The European Union has been in crisis for many years. Simultaneous sovereign debt, banking and monetary crises have tested the European institutions to the limit. Read more

In today’s economy, regulations are ubiquitous. Successive governments have bequeathed us a legacy of thousands of pages of legislation and regulations which, in theory, every company manager and director should know. Read more

Changing national laws can be cumbersome. Finding central government solutions to local problems can be impossible. Read more

The Prime Minister has agreed to discuss the recommendations of our regulation project at a special members' lunch in September. About the speaker Prime Minister John Key has been the Prime Minister of New Zealand since November 2008 and Leader of the New Zealand National Party since November 2006. Read more

Come along and listen to some of New Zealand’s top university debaters battle it out with the moot: This house believes that high house prices make us poorer as a nation. We will have panellists Phil Twyford, MP, Labour Party Housing Spokesperson and Andrew King, Executive Officer, New Zealand Property Investors Federation. Read more

Come along and listen to some of New Zealand’s top university debaters battle it out with the moot: This house believes that economic growth always comes at the expense of people and the environment. We will have panellists Sir Roger Douglas and Sue Bradford. Read more

Come along and listen to some of New Zealand’s top university debaters battle it out with the moot: This house would legalise euthanasia. We will have panellists Maryan Street (former Labour MP) and Dr Stephen Child of NZMA. Read more

Hon Hekia Parata will give an update on charter schools, Investing in Educational Success programme, and her take on the future of Maths teaching. About the speaker Hekia has lived and worked in Wellington for most of the past 30 years during which time she has worked in both the public and private sector, holding senior policy and management positions and running a successful consultancy company with her husband Sir Wira Gardiner, advising clients in New Zealand and internationally, She has represented New Zealand at the New Zealand Embassy in Washington, DC, and at a number of multinational forums including the South Pacific Forum, the United Nations Forum, the World Bank Forum and a number of international indigenous forums. Hekia came to Parliament after the General Election in November 2008. Read more

Elected Labour leader in November 2014, Andrew has started a process of policy review for his party. We want to find out where this will lead Labour, and conversely, Labour is interested in establishing a dialogue with The New Zealand Initiative and its members. Read more

At The New Zealand Initiative we believe that people can be trusted to make their own decisions. Which is why we are concerned that governments are increasingly telling us what and how much to eat, whether to drink, or how to arrange our financial affairs. Read more

On Thursday, 4 June Minister of Education Hekia Parata will launch our new report. The report investigates a programme introduced to New Zealand primary schools 15 years ago that changed the way maths is taught, and tracks maths achievement over that time. Read more

In her previous role as Minister for Social Development, Hon Paula Bennett pioneered the investment approach in social welfare. Following National’s re-election she is pursuing an equally ambitious and innovative reform agenda in her new portfolios. Read more

Meredith Connell, together with the New Zealand Centre of International Economic Law and The New Zealand Initiative, invites you to a discussion with Gary Born. Gary Born is widely regarded as the world’s preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation. Read more

Discussing The New Zealand Initiative’s latest publication on economic growth. We will have three Members of Parliament to join us for a thought-provoking event. Read more

Join us on Monday, 23 March, for the launch of From Red Tape to Green Gold, when research fellow Jason Krupp will outline the policy changes needed to boost mining output and bolster environmental protections. As a country with one of the highest natural capital endowments per person in the world, New Zealand is not just sitting on a gold mine, but oilfields, iron ore deposits, high grade coking coal seams, and numerous other industrial minerals. Read more