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UPCOMING REPORT: No Minister: A free and frank analysis of the public service

Our upcoming report will be released Monday 16 November 2026 Register for the launch webinar Monday 16 November 2026, 2pm Is New Zealand’s public service still politically neutral, and does it give ministers free and frank advice? Our upcoming report asks those questions, and the answers matter for whoever forms the next government. Read more

Dr Benno Blaschke

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Dr Michael Johnston

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Henry Olsen

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Upcoming research report
16 November, 2026

Walking the tightrope

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) dates its origins to 1 August 1927, when Communist troops rose against Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists in the city of Nanchang. The uprising failed, but the Communists went on to win the civil war on the mainland, a war that never formally ended. Read more

Dr Nathan Peres

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Insights Newsletter
13 November, 2026
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Podcast: Free to Disagree: Can the overhang save National?

Dr Oliver Hartwich
Media November 12

Newstalk ZB: Benno Blaschke on who really runs the public service?

Dr Benno Blaschke
Audio November 10

Newstalk ZB: Oliver Hartwich on overhangs: “It should be done in this term”

Dr Oliver Hartwich
Audio November 9

Webinar video: Twin Deficits: Can New Zealand grow its way out of debt?

Dr Oliver Hartwich Dr Bryce Wilkinson ONZM
Media November 6

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