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Read The New Zealand Initiative's submission to the Social Services and Community select Committee on the Child Poverty Reduction Bill. Read more
There is no shortage of opinion pieces or expert commentary making the case that Kiwis are financially illiterate. Apparently we’re not good with savings, we don’t plan for the future, and we do not take even simple actions (like switching out of our default KiwiSaver funds) to optimise our future financial security. Read more
Now is the time for all good Jedi to come to the aid of their country. In the classic Cold War film, Dr Strangelove reminded us that it is pointless for a country to have a doomsday device if it is kept secret. Read more
Wellington (30 January 2018): “We welcome the government’s focus on tracking the number of children in persistent poverty and hardship. However, setting multiple arbitrary targets for reducing child hardship is easier than actually helping people extricate themselves from their predicaments,” said Dr Oliver Hartwich, Executive Director of The New Zealand Initiative. Read more
Mike Hosking interviews Bryce Wilkinson about Treasury’s Living Standards Framework. It's part of a Government plan to show how many children have been lifted out of poverty in next May's budget. Read more
The coalition Government says about 384,000 families will be better off by $75 a week under its families package. It's estimated 88,000 children's lives will be turned around by the flagship policy which will cost $5.5 billion over the next five years. Read more
New Zealand’s drinking culture might be dying. Many signs are pointing that way. Read more
Government welfare must do a better job of breaking the cycle of disadvantage. That message was common cause amongst the audience at the launch this week of the New Zealand Initiative’s latest report Welfare, Work and Wellbeing: From Benefits to Better Lives. Read more
Government welfare must do a better job of breaking the cycle of disadvantage. That message was common cause amongst the audience at the launch this week of the New Zealand Initiative’s latest report Welfare, Work and Wellbeing: From Benefits to Better Lives. Read more
Imagine if the Government only saw us as dollar signs, where every government service we use increases that number and the taxes we pay reduce it. And the Government's only responsibility was to decrease those dollar signs looming over our heads. Read more