The Grass Can Be Greener: Sharing the Cost of the Climate
Russell Norman, Richard Wagstaff and Catherine Leining will discuss how taxes can help us shift towards a carbon-neutral economy.
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New from the IGPS
Apocalypse Cow: audio & powerpoint
Audio recording of Peter Fraser's IGPS lunchtime talk on the crash and burn reality of Fonterra's business model.
August Policy Quarterly free online
The special fresh water issue of Policy Quarterly is now available free online.
Tax on Tuesdays
Video coverage of the first in our new discussion series on tax justice, featuring Andrea Black, Michael Fletcher and Max Rashbrooke.
Upcoming events
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Open Government: Getting It Right
How can New Zealand meet its open government goals? Keitha Booth takes a hard look at the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan.
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Climate, Food & Future: Regenerative Agriculture and the challenge of change
Can we design and manage landscapes to produce food, fibre, fuel and clean water by regenerating our most vital resource, rather than degrading it?
Latest commentaries
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Broken KiwiBuild promises deserve an election loss
A promise to fix housing affordability helped elect this government, and that promise is now broken, writes IGPS senior associate Bryce Edwards.
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Free school lunches: a good start, but just a start
The government's Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy opens the door for real and urgently needed change, writes IGPS board member and Barnardos General Manager Advocacy Claire Achmad.
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Silver bullets won't kill NZ's cow problem
Silver bullet "solutions" to methane emissions are about protecting the business-as-usual farming model, not about ecological sustainability or economic gains, write Peter Fraser and Mike Joy.