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2024 Insights Newsletters

Insights 48 / 20 December: A year of hard truths

Insights 47 / 13 December: Undue restrictions | Making Local Government Work | A predictable surprise

Insights 46 / 6 December: A top think tank | NZ classroom disruption | A crate day

Insights 45 / 29 November: More fiscal largesse | Simple congestion charging | An innovative approach

Insights 44 / 22 November: Budget 2025 | The congestion question | Consumer protection adventures

Insights 43 / 15 November: The next generation | Truancy all too familiar | Strange German addictions

Insights 42 / 8 November: Trump's victory | Pathways to apprenticeships | Access granted, ethics denied

Insights 41 / 1 November: Not liking these odds | Deceased property rights | Monkey economics

Insights 40 / 25 October: Local government woes | Doing rangatiratanga | Seven days in Nepal

Insights 39 / 18 October: Who makes the law? | Opening to investment | Absurd Beehive theatre

Insights 38 / 11 October: RBNZ's glossy façade | ACC reform | NZ's creative lobby

Insights 37 / 4 October: A better tax conversation | Consequences of bullying | Government tackles WFH

Insights 36 / 27 September: RMA replacement phase | Cost of tax | Pavlova's identity crisis

Insights 35 / 20 September: Free insurance costs | Expanded mayoral powers | Bureaucratic heroes

Insights 34 / 13 September: Teacher education dilemma | Demystifying the state | UK Cabinet shakeup

Insights 33 / 6 September: Uber ruling | Government ownership | ComCom’s green crusade

Insights 32 / 30 August: Electric market lessons | Defending democracy | Stupid outrage industry

Insights 31 / 23 August: The open academy | Councils support localism | Rock star returns

Insights 30 / 16 August: Path to better care | Puzzling OCR reduction | Efficient policing

Insights 29 / 9 August: Maths education measures | Revenue sharing | Square root of nonsense

Insights 28 / 2 August: Concerning specialist residential schools | Repealing speech | The chameleon party

Insights 27 / 26 July: Emigrating Kiwis | Where is the Commissioner | Health NZ's bitter pill

Insights 26 / 19 July: Path to net-zero | Forty years on | Absurdity in the asylum

Insights 25 / 12 July: A smarter way | Out of proportion | Lost in constitution | Tremendous constitutional address

Insights 24 / 5 July: West in Crisis | RMA Reform Progress | Shortland Street Subsidies

Insights 23 / 27 June: Overdue reckoning | Knowledge-rich curriculum | It's not easy, being local

Insights 22 / 21 June: Well-being and safety | Knowledge is critical | The flightless fiasco

Insights 21 / 14 June: Open for investment | Charter schools' sequel | Losing an election

Insights 20 / 7 June: D-Day's legacy | Public inquiry needed | Trump talks NZ

Insights 19 / 31 May: Inflation budget charade | Unlocking growth | Free speech panel

Insights 18 / 24 May: New Caledonia's troubles | Housing mess | Bridges burned

Insights 17 / 17 May: Our universities' future | The tikanga challenge | The T20 takeover

Insights 16 / 10 May: A shovel-ready autopsy | School phone ban | City saviours

Insights 15 / 3 May: Defending speech | Belt and Road | Email from Vice-Chancellor

Insights 14 / 26 April: A philosopher's legacy | Liberalising GMO regulations | Epitaph for nonsense

Insights 13 / 19 April: NZ's productivity puzzle | For a better fast-track | Believe it, maybe

Insights 12 / 12 April: Retreating for good | Bigger is better | ComCom antics

Insights 11/ 5 April: A new approach to funding school property? | China’s Plane Message to New Zealand | Bridge to the Future

Insights 10/ 23 March: Budget Policy Statement 2024 | Too Complex | Public Health Warnings for Public Health Advice

Insights 9/ 22 March: Navigating the fiscal hole | The Mystery of the $52 billion gift | A remedy to division

Insights 8/ 15 March: Dualing systems | Balancing progress and prudence | Conflict resolution 101

Insights 7 / 8 March: Localism or centralism? | On the move | WEF cracked it

Insights 6 / 1 March: Bishop's housing pledge | When bloat began | Condemned!

Insights 5 / 23 February: Economists agreeing | The Supreme Court | To waste

Insights 4 / 16 February: An Atlantic task | Tool for infrastructure | Tucker Carlson show

Insights 3 / 9 February: Reconsidering AUKUS | Capital gains tax | Two-tonne tale

Insights 2 / 2 February: Campaign for Wellington | A proud legacy | Local elections

Insights 1 / 26 January: The right step| NZ's fiscal challenges | Houthi rebels