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Press Statement: The New Zealand Initiative celebrates Senior Fellow Michael Johnston's appointment

Wellington (Tuesday, 19 December 2023) – The New Zealand Initiative proudly announces the appointment of its Senior Fellow, Dr Michael Johnston, as the Chair of the Government’s newly established Ministerial Advisory Group to review the primary school English, maths and statistics curricula in New Zealand. Dr Johnston is a cognitive psychologist with an extensive background in the education sector. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

19 December, 2023

Minister of Education Hon Erica Stanford mentions Dr Michael Johnston as Chair of Ministerial Advisory Group in Parliament

Minister of Education Hon Erica Stanford talks about Dr Michael Johnston and the newly formed Ministerial Advisory Group to review education curriculum and the common practice model during Question Time in Parliament. Watch below. Read more

Parliament.nz

19 December, 2023

Mike Hosking talks to Dr Oliver Hartwich about the shock GDP fall

Mike Hosking talks to Dr Oliver Hartwich about the recent fall in GDP, as the economy shrank 0.3 per cent compared to the June 2023 quarter. Listen below. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Mike Hosking

Newstalk ZB

15 December, 2023

Mike Hosking discusses Fair Pay Agreements and our latest NZ Herald column

Mike Hosking talks about Roger Partridge's latest column in NZ Herald "Why Fair Pay Agreements were never going to work" on Newstalk ZB. Listen below. Read more

Mike Hosking

Newstalk ZB

14 December, 2023

Dr Michael Johnston talking about the Government delaying NCEA literacy and numeracy test delays

Dr Michael Johnston talks to Tim Dower on Newstalk ZB's Early Edition about the Government delaying plan to make online numeracy and literacy tests a prerequisite for NCEA from 2026. Listen below. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

Newstalk ZB

12 December, 2023

Dr Michael Johnston in RNZ news about NZ education decline and low PISA results

Dr Michael Johnston recently spoke on RNZ's morning news about NZ's poor PISA 2022 results following their release earlier in the week. Listen below. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

RNZ

6 December, 2023

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Media Release: New NCEA Literacy and Numeracy tests risk setting students up to fail

Wellington (Tuesday, 5 December 2023) – Changes are coming to the way New Zealand students will be tested for reading, writing, and numeracy for NCEA. From 2026, if students fail any one of these new tests, they will not be able to achieve any level of NCEA. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

5 December, 2023

The Platform: Dr Oliver Hartwich reacts to National's policy programme

Dr Oliver Hartwich spoke to Sean Plunket on The Platform to react to National's policy programme. You can find a snippet of their conversation below. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

The Platform

30 November, 2023

ADH TV: Dr Oliver Hartwich talks to Nick Cater on Battleground

Dr Oliver Hartwich talks to Nick Cater on his show on ADH TV about Chistopher Luxon. Watch here. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Nick Cater

ADH TV

30 November, 2023

Dr Eric Crampton on the less well-canvassed aspects of the new government's coalition agreements

Dr Eric Crampton joins Mark Leishman on RNZ Nights to explore some of the less well-canvassed aspects of the Government's coalition agreements and also what could play a big part in the NZ path to net-zero emissions. Listen below. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

RNZ - Nights

29 November, 2023

Dr Eric Crampton in RNZ news about the the work ahead for the new Government

Dr Eric Crampton was featured during RNZ's news segment as it covers the big tasks the new Government is looking to tackle before Christmas. Listen below. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

RNZ

28 November, 2023

Newstalk ZB mentions our new education report

Our latest education report Class Divides?: The impact of streaming on educational achievement and equality was featured in Newstalk ZB's morning news segment across Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Listen below. Read more

Newstalk ZB

21 November, 2023

Media Release: Class Divides? The impact of streaming on educational achievement and equality

Wellington (Monday, 20 November 2023) – There have been calls to ban streaming in New Zealand schools. Streaming is the practice of separating students into different classes based on their prior learning. Read more

Dr Michael Johnston

20 November, 2023

Dr Michael Johnston mentioned by Newstalk ZB on modern learning environments

Newstalk ZB mentions Dr Michael Johnston regarding his inquiries to the Ministry of Education about basic information about modern learning environments. Listen below. Read more

Newstalk ZB

20 November, 2023

Dr Eric Crampton discusses local government debt with Reality Check Radio

Dr Eric Crampton talks to Paul Brennan on Reality Check Radio about the soaring council debts around the country and what this will for ratepayer and community assets. Listen here. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Reality Check Radio

16 November, 2023

MEDIA

Press Statement: The New Zealand Initiative celebrates Senior Fellow Michael Johnston's appointment

Minister of Education Hon Erica Stanford mentions Dr Michael Johnston as Chair of Ministerial Advisory Group in Parliament

Mike Hosking talks to Dr Oliver Hartwich about the shock GDP fall

Mike Hosking discusses Fair Pay Agreements and our latest NZ Herald column

Dr Michael Johnston talking about the Government delaying NCEA literacy and numeracy test delays

Dr Michael Johnston in RNZ news about NZ education decline and low PISA results

Media Release: New NCEA Literacy and Numeracy tests risk setting students up to fail

The Platform: Dr Oliver Hartwich reacts to National's policy programme

ADH TV: Dr Oliver Hartwich talks to Nick Cater on Battleground

Dr Eric Crampton on the less well-canvassed aspects of the new government's coalition agreements

Dr Eric Crampton in RNZ news about the the work ahead for the new Government

Newstalk ZB mentions our new education report

Media Release: Class Divides? The impact of streaming on educational achievement and equality

Dr Michael Johnston mentioned by Newstalk ZB on modern learning environments

Dr Eric Crampton discusses local government debt with Reality Check Radio

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