2020 Annual Report
The year 2020 was one none of us will forget in a hurry. Lives were put on hold. Read more
22 March, 2021
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Podcast: Who will succeed Angela Merkel?
In this week's Initiative podcast, Executive Director Oliver Hartwich and Operations Director Chelsy Killick discuss who will succeed Angela Merkel as the next German Chancellor? He says Merkel won't be running for another term, but that is about the only certainty in this year's election. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
9 March, 2021
The backroom deal to find Germany’s next Chancellor
As a commentator on European affairs, there is no question I have heard more often in recent months than who will replace Angela Merkel. Two years ago, Germany’s long-serving Chancellor announced she would not be running for a fifth term in the 2021 election. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
9 March, 2021
Podcast: Oliver Hartwich on the EU covid-19 vaccine rollout disaster
In this week's podcast, Oliver Hartwich expands on his Newsroom column (9 February), where he discusses how the EU's Covid-19 vaccine rollout disaster is shredding the Commission's credibility. If you would like to listen to our latest podcasts, please subscribe to The New Zealand Initiative podcast on iTunes, Spotify or The Podcast App. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
12 February, 2021
EU vaccines disaster shreds Commission’s credibility
Do you remember Jacques Santer? If you do, it is probably because Monsieur Santer was the first President of the European Commission to resign from office. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
9 February, 2021
Government's response to Climate Change Commission's report
In this Magic Talk interview, Dr Oliver Hartwich shares his thoughts about the Government's response to the recent Climate Change Commission's report, which outlined a path to achieve more ambitious greenhouse gas reductions.
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Dr Oliver Hartwich
1 February, 2021
Saint Jacinda
Every time I read another excitable media article about New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern, I am reminded of an old quip: ‘Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.’ That was Publius Cornelius Tacitus (AD 58-120). Were this Roman intellectual and historian alive today, he would make a great New York Times columnist. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
31 January, 2021
I beg your pardon, Mr President?
After a tumultuous four years, Joe Biden will this week raise his right hand and swear an oath to uphold the Constitution as the 46th President of the United States. Before then, President Trump will almost certainly use his power as President to issue pardons. Read more
19 January, 2021
The coming monetary crisis in Europe
As the world approaches the end of this annus horribilis, there is a sense of relief. Not just because 2020 will soon be history but also because the economic disaster could have been so much worse. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
23 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
18 December, 2020