Reports & Media

Peta Credlin interviews Oliver Hartwich about New Zealand's increase in domestic issues (prolonged Covid lockdown, housing crisis, declining education standards, falling tourism, increase in crime, changes to democracy) and what Australia can learn from this. Read more

Wellington (Tuesday, 5 July 2022) – A policy paper released today by The New Zealand Initiative suggests that Minister Wood's assertions about wage rates are based on myths rather than facts. The Minister’s claim that labour’s share has fallen since 1991 is not true for employee’s share, and it is employees’ liberty that he intends to reduce. Read more

In this week's podcast Dr Oliver Hartwich chats with Dr John McDermott, Executive Director of Motu and former Assistant Governor and Chief Economist at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand about monetary policy in New Zealand, the overhang of monetary stimulus from the last few years, and what will happen if we don't wind this back. OLIVER HARTWICH 0:05 Hello and welcome to the New Zealand Initiative’s Podcast. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich chats with Dr John McDermott, Executive Director of Motu and former Assistant Governor and Chief Economist at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand about monetary policy in New Zealand, the overhang of monetary stimulus from the last few years, and what will happen if we don't wind this back. To read the transcript click here. Read more

John Law was a gambling, womanising, dualist, murderer and fugitive. He was also an economic visionary. Read more

Oliver Hartwich joins Mike Treen and Damien Grant on The Working Groups Weekly Political Podcast hosted by Martyn Bradbury. They discuss a range of issues including Roe vs Wade, Economic Recession vs Economic Depression and Jacinda in Europe. Read more