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NZ Policy Unit

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In 2006, the CIS established its New Zealand Policy Unit to focus specifically on NZ issues. The unit’s work so far has focused on tax, government spending, tertiary education, and social policy which has stimulated debate and attracted widespread media coverage.

The New Zealand Policy Unit also contributes to the CIS’s events and publishing activities. It puts out regular papers in the Issue Analysis series, opinion pieces in major New Zealand news outlets, and articles in Policy magazine. The CIS’s annual John Bonython lecture is now held in Auckland as well as Sydney each year, and the Centre offers scholarships for young New Zealanders to attend its Liberty & Society conferences in Sydney.

The expansion of CIS activities in New Zealand is about promoting continuous public policy improvement and fostering debate on important issues. As in Australia, the CIS provides an independent voice for change.

Publications

  1. The Decade-long Binge: How Government Squandered Ten Years of Economic Prosperity

    Luke Malpass | 17 Nov 2011 | Issue Analysis

    Government spending in New Zealand has increased enormously over the past decade in order to meet social goals. From 2000-2010... Read More...

  2. FEATURE: Two-Party Democracies: The Gold Standard for Electoral Systems

    Luke Malpass | 20 Aug 2011 | POLICY Magazine

    New Zealand should abandon its electoral system at the November referendum.

  3. Alcohol Policy and the Politics of Moral Panic

    Luke Malpass | 26 May 2011 | Policy Monographs

    New Zealand’s proposed liquor legislation marks a return to old attitudes towards alcohol regulation that perversely believe,... Read More...

  4. FEATURE: A 'Regulatory Constitution' for New Zealand

    Roger Kerr | 17 Jun 2010 | POLICY Magazine

    New Zealand is analysing the potential and prospects of a Regulatory Responsibility Act.

  5. Superseding MMP: Real Electoral Reform for New Zealand

    Luke Malpass | 16 Mar 2010 | Policy Monographs

    New Zealanders need to seize the opportunity of the upcoming referendum on electoral reform and reinvent their system of... Read More...

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Opinion & Commentary

  1. Kiwis put ETS on the shelf

    Luke Malpass | 15 Dec 2011 | The Australian Financial Review

    New Zealand’s realistic policy approach, combined with its almost defunct carbon market, should be a real wake-up call ... Read More

  2. Land of the long white cloud faces bad weather

    Luke Malpass | 24 Nov 2011 | The Age

    SINCE 2008, New Zealand has been led by former investment banker John Key's National Party. The party campaigned on growing ... Read More

  3. Kiwis facing a critical choice

    Luke Malpass | 24 Nov 2011 | Australian Financial Review

    New Zealand must overcome challenging economic conditions, writes Luke Malpass... Read More

  4. Spending Spree wasted decade of prosperity

    Luke Malpass | 18 Nov 2011 | The National Business Review

    NZ’s decade long spending binge was prosperity wasted.... Read More

  5. Stop pricing young workers out of the labour force

    Eric Crampton | 10 Jun 2011 | The Dominion Post

    Minimum wages hurt employment prospects for the people they're intended to help.... Read More

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