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2024 07 25 media release nib

Press Statement: Health Innovators' Summit 2024 - Using localism to improve health outcomes

Wellington (Wednesday, 24 July 2024) – The New Zealand Initiative is proud to announce the upcoming Health Innovators' Summit 2024, with a focus on innovative solutions for better healthcare in New Zealand. The event will bring together key figures from politics, healthcare, and journalism to explore how localism can improve health outcomes. Read more

24 July, 2024
Research Note Immigration

Are flying Kiwis fleeing?

The record net outflow of New Zealanders migrating to Australia and further afield should be seen as an "orange light" rather than a red light, according to a research note by The New Zealand Initiative. The report, Are Kiwis fleeing?, examines recent migration trends and finds that while the net outflow of 60,100 New Zealand citizens in the year to May 2024 is significant, it is currently offset by a near-record inflow of migrants who are likely more highly qualified than the average New Zealander. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
Research Note
23 July, 2024
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Launch of GDPLive's new Inflation Tracker with Foodstuffs North Island

On July 15, Foodstuffs North Island welcomed us to their Auckland headquarters for a high-profile event unveiling GDPLive's latest iteration - the world's first real-time GDP and inflation tracker. Acting Prime Minister Hon David Seymour, Foodstuffs North Island CEO Chris Quin, and Massey University's Professor Christoph Schumacher and Dr Teo Susnjak delivered compelling presentations on the platform's advancements. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich
Professor Professor Christoph Schumacher
Event video
23 July, 2024
are kiwis fleeing

Kiwis leaving for Australia is an orange light for NZ, says new report

Wellington (Tuesday, 23 July 2024) - The record net outflow of New Zealanders migrating to Australia and further afield should be seen as an "orange light" rather than a red light, according to a research note by The New Zealand Initiative. The report, Are flying Kiwis fleeing?, examines recent migration trends and finds that while the net outflow of 60,100 New Zealand citizens in the year to May 2024 is significant, it is currently offset by a near-record inflow of migrants who are likely more highly qualified than the average New Zealander. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
23 July, 2024
2024 07 25 insights 1 website

Forty years on

“And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost.” Gandalf This week and last week, The Listener ran five articles revisiting New Zealand’s economic reforms from 1984 to 1993. Four of those articles had little good to say about them, or the people who led them with such clarity, courage and determination. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
Insights Newsletter
19 July, 2024
2024 07 25 insights 3 website

Absurdity in the asylum

This week, Stuff reported on a story that seemed so absurd, it caught our attention: the idea to fence a pool on a remote island, just meters away from the Pacific Ocean. On Motukawaiti Island, 3.5km off Northland’s coast, authorities have mandated that a small swimming pool be enclosed. Read more

Insights Newsletter
19 July, 2024
Media release emissions trading scheme

Media release: Government right to rely on the Emissions Trading Scheme

Wellington (Wednesday, 17 July 2024) - The New Zealand Initiative today welcomed the government’s intention, stated in the Draft Emissions Reduction Plan, to rely on the Emissions Trading Scheme to achieve the Zero Carbon Act’s goal of net zero emissions from 2050. But it also urged measures that would strengthen the ETS. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton
17 July, 2024

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