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Prod Comm report important for the localism debate
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 10:31 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (4 July 2019): The New Zealand Initiative commends the New Zealand Productivity Commission’s draft report on local government funding and financing. More >>
Barbara Chapman appointed Deputy Chair
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 4:26 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (13 June 2019): The New Zealand Initiative has appointed Barbara Chapman, CNZM, as Deputy Chair of its Board of Directors. Ms Chapman, who has sat on the Initiative Board since 2017, is a former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of ASB ... More >>
Ministry and Teachers' Unions should open to new approaches
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 3:04 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (28 May 2019): As teachers prepare to leave the classroom on strike, a new policy point released by The New Zealand Initiative proposes a potential solution to the seemingly impossible impasse. "Minister Hipkins is in a thoroughly unenviable ... More >>
NCEA changes a welcome start to improving student equity
Monday, 13 May 2019, 5:00 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
NCEA changes a welcome start to improving student and educational equity More >>
Cap-and-trade to sustainable freshwater management
Tuesday, 7 May 2019, 9:31 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (Tuesday, 7 May 2019): The New Zealand Initiative today released its latest report, Refreshing Water: Valuing the priceless . We believe it provides the best way of achieving the goals set in Minister Parker's Essential Freshwater programme. More >>
Research raises questions about Tomorrow's Schools review
Monday, 8 April 2019, 11:10 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (5 April 2019): A comprehensive and year-long econometric analysis of data for 400,000 students undertaken by The New Zealand Initiative reveals there are no significant differences in school performance between schools of different ... More >>
Pricing carbon properly key to successful renewables policy
Thursday, 28 March 2019, 1:31 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (27 March 2019): Ahead of the Interim Climate Change Committee’s recommendations to Government, think tank The New Zealand Initiative today released an economic assessment of the proposed transition to 100% renewable electricity by 2035. More >>
They are us
Monday, 18 March 2019, 1:16 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Even three days after the Christchurch massacre, we are still looking for words to describe how we feel. Shock, disbelief and anger are on our minds. In our hearts, there is only bottomless sadness. More >>
Growing support for Kiwi community power
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 9:09 am | The New Zealand Initiative
A joint LGNZ/New Zealand Initiative conference held in Wellington tomorrow will explore the results of a new survey that reveals the majority of those surveyed support a move towards local services being managed and provided by local decision-makers. More >>
Proposed rate of CGT one of the most penal in world
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 1:21 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Tax Working Group’s proposed rate of capital gains tax one of the most penal in the world More >>
Decisive action on red tape is the answer to housing issue
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 3:21 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (22 January 2019): Decisive government action to free up the supply of land for housing and to reduce construction costs across the board is the only viable remedy for New Zealand’s housing affordability problem. More >>
NZ Super affordable, but pension age should rise
Tuesday, 4 December 2018, 9:12 am | The New Zealand Initiative
New Zealand’s universal pension system is worth celebrating but could do with small tweaks to the model as the population ages, finds a new report titled Embracing a Super model: The superannuation sky is not falling , which was released by think ... More >>
Fair Pay Agreements too risky to rush
Friday, 21 September 2018, 1:56 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (21 September 2018): The New Zealand Initiative warned today that government must heed Treasury’s warnings about rushing Fair Pay Agreements. More >>
Stephen Jennings joins the NZ Initiative board
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 10:18 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (20 September 2018): The New Zealand Initiative welcomes entrepreneur Stephen Jennings, CEO and Founder of Africa’s largest urban development company, Rendeavour, onto its Board of Directors. More >>
Evidence of huge government waste
Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 8:40 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (18 September 2018): “Government is achieving poor outcomes for New Zealanders relative to the resources it is using.” More >>
Smokeless products are key to NZ’s smoke-free future
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 9:53 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (30 May 2018): The New Zealand Initiative is celebrating World Smokefree Day (Thursday 31 May) as an opportunity to take a more compassionate approach to tobacco control policy. More >>
New Zealand Initiative welcomes new fiscal watchdog
Thursday, 17 May 2018, 4:18 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (17 May 2018): The New Zealand Initiative applauds today’s Budget 2018 announcement of an independent fiscal institution. Associate Finance Minister James Shaw announced a new independent body to assess government forecasts and cost political ... More >>
Grexit the only viable option for Greece
Monday, 29 June 2015, 1:23 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (29 June 2015): After five years of unsuccessful attempts to “save” Greece and keep it in the Eurozone, the dramatic events of the past days show that this strategy has failed disastrously. The country’s best hope is for a fresh start ... More >>
Inequality falling despite rising headlines
Friday, 26 June 2015, 1:21 pm | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (26 June 2015): The country needs to change its tune on inequality, according to The New Zealand Initiative, with a recently published report by Treasury showing that the gap between rich and poor has been stable or falling over the past 20 years. ... More >>
Productivity Commission report builds case for reform
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 11:11 am | The New Zealand Initiative
Wellington (17 June 2015): The Productivity Commission’s latest report on how overly tight land supply feeds the housing affordability crisis is a pressing reminder of why the planning system and local government funding arrangements need reform, ... More >>
