The New Zealand Initiative

Oliver Hartwich expands on his February 2021 Newsroom column, where he discusses how the EU's Covid-19 vaccine rollout disaster is shredding the Commission's credibility.

11 Feb 20217min

Senior Economist Matt Burgess shares his thoughts on the Climate Change Commission's draft report to the Government on the steps it should take to reduce emissions in New Zealand.

4 Feb 20218min

The Initiative's executive director, Dr Oliver Hartwich, shares his thoughts about the Government's response to the recent Climate Change Commission's report, which outlined a path to achieve more amb...

1 Feb 202117min

In this week’s New Zealand Initiative podcast, Oliver Hartwich and Chelsy Killick interview our Senior Economist Matt Burgess, who has been looking at climate change policy for the last couple of year...

28 Jan 202128min

In his latest podcast on Newstalk ZB, Leighton Smith talks to Oliver Hartwich about citizenship, the Emissions Trading Scheme, China, education, and other matters.

17 Des 202045min

Oliver Hartwich talks to Tom Switzer on ABC radio about the NZ election and why voters chose health over wealth.

22 Okt 202029min

Eric Crampton talks to Bryan Crump on Radio NZ Nights about the problem with climate policy and how this can be utilised for an effective Covid recovery.

20 Okt 202020min

Following the release of her new book New Zealand's Education Delusion: How bad ideas ruined a once world-leading school system, author Briar Lipson discusses her research and findings with Sean Plunk...

7 Okt 202011min