• Money for something: A report on political party funding in Aotearoa New Zealand 

  Rashbrooke, Max; Marriott, Lisa (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2022)

  Democracy relies on equality between citizens. When some people have greater influence on key decisions, or greater access to people who have influence, democracy is undermined. However, in New Zealand, over several decades, ...
• Official statistics in the search for solutions for living with COVID-19 and its consequences 

  Cook, Len; Gray, Alistair; Haslett, Steve; Lumley, Thomas; Mackie, Roger; Trewin, Dennis; Cope, Ian; Snively, Suzanne; Rosenberg, Bill; Karacaoglu, Girol; Yeabsley, John; Sutch, Helen; Easton, Brian; Snorrason, Hallgrimur; Ljones, Olaf; Thygesen, Lars; Radermacher, Walter; Wilson, Nick; Holt, Tim; Pullinger, John; St John, Susan; Dunnett, Gary (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

  The prolonged existence of COVID-19 and the consequential actions to manage it both nationally, regionally and internationally will provide national statistical offices with the greatest challenges that they might ever ...
• Is the Commerce Act 1986 fit for purpose?: A blueprint for a new Commerce Act 

  Bertram, Geoff (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

  As New Zealand’s experiment with deregulation limps unsteadily into its fourth decade, documented cases of regulatory failure accumulate. A common theme running through these failures is that the weakening of regulatory ...
• Economic policy in the public sphere: A perspective from New Zealand 

  Makhlouf, Gabriel; Mukherjee, Udayan (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

  In this essay, our aim is to reflect on the uses of economics in policy in New Zealand, and offer a view on where it may need to develop in coming years. Our intention is to speak primarily to policy practitioners, by which ...
• Life in lockdown: The economic and social effect of lockdown during Alert Level 4 in New Zealand 

  Prickett, Kate C.; Fletcher, Michael; Chapple, Simon; Doan, Nguyen; Smith, Conal (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

  On March 25th 2020 New Zealand completed a 48 hour transition to an Alert Level 4 lockdown, a state which severely restricted people’s movement and their social interactions in an attempt to limit the spread of Covid-19. ...
• Fiscal History 

  Rose, Dennis (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

  This paper is based on a presentation to a Symposium, "Well-being, budget responsibility rules and the Public Finance Act", hosted on 15 April 2019 by the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University ...
• Can We Keep Flying? Decarbonising New Zealand’s Domestic and International Aviation 

  Rae, Wallace; Callister, Paul (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2019)

  There is a recognition in New Zealand of an urgent need to decarbonise our economy. Two of our largest export industries are dairying and tourism. Together they earn valuable income that supports New Zealand’s relatively ...
• Official statistics in the search for solutions for living with COVID-19 and its consequences 

  Cook, Len; Gray, Alistair; Haslett, Steve; Lumley, Thomas; Mackie, Roger; Trewin, Dennis; Cope, Ian; Snively, Suzanne; Rosenberg, Bill; Karacaoglu, Girol; Yeabsley, John; Sutch, Hellen; Easton, Brian; Snorrason, Hallgrimur; Ljones, Olaf; Thygesen, Lars; Radermacher, Walter; Wilson, Nick; Holt, Tim; Pullinger, John; St John, Susan; Dunnett, Gary (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

  The prolonged existence of COVID-19 and the consequential actions to manage it both nationally, regionally and internationally will provide national statistical offices with the greatest challenges that they might ever ...
• Does an empirical Heckman curve exist? 

  Rea, David; Burton, David (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

  The Heckman Curve suggests that the rate of return to public investments in human capital declines across the life course. This paper assesses the empirical evidence for the Heckman Curve, using estimates of program benefit ...
• How effective are 2018 policy settings for the worst-off children? 

  St John, Susan; So, Yun (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

  This report analyses the policy settings in mid-2018 for their potential to improve the position of the worst-off children in New Zealand. The Labour-led government, elected at the end of 2017, seeks to place child ...
• From Complexity to Collaboration: Creating the New Zealand we want for ourselves, and enabling future generations to do the same for themselves 

  Eppel, Elizabeth; Provoost, Donna; Karacaoglu, Girol (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

  The purpose of this paper is to change how we approach public policy and implementation for complex problems such as child poverty. The ultimate objective of public policy is to improve people’s lives and wellbeing, now ...
• The Case for New Climate Change Adaption. Funding Instruments. 

  Boston, Jonathan; Lawrence, Judy (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

  Adapting to climate change during the 21st century and beyond poses unprecedented technical, administrative and political challenges that will test the ability to cope at national and local levels. The impacts of climate ...
• Bridges Both Ways. Transforming the Openness of New Zealand Government. 

  Rashbrooke, Max (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

  One of New Zealand’s great strengths is its easy-going, ‘she’ll be right’ attitude; but every strength can become a weakness. That is increasingly the case with the country’s record on public transparency, political ...
• Review of New Zealand Police’s progress in response to the 2007 Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct 

  Rowe, Mike; Macaulay, Michael (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

  In 2007 the report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into Police Conduct made 60 recommendations for change; New Zealand Police (NZ Police) had responsibility for 47 of those. In an effort to ensure that the broad package ...
• Wealth Disparities in New Zealand: Final Report 

  Rashbrooke, Geoff; Rashbrooke, Max; Molano, Wilma (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

  Over the period 2002 to 2010, Statistics New Zealand carried out a longitudinal survey known as the Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE). Some eight waves of data were collected. In every second wave (2003/2004, ...
• Permanent Forest Bonds: A pioneering environmental impact bond for Aotearoa New Zealand 

  Hall, David; Lindsay, Sam; Judd, Sam (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

  Section 1: The challenge is to establish permanent forest on vulnerable land throughout New Zealand, especially erosion-prone land and waterway margins (see Boxes 1 & 2). Leaving this land unforested hinders the nation’s ...
• Wealth Disparities in New Zealand: Preliminary Report Providing Updated Data from SOFIE 

  Rashbrooke, Geoff; Rashbrooke, Max; Molano, Wilma (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

  Over the period 2002 to 2010, Statistics New Zealand carried out a longitudinal survey known as the Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE). Some eight waves of data were collected. Every second wave (2003/2004, ...
• The "investment approach" – liabilities or assets? 

  James, Colin (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

  In 2011 the government adopted from the Accident Compensation Corporation via the Welfare Working Group a programme of actuarially estimating the cost of someone staying long-term on a benefit and using that as the basis ...
• The TINZ National Integrity System Assessment 2013 and the Open Government Partnership: From findings to recommendations and on to implementation 

  Petrie, Murray (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

  The 2013 National Integrity System Assessment conducted by Transparency International New Zealand (TINZ) has been attracting increased attention recently with the inclusion by the government of a commitment in NZ’s first ...
• Connectedness & Canterbury. How did government agencies connect in response to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011? 

  Parish, Catrin (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

  The Canterbury earthquake sequence of 2010 and 2011 presented the Government with unprecedented challenges, not least of which was to ensure consistency and connectedness across each of its agencies who had a role in the ...

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