In November 2023, Ayaan Hirsi Ali stunned many of her long-time admirers by announcing her conversion to Christianity. “We can’t counter Islamism with purely secular tools,” she explained. Read more
In two weeks, we will take a delegation of New Zealand Initiative members to the Netherlands. We had hoped to study Dutch excellence in infrastructure, technology and regulatory reform. Read more
It is hard to feel sorry for Harvard University. For two years running, Harvard has come at the bottom of the free speech rankings according to the Foundation Individual Rights and Expression. Read more
We can learn a lot from newspapers’ Letters to the Editor pages. This week, I had a column in the Stuff newspapers on the Initiative’s proposed fast-track for new supermarkets. Read more
| GDP Quarterly Change: | 0.38% |
|---|---|
| GDP Annual Change: | -1.01% |
| Inflation: | 2.30% |
| Optimal OCR: | 3.00% |
| Optimal OCR Gap: | -0.50% |
| Forecasted OCR Change: | -0.25% |
