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Quidquid agis prudenter agas et respice finem. Whatever you do, do it wisely and consider the end, a famous Latin proverb reminds us. Read more
Last time you booked a hotel or restaurant, you may well have checked it out on TripAdvisor first. Whatever your price bracket, if a place was rated below about a three out of five, then the chances are you’ll have discounted it. Read more
Labour’s Grant Robertson and National’s Nicola Willis witnessed an animated debate about paying down debt Timing could not have been better when teams from the universities of Auckland and Wellington debated New Zealand’s debt strategy. Hours after the Government released its Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update, The New Zealand Initiative held the Grand Final of its Next Generation Debates. Read more
In ancient Greek, a dogma was something that simply seemed to be true. Today, of course, it has a more absolute meaning. Read more
As loyal readers might be aware, The New Zealand Initiative has long been concerned that there is a real scandal in New Zealand education. Some of our most vulnerable kids are leaving school without the skills they need to get ahead in life. Read more
Despite little evidence of impact, Inquiry Learning is at the heart of New Zealand’s curriculum. One of seven values it encourages in students, inquiry also crops up in the titles of 6 of the 25 ‘Effective Pedagogy’ videos on the New Zealand Curriculum website. Read more
The New Zealand Initiative has released its new research plan for 2017 through to 2020. The aim is the same as our previous research plans – to shape the policy agenda and tackle the big issues facing our country. Read more
Have you ever wondered why children learn to speak with relative ease, and yet find reading so much harder? This question was answered in the last 30 years by evolutionary psychology. Read more
On Wednesday evening, Oliver summed up our event à la Casablanca. Thanking our guest speakers, he rightly said ‘I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship’. Read more
A report suggesting radical reforms of the way teachers and schools are assessed has been shot down by those working in the sector. The New Zealand Initiative, a market-oriented think tank, says existing measures of "success" are unfair on lower-decile schools, which are often achieving much better results than raw data would suggest. Read more