On Stage vs Backstage
How wide has the gap become between public management's visible face and what happens backstage? What are the implications?
The Institute for Governance and Policy Studies (IGPS) aims to lift environmental, social and economic outcomes for all New Zealanders via good public policy.
Our goal is to contribute to improving New Zealanders’ lives. Our researchers engage with New Zealand’s policy-making process and work with people to make New Zealand a better place environmentally, socially and economically.
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New from the IGPS
Electricity prices unfair
Geoff Bertram looks past the Electricity Price Review and finds excessive profit-taking by electricity network companies.
Policy Quarterly February 2019
This special issue of Policy Quarterly focuses on welfare state reform.
Fewer cows, cleaner rivers
Mike Joy proposes a single answer that addresses all our freshwater and environmental problems: have fewer cows.
Upcoming events
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Sea Level Rise & New Zealand’s Future
How much land will we lose to the rising ocean, and what will it cost us? A talk by the co-author of Local Government NZ's recent report on sea level rise.
Latest commentaries
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Drinking water linked to NZ cancer rates?
Last year, a Danish study reported a link between nitrate in drinking water and the risk of developing colorectal (bowel) cancer. This finding could have important implications for New Zealanders.
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Reduction in farming intensity solves multiple problems
A major reason we struggle to find solutions to environmental problems is that we count all the costs of solving them, but neglect to count all the benefits, argues Dr Mike Joy.
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The death of minor parties under MMP
Minor parties were supposed to be a big part of politics under MMP, yet they are in serious decline. Bryce Edwards looks at the causes, and explains that The Opportunities Party will not buck the trend, as it looks to be tearing itself apart.