Dr Oliver Hartwich, Executive Director at The New Zealand Initiative, discusses the findings from our latest report, The New New Zealanders: Why migrants make good Kiwis.
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Research Fellow Jason Krupp was interviewed for NewsHub's 6.00pm news bulletin to discuss our latest report, The New New Zealanders: Why migrants make good Kiwis. Jason Krupp is a co-author of this report, along with Dr Rachel Hodder. Read more
One News discusses our report, The New New Zealanders: Why migrants make good Kiwis, and speak to the Executive Director of Multicultural New Zealand, Tayo Agunlejika, who says this is welcome research.
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Dr Eric Crampton discusses the migrant levy, and the other recommendations, from our report, The New New Zealanders: Why migrants make good Kiwis, with Mike Hosking.
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Running away from a problem will rarely solve it. No matter how fast you run, sooner or later the problem will catch up with you. Read more
This week, the Initiative scored plenty of media mentions – not just in New Zealand but worldwide. Under normal circumstances, this would be a reason to celebrate. Read more
‘Alternative facts’ has been the phrase of the week. President Trump’s attempts to increase the crowd figures at his inauguration demonstrated a new low in post-truth politics. Read more
Public art can be a powerful thing. It can inspire, uplift, and even get us to think introspectively. Read more
Peter Thiel is a world-leading tech investor and a fascinating thinker. Of course NZ was right to make him a citizen. Read more
OPINION: This week, Demographia released their annual housing affordability survey. It has become a sad ritual at the beginning of each year to find out how unaffordable property has become across much of the English-speaking world. Read more
Following the release of the Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, that had Sydney ranking second in the list of world's most unaffordable cities to own a home, Dr Oliver Hartwich discussed the housing crisis on Australia's ABC Radio.
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Executive Director Dr Oliver Hartwich discusses the results of the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey results - that show Sydney as being second in the list of the world's most unaffordable cities to own a home, and Auckland at fourth.
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A new housing affordability study by Demographia shows: Buying a median house in Sydney is now more costly than in any other world city - with the exception of Hong Kong. Should we celebrate or mourn this fact? Read more
Wellington (23 January 2017): Following this morning’s release of the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey, The New Zealand Initiative urges the Government to make addressing our housing crisis a top priority in 2017. The survey is a sobering read. Read more
Want to rail against the Global 1% rich-listers? Be a bit careful: if you own a house in Auckland, mortgage-free, you could easily be on that list. Read more