The report examines recent migration trends and finds that while the net outflow New Zealand citizens in the year to May 2024 is significant, it is offset by a near-record inflow of migrants who are more highly qualified than the average New Zealander.

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).

In this research note, Bryce Wilkinson, one of New Zealand’s most respected economists, documents the Sixth Labour Government’s spending spree between 2017 and 2023 and puts it into historical context.

Drawing on more than a decade of research, this report acts as a roadmap for the incoming New Zealand Government. It provides practical, evidence-based proposals that cover immediate priority areas such as inflation control, and fundamental fields for reform, including education, health and housing.

New Zealanders need a competent, productive and merit-based public service. Those attributes matter for effective government and community wellbeing. This report looks at the overall performance of the New Zealand public service.