Replacing the RMA (Part 2): What the draft national direction gets right and what it leaves out
In this episode, Eric talks to Nick Clark and Paul Melville about the illustrative national policy direction, the draft document that will p...
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20 of 382 episodesWhy national security is missing from the election campaign
In this episode, Oliver talks with Major General (Ret) John Howard about the White House reversing its own sanctions to import Russian diese...
Free to Disagree: Chris Bishop’s biggest achievement may not save his political career
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Chris Bishop passed the new Planning...
Free to Disasgree: Is National losing voters to ACT, or driving them away?
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Three polls landed this week, with Na...
Replacing the RMA (Part 1): a new system, but the rules are still to come
In this episode, Dr Eric Crampton talks to Nick Clark and new senior fellow Paul Melville about the two new acts replacing the Resource Mana...
Diesel, choke points and New Zealand's strategic blind spot
In this episode, Oliver talks to Major General John Howard about Russia's escalating pressure on NATO, the diesel squeeze working its way th...
A referee for the price of land
New Zealand has new planning laws. They passed in September and replace the Resource Management Act. Right at the end, Parliament added some...
Free to Disagree: The surplus that is always three years away
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. The Treasury's pre-election update sh...
How New Zealand built its education system on classical liberal values
In this episode, Michael talks with Dame Elizabeth Rata about her documentary lecture series on the history of education in New Zealand. The...
Free to Disagree: Nicky Hager's book and the Taxpayers' Union
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Nicky Hager's new book on the Taxpaye...
Breaking up the supermarkets is hard to do... and a bad idea
In this episode, Oliver talks with Eric Crampton, chief economist at the New Zealand Initiative, about his new paper "Breaking up the superm...
WEBINAR: Worth Defending: Freedom, prosperity and the case for a stronger New Zealand Defence Force
In this podcast episode, retired Major General John Howard joins Oliver live in a webinar to discuss his new research note "Worth Defending"...
Free to Disagree: National's plan to break up Foodstuffs
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. National has announced it would split...
Better education requires better teaching
In this episode, Michael talks to Kevin Donnelly, an Australian educator and author who co-chaired the review of Australia's national curric...
Nothing routine about the CIA in Moscow
In this episode, Oliver talks to John Howard, senior fellow at the New Zealand Initiative, about the CIA director's public visit to Moscow a...
Free to Disagree: Do celebrity candidates actually win votes?
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Paul Henry is standing for ACT and Ta...
Free to Disagree: The social media ban National couldn't sell to its coalition
Here is a full episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. National has introduced a bill bannin...
Kiwis putting it on the line for Ukraine
In this episode, Michael talks to Tenby Powell ONZM, former mayor of Tauranga and leader of KiwiKARE, about his team's humanitarian work in...
Free to Disagree: Could MMP break?
Here is the full third episode of Free to Disagree, our new weekly show with Oliver Hartwich and Damien Grant. Te Pāti Māori have told suppo...
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...