My stat of the week is 38 percent. This is the provisional voter turnout at the 2025 local elections. Read more
I must confess, I am something of a literary philistine. So, when I heard this week that László Krasznahorkai had won the Nobel Prize for Literature, I had no idea who he was. Read more
ou do not have to own someone's house to help them, so why does Kāinga Ora's Reset Plan envisage continuing to own around 78,000 housing units? This week, The New Zealand Initiative published my report "Owning less to achieve more: Refocusing Kāinga Ora". Read more
Why does the government need to continue owning or managing more than 77,000 housing units, given its poor track record in this area, especially when state assistance can be provided without extensive government ownership? And why does it not release more land for housing? Read more
| GDP Quarterly Change: | 0.87% |
|---|---|
| GDP Annual Change: | -0.23% |
| Inflation: | 2.35% |
| Optimal OCR: | 2.90% |
| Optimal OCR Gap: | -0.30% |
| Forecasted OCR Change: | -0.25% |
