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Suzi Kerr writes in Newsroom about the benefits of an emissions trading scheme vs a carbon tax. In the lead up to this election there has been some debate about how New Zealand should respond to…
Sep 22, 2017
From the Director of Motu Economic and Public Policy ResearchSocial science research has a somewhat odd place in New Zealand. For starters, there is ambiguity about what it includes. For some 'social science' is a…
Sep 15, 2017
The paper examining the reasons behind the gender wage gap was popular in the media. Here is a list of where the article featured: Mainstream Media The Conversation - Women paid less for same contribution to work, and sexism…
Sep 5, 2017
A world first examination of the gender wage gap has researched employees’ productivity to see how much sexism is to blame for the difference in women and men’s pay. The study by researchers at Motu Economic…
Aug 29, 2017
Anne-Marie Brook is developing a Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) after realising that the world doesn’t currently have a simple, transparent way to track the human rights performance of countries. The Gisborne Herald reports.
Aug 27, 2017
A new three year research project beginning this year will identify the opportunities and barriers for Maori land on the East Coast that could be used for native forest regeneration for carbon farming. Manu Caddie, Business…
Aug 25, 2017
As a climate scientist, I strongly rebut Tuesday's opinion piece by Robin Grieve who claimed he was relating facts from the Motu Research report, Cows, Sheep and Science: A Scientific Perspective on Biological Emissions from…
Aug 24, 2017
The North Island's picturesque East Coast is set to become a testing ground for a nationwide model that could potentially establish hundreds of thousands of hectares of new native forest, combat climate change and improve…
Aug 23, 2017
Suzi Kerr comments in this story from the NZ Herald on how three New Zealand environmentalists pushing to plant a global forest cheekily dedicated to US President Donald Trump say they've been overwhelmed by worldwide…
Aug 23, 2017
A new three year research project beginning this year will identify the opportunities and barriers for Māori land on the East Coast that could be used for native forest regeneration for carbon farming. “With the mānuka…
Aug 22, 2017
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