MEDIA

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Fran O'Sullivan, Managing Director of NZ INC and NZME's Editorial Director - Business, talks to Larry Williams on Newstalk ZB about the Initiative's recent business delegation to Switzerland, and what they learnt about their approach to localism, business and education. 

 

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Chairman Roger Partridge talks to Mike Hosking about our submission on the Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill.

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Dr Oliver Hartwich and Simon Power are interviewed by the Swiss Weltwoche Magazine during The New Zealand Initiative's mission to Switzerland. Read more

Wellington (31 May 2017): Western Australia shows what is possible when competing fishing sectors collaborate in fisheries management, say delegates from across New Zealand’s fishing sectors. The New Zealand Initiative and the US-based Environmental Defense Fund last week led a group of New Zealanders involved in the recreational, commercial and customary fishing sectors to learn from Western Australia’s example. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton discusses his latest Interest.co.nz column on employing alternative facts with Larry Williams on Newstalk ZB.

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Dr Eric Crampton has his regular spot on Radio New Zealand Nights. In this segment he discusses immigration in New Zealand. Read more

Executive Director Dr Oliver Hartwich spoke to Sydney's ABC TV on the Kiwi economy - and how it is facing many of the same headwinds as Australia. He discusses migration, housing and trade. Read more

The Overseas Catch: The state of recreational fisheries management abroad author, Dr Randall Bess, discusses his overseas research trip. He travelled to the Gulf of Mexico, northern California, British Columbia and Western Australia to learn more about how these locations manage their recreational fisheries - what worked well, what didn't and what can New Zealand learn? Read more

Wellington (19 April 2017): New Zealand’s management of recreational fisheries lags behind other fishing nations and risks our fishing future, according to the latest report from The New Zealand Initiative. Dr Randall Bess’ second report on fisheries management, The Overseas Catch: The state of recreational fisheries management abroad, shows how other nations have managed conflict between recreational and commercial fishers when fish become scarce, and how they have worked to replenish stocks to improve the fishing experience. Read more

The latest report in our fisheries project, The Overseas Catch: The state of recreational fisheries management abroad, was released today. Report author, Dr Randall Bess, discussed how recreational fisheries are manged in the four locations he visited (British Columbia, the Gulf of Mexico, northern California and Western Australia) on Newstalk ZB. Read more

The Initiative's fisheries Research Fellow Dr Randall Bess spoke on TV1's Breakfast show about the latest report in our fisheries project, The Overseas Catch: The state of recreational fisheries management abroad. 

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The New Zealand Initiative has welcomed the Government’s changes to immigration policy, which were announced today, calling them a pragmatic way of ensuring businesses get access to the international skills and talent they need to compete. Under the changes, Government will for the first time allow the wages offered to overseas workers applying for permanent skilled and unskilled visas to count towards their immigration points total. Read more

Wellington (3 April 2017): Election years should be times in which the country debates policies and decides on its future. But to make this happen, voters need to be informed about the challenges New Zealand faces – and the choices we have. Read more

The New Zealand Initiative's Executive Director Dr Oliver Hartwich discusses Manifesto 2017, the housing crisis and education on The AM Show.

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