The New Zealand Initiative

Oliver Hartwich talks with Kiwi entrepreneur Graham Rich about Covid, charitable activities and life in challenging times.

Matt Burgess explains what happens when the ETS reaches its price cap.

Matt Burgess and Oliver Hartwich discuss the politicisation of the Euro 2020 football tournament.

Oliver Hartwich interviews Mark Honeybone, the founder and owner of Property Ventures, about the raft of new regulations affecting the housing market.

Matt Burgess talks to Eric Crampton about the fiscal risks of a rapidly rising ETS price.

Matt Burgess talks to Oliver Hartwich about his latest Herald column about the new political role central banks play.

Senior fellow David Law discusses changes to Kiwisaver with Oliver Hartwich.

Senior economist Matt Burgess discusses New Zealand’s agricultural emissions.

Oliver Hartwich and Eric Crampton talk to Nelson-based immigration advisor Carsten Hallwass about New Zealand’s immigration settings and the effect of Covid-19.

The global pandemic has led to a lot of political catchphrases, such as Green New Deal, and Build Back Better. Are these slogans of little substance, or will we soon see the state take a more assertive role in the economy?

The Initiative’s Steen Videbeck reflects on his career as an economist and a teacher – and he explains how he combines both perspectives in his new research project on literacy in New Zealand.

The practicalities of the Government’s new ‘feebate’ scheme are still unclear, as the Financial Services Federation’s Lyn McMorran explains in a conversation with Eric Crampton, Matt Burgess and Oliver Hartwich.

Chelsy Killick talks to Oliver Hartwich about his latest Newsroom column and asks why the next Euro crisis has just begun.

Matt Burgess, Eric Crampton, Oliver Hartwich and Bryce Wilkinson discuss the Government’s new feebate scheme. Will it help to cut emissions? Or is it just questionable middle-class welfare?

Joel Hernandez explains his three-year journey of crunching New Zealand’s education data.

Chelsy Killick talks to Oliver Hartwich about a strange scandal in German politics and why you should never lie in your CV.

Matt Burgess dissects the Climate Change Commission’s final recommendations.

Matt Burgess and Oliver Hartwich analyse a short essay by Dr Rod Carr, chair of the Climate Change Commission.

Dr Eric Crampton chatted to Professor Josh Gans from the University of Toronto on the global Covid-19 pandemic response. They discuss the importance of coming up with effective strategies to get the covid-19 vaccinations rolled out as quickly as possible and move onto the next conversation of how to reopen borders.

In this podcast Dr David Law discusses the idea of unemployment insurance for New Zealand.

Chief economist Dr Eric Crampton discusses the Government's 2021 budget.

Oliver Hartwich on the history of the Euro and the future of Europe’s monetary union.

On Newstalk ZB, Mike Hosking discusses Eric Crampton's Dominion Post column on skilled migrants. Read Eric's column - Govt needs to rethink hostile approach to skilled migrants, here: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/opinion/govt-needs-to-rethink-hostile-approach-to-skilled-migrants/

Eric Crampton sits down with Graeme Jarvis, CEO of Medicines NZ to discuss IP issues around the Covid-19 vaccines and how bottlenecking supply is keeping us from getting the world vaccinated.

Roger Partridge and Oliver Hartwich discuss the Fair Pay Agreements proposal and how it would be likely to harm productivity and not be in the interests of workers, the unemployed, consumers, and overall wellbeing. You can read our 2019 report, Work in Progress: How Fair Pay Agreements would be bad for labour, here: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/reports/work-in-progress-why-fai...