What makes a good life?
In 2018 over 6000 children and young people were asked what wellbeing means to them and how their lives could be improved. Donna Provoost presents key findings.
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
Relief for consumers from unfair electricity prices? Not on the Electricity Price Review's watch, says Geoff Bertram
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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Jobs, Robots and Us: the Future of Work in New Zealand
Kinley Salmon, author of Jobs, Robots & Us: Why the Future of Work in New Zealand is in Our Hands, looks at what robotics advances may mean for New Zealanders.
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The Trump-Kim Nuclear Summit: Finding the Middle Ground with South Korea
South Korean Ambassador HE Mr. Seung-bae Yeo discusses the ongoing efforts to achieve the fully verified denuclearisation of North Korea.
Latest commentaries
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Why New Zealand’s government cannot ignore major welfare reform report
There are still reasons to be optimistic that the government will make more substantial moves on welfare reform writes Institute for Governance and Policy Studies Senior Researcher Michael Fletcher.
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NZ has world’s highest proportion of species at risk
The situation is dire, especially given the country's 100%-pure slogan, write Dr Mike Joy from Victoria University of Wellington's Institute for Governance and Policy Studies and Master of Environmental Studies student Sylvie McLean.
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New Zealand’s dismal record on child poverty and the government’s challenge to turn it around
The latest statistics on childhood poverty in New Zealand suggest that, on some key measures, things are worse than previously estimated, writes Michael Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies.