In preparing this paper, the authors evaluated the value for money of the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Support programme using cost-benefit analysis from a societal perspective, encompassing the New Zealand economy as a whole.

New Zealand's Public Service Act 2020 identifies a spirit of service to the community as the fundamental characteristic of the public service. This paper seeks to explore what a ‘spirit of service’ might mean; how it can be preserved, protected, and nurtured; and what effects that might have on the integrity, services, and outcomes achieved...

New Zealand’s first ever national security strategy aims to guide New Zealand’s approach to national security. It embeds the lessons of the Christchurch Royal Commission, and sets a vision for New Zealand’s national security that promotes a focused, integrated and inclusive approach.

This report examines non-academic employees in New Zealand universities. It presents and analyses a range of data from the New Zealand Ministry of Education, and from universities themselves, to investigate the scale and composition of New Zealand universities’ administrative staffing.

This report estimates the scale of persistent disadvantage in New Zealand across three domains, and examines who is more likely to experience it.