Local government: Results of the 2015/16 audits Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2017 This report provides the results from the 2015/16 audits of the local government sector. Most of these audits were of regional and territorial local authorities and…
Alcohol Off-license Purchases and subsequent Harm reports Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2016 Alcohol Off-license Purchases and subsequent Harm: Technical Report - The research was undertaken to understand the trends and patterns related to off-licence alcohol purchasing in Wellington,…
Better Public Services Results for Māori Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2016 This booklet relates to the Government’s Better Public Services programme that focuses on State Sector services working together to deliver improved services and better results for…
Geographic proximity and productivity convergence across New Zealand firms Last Publication Date: 16 Dec 2016 To examine the extent to which to new productivity-enhancing ideas and technologies diffuse within the New Zealand economy, this paper examines the speed with which lagging…
Achieving New Zealand's productivity potential Last Publication Date: 28 Nov 2016 Achieving New Zealand's productivity potential outlines reasons why New Zealand has generally struggled to lift productivity over the last four decades and the broad areas of policy…
Effective Community-level change: What makes community-level initiatives effective and how can government best support them? Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2015 Community-level initiatives have been widely implemented in New Zealand and overseas. However, there is a lack of robust quantitative evidence on whether community-level initiatives are effective…
Governance and accountability for three Christchurch rebuild projects Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2015 The Canterbury earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 destroyed large parts of Christchurch and the Canterbury region. Since then, central and local government have been leading a…
Understanding the productivity of New Zealand firms Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2015 This Cut to the Chase highlights three recent papers that use firm-level data to understand better the productivity of New Zealand firms: "Firm productivity growth and…
Innovations in Partnership Schools Kura Hourua Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2015 Partnership Schools | Kura Hourua (PSKH) are a new kind of school/kura outside the state system. The sponsors of PSKH are accountable to the Crown for…
