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Media release: Report calls for infrastructure financing shift

Wellington (Tuesday, 11 July 2023) – The New Zealand Initiative’s new report suggests better tools for infrastructure funding and financing. Chief economist Dr Eric Crampton argues infrastructure funding and financing are a root cause of New Zealand’s housing shortage. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Media Release

11 July, 2023

Foreign investment: Ireland’s secret financial formula is not so secret

Seeking Ireland’s secrets Few countries feel so similar as New Zealand and the Republic of Ireland. We are both island nations with much larger neighbours. Read more

Roger Partridge

NZ Herald

6 July, 2023

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Submission: Consultation on New Zealand Grocery Supply Code of Conduct

This submission in response to Consultation on New Zealand Grocery Supply Code of Conduct is made by The New Zealand Initiative (the Initiative), a Wellington-based think tank supported primarily by major New Zealand businesses. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM

Submission

5 July, 2023

Comparing (export) apples with apples

The Third Law of Demand Once you see it, you see it everywhere. Married couples who’ve left the kids home with a sitter go out to nicer restaurants than childless couples who have the same income. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Newsroom

4 July, 2023

The Green Party's proposed cap on rent rises

Sean Plunket talks to economist Eric Crampton from the New Zealand Initiative about the Green Party's proposed cap on rent rises.

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Dr Eric Crampton

The Platform

4 July, 2023

What’s with this ‘technical recession’?

So, we are in a ‘technical recession’. Sounds bad. Read more

Professor Professor Christoph Schumacher

National Business Review

3 July, 2023

When a Bill’s objective is vague, its provisions are rudderless

Parliament’s Environment Committee released its reports on the Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Bills this week. The (Labour) majority recommends that modified Bills be enacted. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM

Insights Newsletter

30 June, 2023

Why Labour should rule out a wealth tax

Election campaigns should mainly be about the policies a party would enact, if elected. But they’re also about the things a party wouldn’t do. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Newsroom

20 June, 2023

How history can help us build back better

Infrastructure is high on the agenda this election year. And why wouldn’t it be? Read more

Dr Matthew Birchall

NZ Herald

15 June, 2023

Webinar recording: Paving the Way

Webinar: Learning from New Zealand's past to build a better future Join us for a webinar as we launch “Paving The Way: Learning from New Zealand’s Past to Build a Better Future.” Everyone is talking about New Zealand's infrastructure deficit. But few people know how successful we once were at delivering big-ticket items like roads, rails and bridges. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Dr Matthew Birchall

Nick Leggett

Webinar

14 June, 2023

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