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NZ can’t afford any boondoggles in post-Covid-19 recovery
Friday, 8 May 2020, 10:48 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington, 8 May 2020 - More economic freedom will be the key to surviving the next phase of the Covid-19 recovery, and the Government should step aside as soon as it can, according to a new report For better or for worse: How governments respond ... More >>
Covid-19 Success Gives Kiwi Universities Unique Opportunity To Attract Keen International Students
Friday, 1 May 2020, 11:56 am | The New Zealand Initiative
New Zealand’s relative success against Covid-19 now gives Kiwi universities a unique opportunity to attract a new wave of keen international students, according to a report by the New Zealand Initiative. In the report, Open for minds: export ... More >>
Don’t Toy With NZ’s Trade Network To Fix Covid-19 Recession, Says New Report
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 12:34 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Now is not the time to rethink New Zealand’s hard-won network of trade ties around the world with protectionist policies, warns a new report Reinforcing New Zealand’s trade relationships after Covid-19 by the New Zealand Initiative. While the Covid-19 ... More >>
Covid-19 Time Travellers: Assessing South Korea’s Virus Response
Friday, 24 April 2020, 10:42 am | The New Zealand Initiative
South Korea has tackled the Covid-19 crisis competently and New Zealand could learn from the East Asian country as it considers moving to Alert Level 3, according to a new report from the New Zealand Initiative. While no country comparison is perfect, ... More >>
Free Money Isn't Free – New Report Says The Government Must Be Fiscally Cautious
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 6:40 am | The New Zealand Initiative
No matter how seductive it sounds, central bank funding of the additional government spending on Covid-19 would set New Zealand on a dangerous path, according to a new report by the New Zealand Initiative. The report , Deficit spending in a crisis: ... More >>
New Zealand Could Learn From Singapore’s Covid-19 Containment Model
Wednesday, 8 April 2020, 4:23 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington, 8 April - Singapore has set a high standard for dealing with Covid-19 and despite its decision to enter a lockdown this week, New Zealand can learn a lot from the country, according to a new report Lessons from abroad: Singapore’s Covid-19 ... More >>
New Report: Government’s Current Wage Subsidy Scheme May Insufficiently Protect Kiwis
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 1:21 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington, 7 April - The Government’s current wage subsidy scheme may insufficiently protect Kiwis from the worst effects of the Covid-19 crisis, according to a new report from the New Zealand Initiative. Comparing New Zealand with Australia and Canada, ... More >>
Kiwi Households Could Lose $10,000 Of Yearly Income From Covid-19 Lockdown, New Report Says
Friday, 3 April 2020, 1:21 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington, 3 April - If New Zealand can’t recover from the economic “heart attack” of self-imposed lockdown, it could face GDP losses at Great Depression levels, according to a New Zealand Initiative research note. While the Covid-19 pandemic ... More >>
New Zealand Initiative Criticises Government For Rushing New Vaping Legislation During Lockdown
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 2:33 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington, 1 April - Rushing to deal with new vaping legislation during an unprecedented economic lockdown is not just folly, it is anti-democratic, according to a public submission by the New Zealand Initiative. While most businesses and public services ... More >>
New Zealand Initiative Urges Quarantine For Non-urgent Legislation
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 5:19 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington, 26 March - Asking the public for submissions on pending legislation while the country is in pandemic lockdown risks making a farce of democracy and unnecessarily distracting the Government, according to a new policy paper by the New Zealand Initiative. ... More >>
Public Policy Prescription For A Pandemic
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 2:08 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Mixing the New Zealand Initiative’s research with ideas from dozens of the largest Kiwi firms, the think tank has produced a comprehensive touchstone document on the best range of Covid-19 policy responses. Written by the Initiative’s chief economist ... More >>
Joint Statement From The New Zealand Initiative And BusinessNZ
Monday, 23 March 2020, 10:15 am | The New Zealand Initiative
BusinessNZ and The New Zealand Initiative are encouraging the Government to go further with its economic support package, saying the support package announced last week was the right first step and was greatly appreciated but needed to go further. The ... More >>
Joint Statement From BusinessNZ And The New Zealand Initiative
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 5:18 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington, 17 March 2020: We welcome the Government’s measures to tackle Covid-19 in New Zealand. In particular, we welcome the recently announced travel restrictions, the increased health funding and the support to business. We ... More >>
Tinder Economy
Friday, 14 February 2020, 1:31 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Depending on your own experience with dating apps, you might be surprised to learn that success in the online dating market is not distributed equally. So, this Valentine’s Day, spare a thought for those struggling to find love among the insidious and “unjust” ... More >>
Congestion charging: It works!
Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 8:44 am | The New Zealand Initiative
28 January 2020 (Wellington): New Zealand can learn from international experiences showing congestion pricing systems can be successfully introduced – and with the support of the public, says a new report released today by The New Zealand Initiative. More >>
The importance of promoting mining for the benefit of NZers
Monday, 27 January 2020, 5:01 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
27 January 2020 (Wellington): Public policy think tank The New Zealand Initiative opposes changing the purpose of the Crown Minerals Act from the promotion of mining for the benefit of New Zealanders. More >>
Proposed changes to Reserve Bank will provide improvements
Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 4:33 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Cabinet’s decisions announced today by Finance Minister Grant Robertson to reform the governance and accountability arrangements of the Reserve Bank are commendable. Key among the decisions is establishing a governance board that will be responsible ... More >>
RBNZ's flawed bank capital process should be suspended
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 12:37 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (5 December 2019): The Reserve Bank of New Zealand should suspend its decision to increase banks’ capital and re-open the public consultation process says public policy think tank, The New Zealand Initiative. More >>
Fair Pay proposals too flawed to proceed
Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 1:36 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (26 November 2019): The Government must halt its plans to introduce fair pay agreements or face harming workers, consumers, the unemployed and the wider economy says public policy think tank, The New Zealand Initiative. More >>
Muttonbirds vs. the seven continents
Tuesday, 19 November 2019, 4:33 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (19 November 2019): Worrying comments from Whetu Cormick, President of the New Zealand Principals Federation in today’s Herald show why, for the sake of educational equity, it is time New Zealand rethought its approach to knowledge ... More >>
