The New Zealand Initiative

In Oliver Hartwich's latest Newsroom column, he discusses Europe's current insolvency situation and asks if the recovery will be worse than the recession. Oliver is joined by Eric Crampton and Damien Grant to discuss this further, as well as what is happening in New Zealand when it comes to insolvencies.

Following the release of his research note, Rent controls: The next mistake in housing policy, Dr David Law highlights some of the issues of rent controls and explains why it is often older, and high-income earners who end up benefitting the most when rent controls are introduced. Read David's research note here: https://bit.ly/3usrZLY

A few days after attending his New Zealand citizenship ceremony, Oliver Hartwich sits down for a chat about his journey to becoming a Kiwi and what he's learnt after nine years in New Zealand.

The New Zealand Initiative's executive director Dr Oliver Hartwich and the Taxpayers' Union executive director Jordan Williams discuss their views on fiscal incentives for councils as a way to encourage more houses to be built.

In our latest podcast, Dr Oliver Hartwich and Dr Eric Crampton discuss what's been on their minds this week - including the Regulatory Responsibility Act and how policy regimes are becoming uncertain and unpredictable.

On Newstalk ZB, Mike Hosking discusses the recent NZ Herald article by Matt Burgess, To support lower emissions, oppose the Climate Commission's plan (7 April 2021) Read Matt's column here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/matt-burgess-to-support-lower-emissions-oppose-the-climate-commissions-plan/CRENSDBLLTQBRQHDXLDCNTEZUY/

In this week's Initiative podcast, and ahead of the Trans Tasman bubble opening up on 19 April 2021, Dr Eric Crampton discusses safety measures that should be in place to make this a success and, hopefully, put New Zealand on track to open up bubbles with other low-risk countries.  Read 'Safe Arrivals' here: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/reports/research-note-safe-arrivals/

Dr Oliver Hartwich and Dr David Law discuss the details of the government's new housing package and what it will mean for the housing market, house prices and first home buyers. They also discuss the consequences for the rental market.

Following the release of his 2020 report, Pharmac: The right prescription? Dr Bryce Wilkinson shares his thoughts on the Government's recently announced review into Pharmac's operating model and budget. Read Pharmac: The right prescription? here: https://www.nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-media/reports/pharmac-the-right-prescription/

Matt Burgess and Oliver Hartwich sit down to discuss Oliver's recent Newsroom column on what we can learn from the European ETS experience, and how it relates to some of the finer points in the Climate Change Commission's draft emissions report. Column available here: https://bit.ly/3d9tU0x

Oliver Hartwich, Eric Crampton, Bryce Wilkinson and David Law discuss the Government's new housing package.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel won't be running for another term, but that is about the only certainty in this year's elections. Oliver Hartwich shares his views on who will succeed Merkel on the Initiative's weekly podcast. He writes more about this topic in his Newsroom column (9 March 2021).

Following the release of our latest report, Educational Performance and Funding in New Zealand: Are our children getting the education they deserve? Senior Fellow and co-author of the report Dr David Law delves into the results and explains that a high level of education spending, doesn't always equate to a high level of performance in our schools. Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/3sKyN6g

New, accurate, and rapid saliva-based PCR testing for Covid-19 has started to be used in New Zealand, after being validated by the University of Illinois in 2020. The New Zealand Initiative Chief Economist, Dr Eric Crampton, and Rako Science Executive Director, Leon Grice, discuss the benefits of this test and how it makes daily testing possible for those who work at the New Zealand border.

Leonard Hong's report, The Need to Build: The demographic drivers of housing demand, outlines why the worst of the housing crisis is yet to come. Even with net-zero migration for the next 20 years, we need to build close to 20,000 additional dwellings annually. It is imperative to build now and fast.

In this week's podcast, Senior Economist Matt Burgess provides an update on the Climate Change Commission's draft emissions report.

Oliver Hartwich talks about the Government's proposal for a new New Zealand history curriculum.

Oliver Hartwich expands on his February 2021 Newsroom column, where he discusses how the EU's Covid-19 vaccine rollout disaster is shredding the Commission's credibility.

Senior Economist Matt Burgess shares his thoughts on the Climate Change Commission's draft report to the Government on the steps it should take to reduce emissions in New Zealand.

The Initiative's executive director, 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, in this Magic Talk interview.

In this week’s New Zealand Initiative podcast, Oliver Hartwich and Chelsy Killick interview our Senior Economist Matt Burgess, who has been looking at climate change policy for the last couple of years. The Climate Change Commission is due to release the first emissions budget. A good opportunity for Matt to talk through New Zealand’s current climate change policies and discuss what the Commission...

In his latest podcast on Newstalk ZB, Leighton Smith talks to Oliver Hartwich about citizenship, the Emissions Trading Scheme, China, education, and other matters.

Oliver Hartwich talks to Tom Switzer on ABC radio about the NZ election and why voters chose health over wealth.

Eric Crampton talks to Bryan Crump on Radio NZ Nights about the problem with climate policy and how this can be utilised for an effective Covid recovery.

Following the release of her new book New Zealand's Education Delusion: How bad ideas ruined a once world-leading school system, author Briar Lipson discusses her research and findings with Sean Plunket on MagicTalk.