Unravelling MMP: How the 2026 election could break the voting system from two sides
In this episode, Nick talks with Oliver Hartwich about how the 2026 election could break MMP from two sides. Oliver's latest research note t...
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20 of 363 episodesWhy New Zealand can no longer afford to be naive about security
In this episode, Oliver talks to John Howard about New Zealand's changing security environment, from the firing of Defence Minister Chris Pe...
Free to Disagree: Luxon survives his third coup attempt
Here is the full second episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. One day after Christopher Lu...
Free to Disagree: Are voters just going on vibes?
Free to Disagree is a new weekly podcast produced by The New Zealand Initaitive. Join Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant as they talk about Ne...
Why the West has forgotten how to think about history
In this episode, Oliver talks with Dr Sarah Irving-Stonebraker, associate professor of history at the Australian Catholic University, about...
No off-ramp in the Iran conflict and what it costs New Zealand
In this episode, Oliver talks with John Howard, senior fellow at the New Zealand Initiative, about why he sees no negotiated settlement over...
Getting New Zealand's primary literacy reforms right
In this episode, Michael talks with Dr Helen Walls, who served on the ministerial advisory group on literacy and numeracy. Helen is generall...
Why New Zealand should attract data centres now
In this episode, Eric talks with Adam Jarvis, an Emergent Ventures fellow, about what happened when Anthropic held back the public release o...
New Zealand by Comparison: how we measure up against the world
In this episode, Michael talks with Oliver Hartwich, Executive Director of the New Zealand Initiative, about two new reports, New Zealand by...
A recent history of school qualifications
In this episode, Michael talks with Doug Blackmur, former chief executive of NZQA, about the qualification model developed in the late 1990s...
Ukraine and the future of war
In this episode, Michael talks with Ben Stallworthy about the war in Ukraine and what it reveals about the changing character of modern warf...
What China's missile demonstration means for New Zealand
In this episode, Oliver talks with retired Major General John Howard about a crowded few weeks in global security, from the NATO summit in T...
Should retirement villages have to repay residents faster?
In this episode, Oliver talks with Michelle Palmer, Executive Director of the Retirement Villages Association, about the retirement village...
Head Start Done Right: A better way to reorganise local government
In this episode, Oliver talks with Nick Clark about the Government's Head Start process, which asks councils to put forward their own reorga...
Half a Turnaround: Why ACC's recovery must be built on rehabilitation, not exits
In this episode, Jamuel talks with Oliver Hartwich about his report Half a Turnaround, which examines how ACC's outstanding claims liability...
Iran, Hormuz and New Zealand’s readiness
In this episode, Oliver talks with retired Major General John Howard about his recent trip to Washington and what the conflict centred on Ir...
Finance Freedom: Rediscovering how New Zealand built itself
New Zealand spends more on infrastructure than almost any developed country, yet still cannot build the pipes and roads new housing needs. W...
The under-16 check every adult has to pass
In this episode, Eric talks with Jillaine Heather, Chief Executive of the Free Speech Union, about the Government's plans for an under-16 so...
The Australian ideas New Zealand should watch rather than copy
In this episode, Eric talks with Prof Chris Berg from RMIT University about the Australian regulatory ideas New Zealand has considered impor...
Budget 2026: The fingers crossed budget
In this episode, Oliver talks with Eric about Budget 2026, which brings the forecast surplus forward a year but rests on a series of lucky b...