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New Government in NZ Could Spell Changes for Pioneering Central Bank
The formation of a center-left government in New Zealand after an inconclusive election last month would likely spell big changes for its central bank, the pioneer of the inflation-targeting regime adopted across the world. This…
Who should bear the cost of the changing climate?
Insurance Business NZ covers the work done by Motu and the Deep South National Science Challenge around insurance and climate change here...
ETS or carbon tax? NZ needs a strategy
Suzi Kerr writes in Newsroom about the benefits of an emissions trading scheme vs a carbon tax. In the lead up to this election there has been some debate about how New Zealand should respond to…
Motu News September 2017
From the Director of Motu Economic and Public Policy ResearchSocial science research has a somewhat odd place in New Zealand. For starters, there is ambiguity about what it includes. For some 'social science' is a…
Gender Wage Gap Coverage
The paper examining the reasons behind the gender wage gap was popular in the media. Here is a list of where the article featured: Mainstream Media The Conversation - Women paid less for same contribution to work, and sexism…
Sexism to blame for much of gender wage gap
A world first examination of the gender wage gap has researched employees’ productivity to see how much sexism is to blame for the difference in women and men’s pay. The study by researchers at Motu Economic…
Working for a better world
Anne-Marie Brook is developing a Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) after realising that the world doesn’t currently have a simple, transparent way to track the human rights performance of countries. The Gisborne Herald reports.
Regenerating East Coast Māori land for carbon farming
A new three year research project beginning this year will identify the opportunities and barriers for Maori land on the East Coast that could be used for native forest regeneration for carbon farming. Manu Caddie, Business…
Farmers advocate takes wrong message from climate reports - Andy Reisinger
As a climate scientist, I strongly rebut Tuesday's opinion piece by Robin Grieve who claimed he was relating facts from the Motu Research report, Cows, Sheep and Science: A Scientific Perspective on Biological Emissions from…
East Coast land study builds case for lucrative native forest future
The North Island's picturesque East Coast is set to become a testing ground for a nationwide model that could potentially establish hundreds of thousands of hectares of new native forest, combat climate change and improve…
