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Opinion and Commentary contains media articles written by CIS researchers.

  • New Zealand’s great regression

    Luke Malpass | 20 Oct 2010 | The American, Journal of the American Enterprise Institute

    New Zealand was once a beacon to the Western world for classical liberal reform. No longer. Where did it all go wrong? Read More

  • Bad manners to blame politicians

    Phil Rennie | 15 Feb 2006 | The New Zealand

    As an exuberant child of the 1980s I had many excuses for my misbehaviours and public rudeness. But I never thought to blame David Lange or Roger Douglas. Read More

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    Publications

    1. Flight of the Kiwi: Addressing the Brain Drain

      Andrew Patterson, David Kirk, Don Turkington, Luke Malpass | 27 Mar 2012 | Policy Forum

      Why are so many New Zealanders flocking to Australian shores, and what can be done to stop the so-called Kiwi ‘brain drain’? In... Read More...

    2. Alcohol Policy and the Politics of Moral Panic

      Luke Malpass | 26 May 2011 | Policy Monographs

      New Zealand’s proposed liquor legislation marks a return to old attitudes towards alcohol regulation that perversely believe,... Read More...

    3. Ending No. 8 Wire Welfare: Why New Zealand is Lagging Behind

      Luke Malpass | 02 Apr 2009 | Issue Analysis

      The government’s welfare policy is moving in the right direction and a recession is a good time to reform the welfare system. ... Read More...

    4. FEATURE: Explaining the Income Gap: Are Aussies and Kiwis that different?

      Phil Rennie | 12 Dec 2007 | POLICY Magazine

      New Zealand is Australia's poor cousin. Is the Kiwis' national culture holding them back?

    5. Reinventing New Zealand’s Welfare State

      Peter Saunders | 27 Mar 2007 | Issue Analysis

      New Zealanders are much richer than when the welfare state was founded. People’s incomes should therefore be sufficient... Read More...

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    Opinion & Commentary

    1. New Zealand’s great regression

      Luke Malpass | 20 Oct 2010 | The American, Journal of the American Enterprise Institute

      New Zealand was once a beacon to the Western world for classical liberal reform. No longer. Where did it all go wrong?... Read More

    2. Bad manners to blame politicians

      Phil Rennie | 15 Feb 2006 | The New Zealand

      As an exuberant child of the 1980s I had many excuses for my misbehaviours and public rudeness. But I never thought to blame ... Read More

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    Ideas@TheCentre

    1. The taxman cometh

      Robert Carling | 17 Feb 2012

      The government isn’t making any economic sense fighting against a deficit in the budget....

    2. New Zealand’s spending binge

      Luke Malpass | 18 Nov 2011

      Despite a two-fold increase in government spending to $70.5 billion, health, education and other social indicators have hardly ...

    3. Why bother?

      Luke Malpass | 26 Aug 2011

      Governments should always be looking to privatise assets if in the public interest, and the sentiment behind these partial ...

    4. Humdinger of a political argument

      Jessica Brown | 18 Jun 2010

      A storm is brewing in New Zealand, casting a frostier-than-usual shroud over the nation’s capital. Last week in Wellington, ...

    5. The costs of alcohol: all dollars and no sense

      Luke Malpass | 19 Jun 2009

      The historical legacy of ‘the six o’ clock swill’ has surely shown that the problems associated with binge drinking ...

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