While in Perth, Western Australia, our Research Fellow, Dr Randall Bess, was able to get on the water with Andrew Cribb from the Department of Fisheries. Even though the fishing wasn’t great that day, Hillarys Boat Harbour was impressive, as was the number of boats on the water. Read more
Our Research Fellow, Dr Randall Bess, spent some time with Andrew Cribb from the Western Australia Department of Fisheries. Mr Cribb is the architect of the new fisheries legislation that, amongst other things, includes the ability to reallocate catch levels between fishing sectors. Read more
Now that Steven Joyce is to be given the Finance Minister reins, it is worth looking forward to what a Joycean finance ministry might bring. Joyce took a very active role in his administration at MBIE. Read more
For all of John Key’s achievements, his administration failed miserably in one area: housing affordability. When he became prime minister in 2008, house prices were already high. Read more
For some people, Christmas has come early. Just think of our new Prime Minister Bill English. Read more
There is no doubt that Aucklanders want to live in a world-class city. There is less agreement on what that means. Read more
On Sydney's 2GB Radio, Dr Oliver Hartwich reflects on John Key's time as Prime Minister and looks forward to what we can expect from Bill English.
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Everyone is familiar with the idea of keeping up with the Joneses. It comes from an early 20th century American comic strip featuring the social-climbing McGinis family and their struggle to keep up with their more affluent neighbours, the Joneses. Read more
When assessing John Key’s legacy, context is critical. Key came into office in late 2008 in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Read more
New Zealand has had a pretty decent eight years under John Key. The rest of the world’s descent into madness accelerated sharply, and New Zealand’s has looked better by comparison. Read more
I leaned at the bench, feeling exhausted. Looking around, I could tell they were all feeling much the same. Read more
2016 has delivered some immense political shocks, raising the question just why are our politicians and institutions, and everything we once trusted, now so on the nose? To analyse this and to offer some expert forecast, Phillip Adams is joined by Greg Sheridan from the Australian, Laura Tingle from the Australian Financial Review, Dr Oliver Hartwich from the think tank The New Zealand Initiative and Beatrix Campbell, British journalist, author and playwright. Read more
By any measure, this year was not short of political surprises, from Brexit to Donald Trump. Yet neither was as shocking as John Key’s resignation as New Zealand Prime Minister yesterday. Read more
From ‘that’ NCEA maths exam that left students in tears, the confusion around exams during last month’s earthquake, to the seclusion of special needs students, it seems the education sector rarely gets a break. And it looks like that will not change anytime soon with the latest news in education. Read more
There are growing concerns tonight about the economic implications of Italy's referendum result for the European Union. The win of the "no" vote is another example of a populist victory sweeping western politics. Read more