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PCE report on “Farms, forests and fossil fuels”: One lump or two?
Catherine Leining has a new Low-emission blog post talking about how she agrees with the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's new report: targets & policies should reflect differences across GHGs. If NZ was starting from…
How to cut your contribution to climate change by offsetting your emissions
Stuff looks at living a carbon-free lifestyle. Each person's carbon footprint – the amount of greenhouse gases your activities release – is different. A vegan's emissions are likely to be lower than a meat eater's on…
Motu News March 2019
From the Executive Director of Motu Research Kia ora and welcome to the first Motu News for 2019 and my first ever as Executive Director. I’m looking forward to the personal treat of getting to know…
Coverage of Pacific migrants paper
Isabelle Sin, Senior Fellow at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, researched a group of Pacific migrants who gained residence approval in New Zealand between November 2004 and October 2005. Below is the resulting media…
Pacific migrants just as likely to be employed as other migrants, but lower paid
Three years after arriving in New Zealand, 95 percent of Pacific migrants were either very satisfied or satisfied with New Zealand. Isabelle Sin, Senior Fellow at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, researched a group of…
Local growth - it’s complex!
Current European regional policy promotes “smart specialisation” by encouraging regions to expand into activities that “build on local strengths.” Smart specialisation rests upon the idea that bringing together people with complementary skills helps them generate…
Coverage of cost of housing and health release
Coverage of the New WHO housing and health guidelines could save millions each year research: Poor housing costing taxpayers $145m a year - report - Morning Report (RNZ) Injuries, disease from bad housing costs New Zealand up…
New WHO housing and health guidelines could save millions each year
Preventable injuries and hospitalisations due solely to poor housing conditions in New Zealand could be costing more than $145 million annually in ACC claims and hospitalisation costs, according to new research. A Fellow at Motu Economic…
Motu researchers on air pollution, free public transport, pre-trial inmates, soccer players’ contracts and learning what phylogeny means in fairy stories
This guest Top 5 of interesting articles to read over your weekend from interest.co.nz replaces their old Top 10, and comes from Kate Preston, Bronwyn Bruce-Brand, Ben Davies, Dom White and Sophie Hale...
John McDermott announced as Motu Executive Director
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research is thrilled to announce the appointment of our new Executive Director. Dr John McDermott is well known in New Zealand and internationally as a macroeconomist. He is currently Assistant…
