This publication draws on the body of research compiled at The New Zealand Initiative over the past decade to bring together a coherent plan to improve the New Zealand's education system.

This paper discusses alternative methods to estimate the distribution of wealth in New Zealand, adapting a taxable income capitalisation method that suggests more wealth at the top of the distribution than previously estimated.

The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) continues both worldwide and in New Zealand. The authors of this report argue that the politicisation of the execution of the response to the pandemic led to a lack of adaptability and agility, and so the government response was more costly than necessary.

This working paper explores how COVID-19 response measures have impacted New Zealand's economic behaviours. This is achieved by using various public data sources and data held by NZIER.

This report brings together information on the economic and fiscal implications of climate change and New Zealand’s response to it. The costs of climate change will be large and felt unevenly across different sectors and groups of society. The choices made by governments, businesses and households, domestically and internationally, will all influence how the impacts...