NZ Policy Unit

In 2006, the CIS established its New Zealand Policy Unit to focus specifically on NZ issues. The unit’s work so far has focused on tax, government spending, tertiary education, and social policy which has stimulated debate and attracted widespread media coverage.
The New Zealand Policy Unit also contributes to the CIS’s events and publishing activities. It puts out regular papers in the Issue Analysis series, opinion pieces in major New Zealand news outlets, and articles in Policy magazine. The CIS’s annual John Bonython lecture is now held in Auckland as well as Sydney each year, and the Centre offers scholarships for young New Zealanders to attend its Liberty & Society conferences in Sydney.
The expansion of CIS activities in New Zealand is about promoting continuous public policy improvement and fostering debate on important issues. As in Australia, the CIS provides an independent voice for change.
Publications
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FEATURE: A 'Regulatory Constitution' for New Zealand
| 17 Jun 2010 | POLICY MagazineNew Zealand is analysing the potential and prospects of a Regulatory Responsibility Act.
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Superseding MMP: Real Electoral Reform for New Zealand
& | 16 Mar 2010 | Policy MonographsNew Zealanders need to seize the opportunity of the upcoming referendum on electoral reform and reinvent their system of... Read More...
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KiwiRail: Doomed to Fail?
| 10 Sep 2009 | Issue AnalysisGovernment ownership cannot and will not ‘fix’ rail in New Zealand. Luke Malpass argues that one year after the renationalisation,... Read More...
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Supersize New Zealand : A Collection of Essays on How to Improve New Zealand's Public Policy
| 09 Sep 2009 | Policy ForumThis collection of essays from the Centre for Independent Studies show that increased regulation and expenditure have put... Read More...
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Emissions Tax: The Least Worst Option
| 16 Jul 2009 | Issue AnalysisThe New Zealand government’s emissions trading system, due to come into force in 2010 for energy and 2013 for agriculture,... Read More...
Opinion & Commentary
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Australians hung-over post election
| 29 Aug 2010 | Sunday Star TimesNew Zealander politicians can draw a couple of lessons from the Australian election, says Luke Malpass in the Sunday Star ... Read More
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Aussie election offers Key a warning
| 27 Aug 2010 | The National Business ReviewThere is a grave warning for John Key's National Party in the result of the Australia federal election, says Luke Malpass ... Read More
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Failing to deliver on policy promises came back to bite
| 06 Jul 2010 | The Dominion PostWhat are the lessons New Zealand politicians can learn from Kevin Rudd’s sudden fall from grace, asks Luke Malpass in the ... Read More
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Little John shows Kevin how it's done
| 04 Jun 2010 | The AustralianSoon after John Key was elected Prime Minister of New Zealand in late 2008, he visited Kevin Rudd. The Australian Prime Minister ... Read More
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Policy Debate Isn’t Helped When the Left Descends into Hatred
| 14 May 2010 | The Dominion PostThe abuse of Peter Saunders conceals more serious welfare questions in New Zealand, says Luke Malpass in The Dominion Post, ... Read More

