This research note explains what city deals are, how they fit with the New Zealand Initiative’s previous work on localism, and explores international experience and lessons. It also surveys the interest in city deals, and options for implementation in New Zealand.

This research note highlights the potential pitfalls of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its implications for New Zealand's foreign policy independence and infrastructure development.

New Zealand’s Executive Branch has grown to an abnormal size. This research summary argues that the number of departments, portfolios, and ministers likely causes a suite of coordination, policy drift and resource management problems.

This research note questions how New Zealand has managed to sustain its large and growing current account deficits with the rest of the world without seeing a corresponding deterioration in its net international investment position (NIIP).

This research note reveals the year in which non-academic employees started to outnumber academics at New Zealand's universities.