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Workers who lose their jobs are disadvantaged for years
Losing a job is well known to be one of the more stressful life events. What is less well-known is the impact of job-loss in the future and whether government benefits provide adequate support. Now a…
The long-term pain of losing a job
Losing your job can be a blow, but new research shows the negative effects may drag on for years. Shane Cowlishaw of Newsroom reports. NZ Herald article here. Patrick O'Meara of RNZ reports. Rachel Clayton of Fairfax reports. Online version…
NZ pollution keeps growing despite Paris agreement
New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions keep on growing and are at a level that is a far cry from what the country has committed to under the Paris Agreement. Kate Gudsell from RNZ reports (includes…
Seminar on Wages, Wellbeing & Location
You are warmly invited to a free seminar from the NZ Centre for Sustainable Cities with speakers Arthur Grimes and Philip S Morrison. Location location location! What are the important attributes of places for people’s decisions…
Why does New Zealand keep building such massive houses?
New Zealand has some of the largest and most overpriced houses anywhere in the world. In the Spinoff Motu Research affiliate Andrew Coleman looks at little-discussed tax change in 1989 which sowed the seeds for…
Is tax distortion responsible for our housing crisis?
New research is claiming that New Zealand has one of the most distorted tax environments for housing of any country in the OECD. Dr. Andrew Coleman, an Affiliate of Motu Economic and Public Policy Research,…
NZ’s Distortionary Tax System Contributes to Housing Crisis
NZ has one of the most distortionary tax environments for housing of any country in the OECD. It wasn’t always this way. But new research from Andrew Coleman, an Affiliate of Motu Economic and Public Policy…
In Africa, the change is palpable. In NZ it’s starting to hurt, too. So enough with the Smart Alec approach to climate
The excuses are feeble and unacceptable. We need to take sincere, authentic, practical and innovative action to reduce climate gas emissions at home, writes Bronwyn Hayward in The Spinoff. An Associate Professor of Political Science at…
Freshwater reforms' emissions impact 'minimal'
Jamie Morton writes in the NZ Herald that "The effect of the Government's freshwater reforms on slashing greenhouse gas emissions will be "minimal" unless they result in a large amount of trees being planted." More...
Freshwater reforms may have minimal impact on greenhouse gas emissions
Two separate independent studies have found that the incidental impact of freshwater reforms on greenhouse gas emissions will not be large unless they lead to a lot more trees being planted. The National Policy Statement for…
