Reports & Media

The three essential elements of successful school choice policies are: the freedom to open, expand and close schools in response to increased or reduced demand; funding following the student, putting all schools on the same footing; and independent management, so that schools are free to innovate in areas such as teaching practices, teacher pay, and school organisation. The report draws on a wide range of evidence including a study of the impact of Chicago’s charter schools on the environment. Read more

The flight of the Kiwi is the third paper in a series that forms part of the New Zealand Institute's research project on Creating a global New Zealand economy. This paper follows on from our first two papers No country is an island and Dancing with the stars?. Read more

The New Zealand Business Roundtable supports the proposed introduction of a 90-day probationary period for new employees. There are strong arguments in favour of the proposed reform. Read more

I am writing on behalf of the New Zealand Business Roundtable in response to the Commerce Commission's 21 April 2006 Reconsideration Report (Reconsideration Report) concerning the regulation of fixed line calls to mobile phones. The Business Roundtable is an organisation comprising primarily chief executives of major New Zealand businesses. Read more

Modest growth in New Zealand is not the result of an overdose of reforms or bad cultural attitudes. The problem, in short, is that the reform process has not been completed, and needs to be continued and extended. Read more

Submission on Auckland Regional Council's draft long term community plan 2006 - 2016 presented by Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) in conjunction with New Zealand Business Roundtable. Read more

The Bill is the culmination of work started by the Savings Product Working Group (the SPWG) and continues to exhibit the effects of poor problem identification and analysis. Read more

We welcome the focus on this issue. The quality of life in Auckland, not to mention New Zealand's prosperity, depends on an efficient transport system. Read more

The New Zealand Institute welcomes the introduction of the KiwiSaver scheme as a step in the right direction. The introduction of a scheme to encourage household savings is a long overdue addition to the New Zealand policy landscape. Read more

The proposal to extend the adult minimum wage to 16 and 17 year olds may be well-intentioned, but it is likely to adversely affect the employment and training of young workers. Read more

The labour market is like any other market: pay and conditions are largely determined by supply and demand, rather than through a power struggle between employees and employers. Geoff Hogbin exposes the fallacies behind the arguments for labour regulation, and makes the case for a freely functioning labour market as the best protection for employers and employees alike. Read more

This submission is made by the New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR), an organisation comprising primarily chief executives of major New Zealand business firms. The purpose of the NZBR is to contribute to the development of sound public policies that reflect overall New Zealand interests. Because of the size of its member companies, few of them have a direct interest in Unlisted. Read more

New Zealand is not on track to lift its average living standards relative to Australia or the OECD average. The BPS is based on a projected annual average rate of growth in real GDP of only 2.8 percent during the five years to March 2010. Read more

Provisionally entitled Te Oranga o te Iwi Maori: A Study of Maori Economic and Social Progress, the book will look at factors and institutions that have influenced Maori development and ways of building on past achievements. The first Working Paper, Maori Economic Development: Glimpses from Statistical Sources, was undertaken by Wellington-based Motu Economic and Public Policy Research. Read more

Dancing with the stars? Is the second paper in a series that forms part of the New Zealand research project on ‘Creating a global New Zealand economy’. Read more