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John Morris and Rose Patterson have been investigating the factors influencing the quality of New Zealand’s teaching profession. Join us for the launch of their first report in a series of three. Read more

LGNZ and The New Zealand Initiative invite you to a panel discussion on alternative options to enable stronger local economies throughout New Zealand By international standards, New Zealand has one of the world's most centralised forms of government. In other OECD economies, local government runs health and police services, accounts for the majority of public investment, and typically controls a third of public spending. Read more

With the asset sales agenda progressing, it is useful to ask: if the partial privatisation of our state-owned enterprises is such a good idea, why are so many people against it? Do privatisations deliver the benefits promised by politicians, and if not, why not? Read more

Barely a week passes when housing in New Zealand is not in the news. Either because house prices are too high or impressive gains are being made. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson launches our first report, New Zealand's Global Links: Foreign Ownership and the Status of New Zealand's Net International Investment The report provides a one-stop-shop for statistics on New Zealand's investment patterns. In particular, it shows that: Despite popular myth, New Zealanders actually earn more than they spend. Read more

Watch the Victoria University of Wellington and University of Canterbury battle it out with the moot: Issue of the minimum wage and whether it makes for a fair start in the workforce. Read more

Meredith Connell, together with the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law and The New Zealand Initiative, invites you to a discussion with Gary Born. Gary Born is widely regarded as the world’s preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation. Read more

The Australian government recently appointed Tim Wilson, an outspoken classical liberal, to its Human Rights Commission. Commissioner Wilson's agenda is ambitious: He seeks to promote a culture of rights and responsibilities so that every citizen understands their rights and confidently stands up for them against government encroachment. Read more

Come along and listen to some of New Zealand’s top university debaters battle over the moot: If you’re young and ambitious you should leave New Zealand. We'll have panellists Stephen Franks of Franks Ogilvie and Minister of Education Hekia Parata. Read more

Come along and listen to some of New Zealand’s top university debaters battle over the moot: Commemorations of past wars are nationalistic exercises in war glorification. We'll have panellists Stephen Franks of Franks Ogilvie and Executive Director of The New Zealand Initiative Dr Oliver Hartwich. Read more