Think tanks

Insights

From blueprints to building

19/12/2025
In 2025, New Zealand experienced a shift in attitudes as the government initiated significant reforms in housing, transport, and education, aiming for practical solutions and long-term improvements despite ongoing challenges.

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Quadrant

Transparency versus Conspiracy

26/09/2025
A TikTok activist claims New Zealand’s curriculum reform is scandalous, but overlooks evaluating policy effectiveness. This reflects a troubling shift from policy merit to scrutinizing proposers.

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Insights

A think tank at the Top 200

06/12/2024
The New Zealand Initiative received the Judges’ Award at the Deloitte Top 200 Awards, highlighting its impact on policy development and contribution to national issues since 2012.

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Insights

A year of new beginnings

15/12/2023
In 2023, New Zealand saw a change in government, emphasising evidence-based policy and regulatory reform. The New Zealand Initiative looks forward to beneficial outcomes in 2024.

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Insights

Nowhere to live

21/02/2020
Last week, a paper by the Helen Clark Foundation garnered much media attention. Somewhere to live presented the Foundation’s views on housing policy. I read the document with an open mind and personal curiosity.

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Insights

A year of delivery

13/12/2019
The Prime Minister had declared 2019 “the year of delivery”. Voters will eventually judge the government on whether it has succeeded. At the Initiative, we had our own year of delivery.

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