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The New Zealand Initiative hosted a panel discussion with Jenesa Jeram (The New Zealand Initiative), Girol Karacaoglu (Treasury), Marama Fox (Maori Party) and Jamie Whyte (Institute of Economic Affairs) in Wellington on 20 April 2016. The event debated lifestyle taxes and regulations such as those on sugar, cigarettes and alcohol, to launch the Initiative's new report, The Health of the State. Read more

Girol Karacaoglu from the Treasury comments on lifestyle regulations and taxes (sugar, alcohol, smoking) at The New Zealand Initiative's panel discussion in Wellington to launch their new report, The Health of the State. Read more

The New Zealand Initiative hosted Jenesa Jeram (author), Girol Karacaoglu (Treasury), Marama Fox (Maori Party) and Jamie Whyte (Institute of Economic Affairs) to debate lifestyle regulations and taxes such as those on sugar, e-cigarettes and alcohol in Wellington on 20 April 2016. The event launched the Initiative's newest report, The Health of the State. Read more

Marama Fox of the Maori Party comments on lifestyle regulations such as sugar taxes, e-cigarettes and alcohol at The Health of the State panel discussion in Wellington on 20 April 2016. The event was held to launch The New Zealand Initiative's latest report, The Health of the State. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich discusses The Health of the State, The New Zealand Initiative's latest report on lifestyle taxes and regulations, such as sugar taxes, e-cigarettes and alcohol marketing, on TVNZ Breakfast on 21 April 2016. Read more

Wellington (20 April 2016): Regulations and taxes on sugar are unlikely to improve public health, a new report from The New Zealand Initiative says. The Health of the State report, released today, argues that paternalistic regulations have an adverse effect on society where freedom of choice is increasingly becoming permitted only with the consent of the state. Read more

The New Zealand Initiative was proud to host Dean Barry, Counsellor - Immigration from the Canadian High Commission in Canberra to present "Communities of Care: How Canada welcomes so many refugees" in Wellington.

 

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Wellington (4 April 2016): Health Minister Jonathan Coleman is right to be sceptical about sugar and soda taxes, says The New Zealand Initiative. “While a handful of countries have tried sugar taxes, evidence that they will work is not as convincing as public health experts suggest,” says policy analyst Jenesa Jeram. Read more