Government and Politics

Policy Point: Minimum wages to the maximum: The risks of lifting the minimum wage

On 24 November, the Helen Clark Foundation and the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research released a joint report (the HCF&NZIER report) outlining an inclusive growth agenda for New Zealand. Its recommendation on the minimum wage is concerning and risks hurting the most vulnerable. Read more

Dr David Law

Policy Point

3 December, 2020

Policy Point: Misdirection on housing affordability unhelpful

New Zealand has long struggled with housing affordability. Since 2000, real house prices nearly trebled. Read more

Dr David Law

Policy Point

12 November, 2020

Submission: The third consultation round of Phase 2 of the Reserve Bank Act Review

Read our submission, written by Dr Bryce Wilkinson to Treasury and the Reserve Bank. This submission is in response to the third round of consultation on Phase 2 of the review of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act. Read more

Roger Partridge

Dr Bryce Wilkinson

Submission

20 October, 2020

Roadmap for Recovery: Briefing to the Incoming Government

New Zealand faces its worst recession in nearly a century. Unfortunately, the economic response to the challenges of Covid-19 leaves much to be desired. Read more

The New Zealand Initiative

8 October, 2020

Democracy in the Dark

Are Kiwis taking their civics for granted? American columnist H.L. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

9 September, 2020

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Opinion & Media

Media Release: New Zealand Initiative welcomes quarantine-free travel to NZ from the Cook Islands

Wellington, 15 January 2021 - The New Zealand Initiative welcomes today’s announcement of quarantine-free travel to New Zealand from the Cook Islands. Initiative Chief Economist Dr Eric Crampton said, “About 80,000 Cook Islanders live in New Zealand. Read more

Media release

15 January, 2021

Block the border holes or get ready for another bad report

Last week, the government finally released the Simpson-Roche report detailing the failures that led to August’s Covid outbreak in Auckland. Some of the failures, like inadequate testing regimes for MIQ staff and border workers, were entirely preventable. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Newsroom

22 December, 2020

Leighton Smith podcast with Oliver Hartwich

In his latest podcast on Newstalk ZB, Leighton Smith talks to Oliver Hartwich about citizenship, the Emissions Trading Scheme, China, education, and other matters.

The New Zealand Initiative · Leighton Smith podcast with Oliver Hartwich Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Leighton Smith Podcast

16 December, 2020

Why banning RSE workers here won't improve wages for local agricultural workers

They thought banning migrant farm labour would boost wages for native-born farm workers. They were wrong. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

NZ Herald

18 December, 2020

NZ needs better friends

New Zealand needs better friends, if comments by other countries about our efforts to reduce emissions are to be believed. Last week, Newsroom reported “players like the United Kingdom and the European Union have promised much more ambitious cuts [in greenhouse gas emissions] and pledged not to use international offsets. Read more

Matt Burgess

Newsroom

15 December, 2020

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