Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, joins Paul Henry to discuss whether Reserve Bank Governor, Graeme Wheeler, will cut the Official Cash Rate. Read more
Our Head of Research, Dr Eric Crampton, joins Annie Newman, Bill Rosenberg and Susan Guthrie on Waatea 5th Estate to discuss the minimum wage and living wage. Read more
Our Head of Research, Dr Eric Crampton, joins Professor Tim Hazledine and Laila Harré as they discuss how high the minimum wage ought to be. Read more
Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich discusses poverty on Newstalk ZB following the launch of our report, Poorly Understood: The State of Poverty in New Zealand. Read more
Wellington (25 February 2016): New Zealand’s abundant poverty statistics should not be reduced to a single headline-grabbing number, a new report from The New Zealand Initiative argues. Poorly Understood: The state of poverty in New Zealand shows that poverty is a complex and multi-faceted issue and choosing attention-getting figures too often oversimplifies what is a very real problem. Read more
Radio New Zealand question whether the Christchurch earthquake counts as negative productivity. Our Head of Research, Dr Eric Cramption answers their question, from 1"35'. Read more
Our Head of Research, Dr Eric Crampton, speaks to the Radio New Zealand team (from 3'30") about how economists measure productivity, and what insights we can gather from firms reporting increased productivity. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich on SBS Radio: Is Europe finished? Read more
Since Angela Merkel invited all refugees to Germany, deep divisions have appeared among the European Unions 28 members. Our Executive Director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, joins Wolfgang Müller on SBS Radio to discuss this in German. Read more
The rationales of individual freedom and personal responsibility with Eric Crampton, head of research at The New Zealand Initiative, on economics and digital content: copyright, censorship and Netflix. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich talks about the "great cash wall" of China on RadioLIVE. Read more
Wellington (27 January 2016): Public policy think tank The New Zealand Initiative commends Prime Minister John Key’s statements on housing in his State of the Nation speech delivered today. Dr Oliver Hartwich, executive director of the Initiative said that Key’s stance on Auckland housing is promising, and looks to relieve some of the pressures of the ongoing housing crisis. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton on Newstalk ZB: Proposed minimum alcohol price sparks controversy
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Wellington (9 December 2015): The New Zealand Initiative has welcomed the Productivity Commission’s newest enquiry into what a fit-for-purpose urban planning system would look like. Executive Director of the Initiative, Dr Oliver Hartwich, noted that the regulations governing planning are highly fragmented and complex in New Zealand, adding years or decades to major infrastructure projects, and delaying any economic upside that these investments may produce. Read more
Wellington (2 December 2015): New Zealand urgently needs to find ways to incentivise local authorities to be more open to economic growth if local government is to meet the looming infrastructure and aging population challenges. This is according to The Local Formula: Myths, Facts & Challenges, the latest report from public policy think tank The New Zealand Initiative, written by Research Fellow Jason Krupp and Senior Fellow Dr Bryce Wilkinson. Read more