Today, The New Zealand Initiative presents a well-researched answer to these challenges in its latest report: Prescription for Prosperity.
Drawing on more than a decade of research, the report acts as a roadmap for the incoming government. It provides practical, evidence-based proposals that cover immediate priority areas such as inflation control, and fundamental fields for reform, including education, health, and housing.
Dr Oliver Hartwich, the Initiative's Executive Director, states: “New Zealand is at a crossroads, facing both longstanding issues and emerging challenges. Our report is not just an analysis but a call to action. We have provided a blueprint for reforms that, if implemented, will guide our country to a stable and prosperous future."
The report contains dozens of detailed recommendations for positive change across 21 policy areas (including fiscal policy, climate, monetary policy, education, health, transport, housing, and local government).
Dr Hartwich emphasises: “Our recommendations address New Zealand's current problems, but they go well beyond. We aim to pave the way for a New Zealand where everyone can enjoy the fruits of prosperity. And we are committed to working with all political parties to make these changes reality."
The New Zealand Initiative's Prescription for Prosperity is now available and provides an insightful and engaging perspective on the country's way forward. It offers hope, clarity, and a positive path that aligns with the values and aspirations of New Zealanders.
This is not just a prescription; it's a promise for a prosperous future.
Dr Oliver Hartwich, the Initiative's Executive Director, states: “New Zealand is at a crossroads, facing both longstanding issues and emerging challenges. Our report is not just an analysis but a call to action. We have provided a blueprint for reforms that, if implemented, will guide our country to a stable and prosperous future."
The report contains dozens of detailed recommendations for positive change across 21 policy areas (including fiscal policy, climate, monetary policy, education, health, transport, housing, and local government).
Dr Hartwich emphasises: “Our recommendations address New Zealand's current problems, but they go well beyond. We aim to pave the way for a New Zealand where everyone can enjoy the fruits of prosperity. And we are committed to working with all political parties to make these changes reality."
The New Zealand Initiative's Prescription for Prosperity is now available and provides an insightful and engaging perspective on the country's way forward. It offers hope, clarity, and a positive path that aligns with the values and aspirations of New Zealanders.
This is not just a prescription; it's a promise for a prosperous future.
5 comments:
Thank goodness someone with brains and experience is addressing this... very challenging times ahead where dangerous ideologists are lurking with intent to do damage.
And what's being done to ensure our likely election winners are reading this report and discussing its merits and content?
It's vital that real experts with the right knowledge and experience, like the NZ Initiative, end up advising our next government, otherwise NZ will continue the slow descent into second-world status and racial division.
And Luxon, Willis & Co need all the good advice they can get, based on their patchy woke performance to date.
Someone needs to chase all the lobbyists, "consultants" and Member's relatives out of Parliament's environs and our institutions.
And then have a debate in Parliament about how to/ who to appoint as advisers. Perhaps instead of Party politics the actual elected members are set to discuss and investigate issues across the spectrum and agree on a sensible way forward. Nothing secretive should then prevail after elections. We can't keep creating policy on the hoof and doing u-turns every 5 minutes. Most of all Parliament needs strong leadership, not childish arguing and name-calling.
And while they're at it, restore the integrity of the Media if that is even possible.
MC
Judging by previous statements by the Initiative it will be based on open borders to boost immigration. All with zero explanation of how this will do anything but demolish our already abysmal balance of payments. Why let Greece take bottom spot when we can fly right on by them.
From my perspective, academic psychologist Marie Clay taking over the direction of NZ reading and therefore all subjects is the very worst event in NZ education.
Actually NZ education thrived until about mid last- century when the Education Departments in Universities and the NZCER were dominated by psychologists,sociologists and socialism.
Maybe this is too humbling to the monstrous pyscho-socio. educational institutions that have sprouted up.
Clay was the complete expression of Progressive Education in aligning herself with American John Dewey. All the remnant beliefs of contrasting Traditional Liberal education were largely swept away, in 1970s, to enable her to reign supreme and to be free to, in effect wreck, our entire system. Her many ideas were reinforced where possible in all subjects.
Bringing in teachers from overseas without also investigating how NZ achieved world -class standards in the past is denying NZ its special and real character. Even a cursory look would reveal structured literacy ( aka reading phonically ) and the recent findings of cognitive science were those used in the past.
To prevent the Clay horror reoccurring I suggest basic literacy be configured
in a way that is easily taught by anyone. Academics are not always able to achieve this although I have notable exceptions to this and this was the hallmark of teaching reading in NZ pre 1950s. Low SES did not prevent you from achieving well in the basics then.
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