The Herald's 'Mood of the Boardroom' survey has become a fixture in New Zealand's media calendar. Once a year, the chief executives and chairs of the country's largest companies deliver their verdict ...

The Reserve Bank adjusts interest rates to keep inflation under control. This does not work with perfect precision, but it works. There is one measure, one lever and a well-understood relationship ...

Localism is a wonderful thing. I recommend it to any politician in opposition. It draws applause and offers a chance to accuse one's opponents of being control freaks.<br />  <br /> Last week, at the ...

Voters are rightly worried about the cost of living. How can they balance the household budget? Should they move to Australia?<br /> <br /> It is a nationwide issue. After allowing for inflation, ...

INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY<br /> <br /> 1.1 The New Zealand Initiative (the Initiative) welcomes the opportunity to comment on ...

When I first visited Sydney in 1999, what struck me most were the cranes. They stood over the city in every direction, building towers, stadiums and rail lines for the Olympic Games. The future was ...

Greater Manchester's 2014 devolution agreement included powers over transport, housing and skills, with matching funding.<br />  <br /> That was my model for New Zealand two years ago, in a research ...

Businesses need confidence in how governments are chosen and the policies they pursue. That makes an obscure MMP feature worth our attention.<br /> <br /> Te Pāti Māori wants supporters to vote for ...

Last week, we co-hosted a dinner with the Selwyn Foundation. Its chair, former Labour health minister David Cunliffe, led the Government's aged care advisory group and presented their report, A place ...

Our Senior Fellow Dr Bryce Wilkinson, a former Treasury director, joined Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB to make sense of the fiscal plans dominating the election campaign. He read National’s numbers as a ...

We hear a great deal about the Bank of Mum and Dad. The Bank of the children gets rather less attention, although we have been drawing on it for years.<br /> <br /> The Bank's terms are simple. Voters ...

Here is a paradox that ought to trouble ministers more than any single threat named in the NZSIS’s 2026 Security Threat Environment report, released in August.<br /> <br /> The New Zealand Government ...