State funding of parties is bad for democracy
IGPS Senior Associate Dr Bryce Edwards argues that New Zealand would benefit from less, rather than more, state funding.
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.
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 November 2018
This issue of Policy Quarterly leads with an important article on ‘wellbeing and public policy’ by Dan Weijers and Philip Morrison.
Trashing our rivers
Mike Joy on the avoidable yet worsening crisis facing New Zealand's freshwater systems and native fish.
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New Zealand politics: foreign donations and political influence
IGPS Director Dr Simon Chapple asks whether political influence is for sale in New Zealand.
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Longer view shows excessive profits for electricity distributors
IGPS associate Dr Geoff Bertram looks beyond the Electricity Price Review's five years of data to find evidence of excessive profit-taking by electricity network companies.