School of Government · Te Kura Kāwanatanga: Institute for Governance and Policy Studies: Working and Policy Papers: Recent submissions

  • Vested Interests 
    James, Colin (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    In 2010-11 three government policy initiatives aroused controversy and accusations of special treatment for "vested interests": a change in workplace relations law to meet the demand of a film company; special treatment ...
  • Governance of a Complex System : Water 
    Eppel, Elizabeth (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)
    Fresh water is a life-enabling resource as well as the source of spiritual, social and economic wellbeing and development. It is continuously renewed by the Earth’s natural recycling systems using heat from the sun to ...
  • Collaborative Governance Case Studies: The Land and Water Forum 
    Eppel, Elizabeth (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    Looking at collaborative processes in retrospect is always easier than it was at the time they were first happening. They tend to look more designed, orderly, and less messy than they actually were. In Land and Water Forum ...
  • Flexi-Super: Not Really Such a Great Idea 
    Rashbrooke, Geoff (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    Flexi-super is a proposal to allow people to begin receiving New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) between the ages of 60 and 70, instead of at age 65 as at present. The intention is that the rate at which NZS was paid commencing ...
  • Assessing ‘Good Governance’ and Corruption in New Zealand: ‘Scientific’ Measurement, Political Discourse, and Historical Narrative 
    Gregory, Robert (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    New Zealand is ranked highly on the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), which assess performance on six dimensions of governance: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government ...
  • Partnering and the ideal state : limits to collaboration 
    Prebble, Mark (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)
    Networks, collaboration and partnerships between the government and community groups offer prospects for stronger governance and improved public value. Many authors have reported on processes that enhance the prospects for ...
  • Changing Gear: Delivering the Social Dividend 
    Grimes, Arthur; Campbell-Hunt, Colin; Wilson, Ross; Withers, Glenn; Oram, Rod (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2002)
    In December 2001, the Institute of Policy Studies and Business New Zealand co-hosted a one day symposium entitled ‘Changing Gear: Delivering the Social Dividend’. It was addressed and attended by members of academia, the ...
  • Funding Our Culture 
    James, Colin (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2000)
    Many successive governments have funded the arts, cultural activities and heritage. Every now and then someone asks why or says it is not governments’ business. But their voices evaporate into the ether. The questions are ...
  • Watch Out for the Elephants 
    James, Colin (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2002)
    This speech was given by Colin James to the United Future conference, 16 November 2002. In it he gives a succinct account of recent New Zealand party politics, the place of niche parties, and the position of United Future.
  • Climate Change and Food Security 
    Weaver, Sean (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)
    This paper explores the global trends associated with food security and climate change and the linkages between them. This comes at a time of unprecedented international concern for global food security, against a backdrop ...
  • The new governance arrangements for the public health sector and the need for wider public sector reform 
    Cook, Len; Hughes, Robert (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)
    Across the OECD countries the organisation of the public health service is subject to frequent scrutiny. In New Zealand there have been five major changes to the governance model for the public health service since the ...
  • Negotiating Without Bargaining Power: A Review of ‘New Zealand’s Trade Policy Odyssey’ 
    Holmes, Frank (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2003)
    This review focuses on a recent publication from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research: Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley (2002) New Zealand’s Trade Policy Odyssey: Ottawa, via Marrakech, and On, Research Monograph ...
  • The Rocky Road to CER 
    Holmes, Frank (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2003)
    This paper is a history of discussions, debates and arrangements leading up to the Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relationship (CER), which was launched 20 years ago. While a large volume to celebrate the anniversary ...
  • New Zealand in the World Economy 1938–56 
    Holmes, Frank (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2004)
    While sorting through some old papers recently, I came across a paper that I had completed, probably early in 1957, on ‘New Zealand in the World Economy 1938-56’. This had been intended to be a contribution to a book on ...
  • The Quest for Security and Welfare in New Zealand 1938–1956 
    Holmes, Frank (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2004)
    This paper, largely written in the mid-1950s, appraises the implications of the policies followed by the first Labour Government from 1935 to 1949 and the National Government that succeeded it between 1949 and 1957. They ...
  • Paid domestic work: A private matter or a public policy issue? 
    Callister, Paul; Tortell, Lisa; Williams, Jessie (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)
    In industrialised countries most of the goods and services traditionally undertaken in the home are now largely sourced outside the household. The main exceptions are childcare, food preparation and washing and cleaning, ...
  • Joint or Shared Accountability: Issues and Options 
    Boston, Jonathan; Gill, Derek (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)
    Responsible and responsive government depends on effective accountability – at all levels within the state. To this end, democratic governments have typically established strong vertical or hierarchical accountability ...
  • Post-2012 Burden Sharing: Towards an Ethical Approach 
    Kengmana, Lucas; Boston, Jonathan (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)
    This paper explores how the costs of mitigating and adapting to climate change should be shared by the international community. While it briefly surveys other desiderata for a new global agreement on climate change for the ...
  • Experimentation and Learning in Policy Implementation: Implications for Public Management 
    Eppel, Elizabeth; Turner, David; Wolf, Amanda (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)
    Policy objectives often can be simply stated. Yet, policy implementation frequently becomes complex, not only when the problem addressed is complex or wicked, such as family violence prevention, but also when the policy ...
  • Authorising Environment: Mapping Role Designation and Practice in the New Zealand Model- A review of the New Zealand literature 
    Eppel, Elizabeth (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)
    The starting proposition for the Authorising Environment strand is that reform of public management system to date has been a one way street. By and large reform has focused on how public organisations set, manage and ...

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