The New Zealand Initiative

Victoria University's Associate Professor Martien Lubberink specialises in banking regulation. In Newsroom, Prof Lubberink warns of unintended consequences of setting extra taxes on current bank profi...

9 Marras 202228min

Josie Pagani and Oliver Hartwich discuss the state of the nation

8 Marras 202256min

James Kierstead and Michael Johnston discuss the results of a second pilot for literacy and numeracy assessments, as well as an upcoming survey on the extent to which university students are willing t...

27 Loka 202221min

Oliver Hartwich and Eric Crampton discuss how the government is preventing overseas supermarkets from entering the New Zealand market.

20 Loka 202218min

Are international students subsidising the education of domestic students in Australian universities – or is it the other way around? Why does Australia have quite so many international students anywa...

11 Loka 202256min

Oliver Hartwich chats with ACT’s Transport and Climate Change spokesperson Simon Court about the Clean Car Scheme and how it's adding bureaucracy, not reducing emissions.

2 Loka 202221min

In this episode Michael Johnston hosts Oliver Hartwich and Eric Crampton to discuss various European crises and how New Zealand should be learning from, and not repeating, the European mistakes.

28 Syys 202231min

Ideology rather than evidence is the basis for the Ministry of Education’s (MoE) ‘Modern Leaning Environments’, research by The New Zealand Initiative has revealed. Dr Oliver Hartwich and Dr Michael ...

20 Syys 202218min