 12:46 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
The Heart of Healthcare: Renewing New Zealand's Primary Care Systemexamines the economic case for strengthening GP services, as Health Minister Simeon Brown recently announced initiatives to address GP shortages. More >>
Overhauling New Zealand’s Apprenticeship System Could Engage Youth And Boost Our Economy
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 2:33 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Schools are primarily geared toward university-track education, even though only about one-third of school leavers enrol in degree programmes," said report author Michael Johnston. More >>
Overhauling New Zealand’s Apprenticeship System Could Engage Youth And Boost Our Economy
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 10:59 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Schools are primarily geared toward university-track education, even though only about one-third of school leavers enrol in degree programmes. More >>
