MEDIA

Wellington (1 April 2016): Amid calls from politicians and civil society to lift the refugee quota, The New Zealand Initiative is urging government to take note of Canada’s system that allows private groups to sponsor refugees. In New Zealand, the government explicitly limits the number of refugees that are allowed into the country each year, reflecting in part the direct costs of the process that are borne by the state. Read more

Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, speaks to 2GB Radio about Australia having taken a holiday when it comes to making meaningful economic reforms when compared to New Zealand. Is this because Australia continues to have an Upper House, or is it failing on behalf of their politicians to explain the need for reforms? Read more

Many Australians are moving away from the Big Four banks and instead opting to place their money with smaller banks that are offering higher interest rates. Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, provides ABC Radio with insights into monetary policy from both New Zealand and Europe - including recent murmuring from some in Europe to embark on a programme of "Helicopter Money". Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich discusses the OCR with Paul Henry on 10 March 2016. Read more

Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, joins ABC Radio to provide some insights about the state of democracy across Europe, and why democracy is under threat in Eastern Europe. Read more

Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, joins Paul Henry to discuss whether Reserve Bank Governor, Graeme Wheeler, will cut the Official Cash Rate. Read more

Our Head of Research, Dr Eric Crampton, joins Annie Newman, Bill Rosenberg and Susan Guthrie on Waatea 5th Estate to discuss the minimum wage and living wage. Read more

Our Head of Research, Dr Eric Crampton, joins Professor Tim Hazledine and Laila Harré as they discuss how high the minimum wage ought to be. Read more

Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich discusses poverty on Newstalk ZB following the launch of our report, Poorly Understood: The State of Poverty in New Zealand. Read more

Wellington (25 February 2016): New Zealand’s abundant poverty statistics should not be reduced to a single headline-grabbing number, a new report from The New Zealand Initiative argues. Poorly Understood: The state of poverty in New Zealand shows that poverty is a complex and multi-faceted issue and choosing attention-getting figures too often oversimplifies what is a very real problem. Read more

Radio New Zealand question whether the Christchurch earthquake counts as negative productivity. Our Head of Research, Dr Eric Cramption answers their question, from 1"35'. Read more

Our Head of Research, Dr Eric Crampton, speaks to the Radio New Zealand team (from 3'30") about how economists measure productivity, and what insights we can gather from firms reporting increased productivity. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich on SBS Radio: Is Europe finished? Read more

Since Angela Merkel invited all refugees to Germany, deep divisions have appeared among the European Unions 28 members. Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, joins Wolfgang Müller on SBS Radio to discuss this in German. Read more

The rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative, on economics and digital content: copyright, censorship and Netflix. Read more