The New Zealand Initiative

There are many pressing problems facing New Zealand, but none more urgent than the decay of our once great education system. Every time a young person leaves school without basic literacy and numeracy, it is a travesty. Oliver Hartwich and Michael Johnston discuss the country's education emergency.

Oliver Hartwich and Dennis Wesselbaum discuss Germany's outlook.

Director of Economics for the Infrastructure Commission, Peter Nunns, talks to Eric Crampton, Chief Economist for The New Zealand Initiative, about his research on the size and scope of local government, as well as funding and financing mechanisms.

A research note released today by The New Zealand Initiative mainly attributes the outbreak of inflation in many economies to central bank mistakes. Oliver Hartwich interviews co-authors Graeme Wheeler, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and Bryce Wilkinson, Senior Research Fellow at The New Zealand Initiative.

Oliver Hartwich interviews historians James Kierstead and Matthew Birchall, two new colleagues at the Initiative.

Dr Eric Crampton and Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, discuss New Zealand's change in legislation for vaping products.

Declining literacy is a contributor to low productivity and New Zealand's students have been let down by the education system.  In this podcast Dr Michael Johnston and Amanda Boyd discuss the Ministry of Education's plan to introduce new NCEA requirements and what this means for students, schools and businesses.

Dr Oliver Hartwich chats with Dr John McDermott, Executive Director of Motu and former Assistant Governor and Chief Economist at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand about monetary policy in New Zealand, the overhang of monetary stimulus from the last few years, and what will happen if we don't wind this back.

John Law was a gambling, womanising, dualist, murderer and fugitive. He was also an economic visionary. Dr Oliver Hartwich shares with us the story of the father of modern economics.

Democracy Action engaged Professor James Allan to review the He Puapua Report. The result of Professor Allan’s analysis - "The Report of Professor James Allan on He Puapua: The Radical Prescription for Undermining Democracy and the Rule of Law". He joins Dr Oliver Hartwich to discuss Professor Allan's valuable critique of the He Puapua Report and how this impacts our democracy.