The Future Catch on RadioLIVE
Interview with Dr Randall Bess about his latest report The Future Catch on RadioLIVE. Read more
Dr Randall Bess
2 August, 2017
The Future Catch: Preserving Recreational Fisheries for the Next Generation
Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders fish recreationally each year in inshore waters. Fishing is integral to the Kiwi way of life. Read more
Dr Randall Bess
1 August, 2017
Media Release: Money no excuse for the Government to not protect recreational fisheries
The Government must take its head out of the water and urgently act to protect New Zealand’s recreational fisheries, before our fishing way of life is lost. Around 600,000 people fish each year in New Zealand, but this pastime is under threat with increases in New Zealand’s population and tourism numbers and increasing competition with commercial fishers for limited fisheries resources. Read more
1 August, 2017
Discussing The Future Catch
Dr Randall Bess discusses his latest report The Future Catch on Newstalk ZB. Read more
Dr Randall Bess
1 August, 2017
The winding road to housing affordability
The announcement of a new way of funding urban infrastructure is a bit like announcing a way of clearing that first big slip on the road from Kaikoura to Blenheim. It’s an important and necessary start but it is only a start. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
28 July, 2017
A big step towards affordable housing
If you are a regular Insights reader, you will know that housing has been a key issue for the Initiative since we started in 2012. In our reports, speeches and opinion pieces we have repeatedly made the case for reforms to planning, local government and infrastructure finance. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
28 July, 2017
Embarrassingly-bad economics from The Economist
Are Aesop’s fables, such as “The Ant and the Grasshopper” still taught to school children? When winter arrives the industrious and thrifty ant refuses to share its food with the hungry grasshopper who had frivolously spent the summer singing. Read more
Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
28 July, 2017
Steaming mad
The Whanganui District Council has taken the bold step of banning the use of electronic cigarettes (vaping) in public areas. Experts recognise that vaping is a much safer alternative to smoking and has been a critical factor in helping people quit. Read more
Dr Rachel Hodder
28 July, 2017
Can the water management work of Raffensperger & Milke provide the basis for substantial change in NZ
Peter Jackson took a few liberties with Tolkien’s text for the Lord of the Rings films. Most of them, I didn’t like. But one addition I rather liked came at the start. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
25 July, 2017
Media release: Incomes report demonstrates housing crisis
The Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) Household Incomesreport demonstrates the critical importance of solving New Zealand’s housing shortage. The MSD’s report demonstrates that real incomes have increased in New Zealand, and that this increase in real incomes is broadly shared across different parts of the income distribution. Read more
25 July, 2017
Let's talk housing
On his regular Radio New Zealand Nights chat, Dr Eric Crampton discusses the upcoming election and the housing affordability crisis.
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Dr Eric Crampton
25 July, 2017
Media release: A breakthrough for housing affordability
Wellington (23 July 2017): The New Zealand Initiative congratulates the Government on its new mechanism for delivering local infrastructure – not least because it follows a recommendation the Initiative first made in 2013. The Government has just announced it will rename Crown Fibre Holdings into Crown Infrastructure Partners. Read more
23 July, 2017
Media Release: LGNZ Manifesto – an important step for empowering our local councils
Wellington (23 July 2017): The release of Local Government New Zealand’s (LGNZ) 2017 Local Government Manifesto calls for councils to have more of the responsibility to create stronger, vibrant and more prosperous communities. Since 2012, the role of local government has been a core research topic for The New Zealand Initiative. Read more
23 July, 2017
Addressing the housing crisis
Following the release of Superu's report on land use planning on Thursday 20 July, the Initiative's Executive Director Dr Oliver Hartwich spoke to Larry Williams on Newstalk ZB about our housing research and recommendations.
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Dr Oliver Hartwich
21 July, 2017
The never-ending story of Angela Merkel
Should you be familiar with German children’s literature, you would have encountered a curious character: the illusory giant (Scheinriese). In the works of Michael Ende, best known for his The Never-Ending Story, there is a fearsome giant called Herr Tur Tur. Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
21 July, 2017