Human beings have a tendency to blame and punish others for their misfortunes. The ancient Greeks turned this tendency into a ritual called pharmakos. Read more
This year's NZSIS Security Threat Environment report lists many threats facing New Zealand. But one of the biggest is not on its list: the Government has more useful intelligence than ever before, yet it is not digesting that intelligence fast enough to matter. Read more
New Zealand has faced many crises. Few have inspired such quiet resolve as the campaign to save our most productive soils from houses. Read more
New Zealand has more information about emerging security threats than ever before, but Cabinet is still too slow to turn warnings into action, a research note released today by The New Zealand Initiative finds. Major General (Ret) John Howard MNZM and Dr Reuben Steff say the problem is speed, not information. Read more
| GDP Quarterly Change: | 1.08% |
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| GDP Annual Change: | 2.19% |
| Inflation: | 3.98% |
| Optimal OCR: | 2.99% |
| Optimal OCR Gap: | 0.24% |
| Forecasted OCR Change: | 0.25% |