This paper examines how the New Zealand food and fibre sector could deliver more value to New Zealand in the context of an ageing population and the need to maintain quality public services in the decades ahead.

This report calls for significant change to the way communities are engaged in climate adaptation planning. With climate change reshaping lives, culture, and public health in profound ways, this issue has never been more urgent.

New Zealand has recently dealt with significant natural disasters, including the Auckland anniversary floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, resulting in tragic loss of life and extensive property damage. Responding to the escalating impacts of climate change-induced extreme rainfall events, this report explores the potential of transforming urban areas into ‘sponge cities’ as a proactive measure to...

This discussion paper recommends bringing together diverse perspectives and expertise in establishing safe urban places. It also calls for urban public places to be designed in a way that restores mana and mauri Maori.

Harmful methamphetamine use has become a serious and intractable health issue in Aotearoa New Zealand over the past 20 years. The paper begins by providing an overview of how methamphetamine is used, by whom and why, how big the market is, what the harms are that it causes, and how it is currently regulated. The...