How the 'big data' revolution can guide business

Big data is one of the transformative mega trends shaping the way modern businesses operate. By analysing the vast quantities of data at their disposal, businesses can reshape their operations to meet shifting customer requirements in real time, with the benefits reaped in greater profits. Read more

Khyaati Acharya
Interest.co.nz
13 May, 2015

Media release: Government needs new tools to deliver $34b in social services

Wellington (13 May 2015): Ahead of next week’s budget, The New Zealand Initiative is calling on government to adopt new ways of delivering social services that increase accountability on the billions spent on these programmes. That is one of the main findings of the public policy think tank’s latest report Investing for Success: Social Impact Bonds and the future of public services. Read more

13 May, 2015

Green economy needs minerals

Serial entrepreneur and visionary Elon Musk last week introduced the first truly disruptive technology in the domestic electricity markets since, well, the lightbulb. He unveiled the Powerwall, which is a simple idea: use a lithium-ion battery to store energy when electricity is cheap and then use the stored power when prices are high. Read more

The National Business Review
8 May, 2015
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Gary Born on the Bilateral Arbitration Treaty Regime

On Friday 8 May 2015, international commercial arbitration and litigation expert Gary Born presented on the Bilateral Arbitration Treaty Regime at Victoria University of Wellington. This event was held in conjunction with the University, The New Zealand Initiative and The New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law. Read more

8 May, 2015

Making private prisons palatable

For anyone interested in how the private sector may be involved in improving social outcomes, Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga’s interview on TV3’s The Nation is a must watch. The interview, which focussed on private prisons, is revealing. Read more

Insights Newsletter
8 May, 2015

Why, why, why? Housing supply

This week the price of an average house in Auckland reached the $800,000 mark. The housing problem must be solved and small children might just have the answers to achieve this. Read more

Rose Patterson
Insights Newsletter
8 May, 2015

Critical thinking needed on ECE claims

Early childhood education (ECE) has been under the spotlight. The New Zealand Herald’s Kirsty Johnston recently reported major quality issues, with 150 ECE providers rated by the Education Review Office (ERO) in 2014 as “requiring further development”. Read more

Rose Patterson
Interest.co.nz
4 May, 2015

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