Arguing that the New Zealand health system is in crisis, this paper recommend investment in five key priorities based on the principle that to minimise cost growth and increase long-term sustainability without compromising quality, the system needs to be efficient and flexible, and it needs to contribute to economic growth as well as being supported...

This research aims to understand how New Zealanders think about fairness in order to help policy advisors provide more informed advice on the equity implications of policy choices. It also considers to what extent New Zealander’s perceptions of fairness are grounded in reality and how perceptions of fairness vary across group markers including gender, age...

This paper analyses anonymised National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) data linked to later employment for the recent cohort of primary teachers to better understand what might be driving secondary students’ falling performance in maths and science. The results show that one in four new primary teachers failed NCEA Level 1 maths, and more than...

The New Zealand Infrastructure Commission commissioned NZIER to model hospital building costs over the next thirty years. This report describes the analysis of the health infrastructure implications of a ‘business as usual’ scenario for costs, asset management practices and service delivery methods.

Menopause and its impact on women’s work has received much attention internationally. This research shows that workplace conditions are key to supporting women to maintain economic participation and productivity.