Premium Insights and analysis What works: getting to the land of ‘how’ – part 2 Wednesday July 1, 2020 By Nicholas Gruen Thought Leadership In this second installment of his three-part series, economist and forward thinker Nicholas Gruen explains more of why it is so important to understand the… Read more
NZ businesses, schools to reopen in next stage of COVID-19 restrictions Thursday May 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed what level two restrictions would look like for the country ahead of a Cabinet meeting on Monday. Read more
NZ to ease COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday April 21, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health The country will move from the highest restriction — alert level four — to level three from the morning of April 28. The situation will… Read more
Premium Expert briefings COVID-19: Learning lessons, good and bad, from overseas Friday April 17, 2020 By Chris Johnson Editors' Picks COVID-19 ROAD TO RECOVERY: WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER: In this series of Mandarin Premium features, we give you an in-depth look at… Read more
Premium Case studies COVID-19 case studies: Re-opening countries amidst coronavirus Friday April 17, 2020 By Chris Woods Case studies COVID-19 ROAD TO RECOVERY: WHAT GOVERNMENTS CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER: Here, Chris Woods details how each of Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Austria, and the… Read more
NZ public service heads take 20% pay cut Wednesday April 15, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Chief executives in the New Zealand Public Service have volunteered to slash their pay by 20% over the next six months in response to the… Read more
Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership Tuesday April 7, 2020 By Suze Wilson Editors' Picks Imagine, if you can, what it’s like to make decisions on which the lives of tens of thousands of other people depend. If you get… Read more
Health department wins NZ’s top public service award Friday September 13, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Health An initiative that improves the health of low-income families with housing has taken the top gong in New Zealand’s Spirit of Service Awards. Read more
New law gives NZ police discretion not to prosecute drug users, but to offer addiction support instead Tuesday September 10, 2019 By Max Abbott Editors' Picks New Zealand passed the Misuse of Drugs Amendment into law last month, giving police discretion to take a health-centred approach rather than prosecuting those in… Read more
World Suicide Prevention Day: Australia and NZ show leadership Tuesday September 10, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Australian leaders have discussed suicide prevention in the wake of "alarming" new research, while the New Zealand government has announced a new Suicide Prevention Office. Read more
NZ forms agency to tackle cancer Wednesday September 4, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Health The New Zealand Government has launched a Cancer Action Plan that includes establishing a new agency to make better cancer treatment more accessible for the… Read more
What this Australian venture capitalist learnt from lunch with Jacinda Ardern Wednesday August 7, 2019 By Stephanie Palmer-Derrien Economy & Industry After a lunch with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Right Click Capital partner Benjamin Chong says there seems to be reticence in the Australia… Read more
Statistics New Zealand calls in experts to advise all public servants on data ethics Wednesday July 31, 2019 By Stephen Easton New Zealand Agencies of the New Zealand government will take advice on the ethical use of public data from a new expert panel pulled together by Stats… Read more
Political polling 'corrodes' faith in public service, says NZ opposition Thursday July 25, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins New Zealand The New Zealand National Party’s Nick Smith has slammed three NZ government departments for conducting polling into people’s political persuasions. The opposition State Services spokesperson… Read more
Ardern displays enduring faith in government being a force for good Friday July 19, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social “Times may be challenging but I absolutely believe politics can be a place for change, disruption, and a force for good. Good government need not… Read more
