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Looking beyond our bubbles
We are in extraordinary times, calling rightly for extraordinary measures. Although our vision of the future is obscured by the…
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Charities to be squeezed on both sides
In an unprecedented move, last week the Government announced a $12.1 billion package to combat the economic impact of Covid-19….
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Julian Wood Podcast
Dying towns, urban drift, housing crisis, and immigration: over the last five years, Senior Researcher Julian Wood has been digging…
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The foundational message of assisted dying
I’m sure many of us have had that moment, where we realise we’ve been talking about something and not realised…
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Total rugby and the future of work
The futurists are hailing that the “the fourth industrial revolution” is upon us, a time where robots will take over…
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2020 Sir John Graham Lecture | Thomas Simpson
REBUILDING TRUST POPULISTS, ELITISTS, AND THE FUTURE OF OUR DEMOCRACY FRIDAY, 26 JUNE | PULLMAN HOTEL DELIVERED BY THOMAS SIMPSON…
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Covid-19 forces us to confront the limitations of our tertiary model
The deepening Covid-19 epidemic highlights the connectedness of our globalised world and its fragility. China is a critical junction in…
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A Welcome That Works – paper release
As we released Julian Wood’s policy paper on migration A Welcome That Works, we saw coverage across media outlets. Julian…
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Migration Policy Paper: A Welcome That Works
Over the last 30 years, New Zealand has become over reliant on temporary work migration as a way to solve…
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Anti-natalism won’t save us from climate change
One of my favourite movies of all time is Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 adaptation of PD James’ Children of Men. The…
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Alex Penk – An exit interview
This month join us as we say a fond farewell to Maxim Institute’s CEO, Alex Penk. Having spent over 14…
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A welcome that works
In the 90’s the regions cried out for workers to pick fruit, plant trees and generally do a range of…
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The peril of overriding personal conscience
One of the non-blockbuster films of the summer is Terrence Malick’s latest project A Hidden Life. It’s based on the…
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Political “race to the middle” bereft of vision
Who is the real “party of infrastructure”? Is it Labour, who just announced that they’ll spend billions on roads and…
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Leilani Tamu Podcast
In November we launched our 2020 Summer issue of Flint & Steel, our annual magazine that this year explores the…
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Foreign donations small fry compared to Govt spending
“Pecunia non olet,” or, for non-latin speakers: money doesn’t stink. It’s been a truism ever since the Roman Emperor Vespasian…
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Beware the cult of youth
To get a vision of what society values, take a look at a magazine stand. Looking across the cover images…
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Policy for the people, with the people
While reading about a promising new policy initiative by a bright-eyed non-profit organisation, I did a double-take when I read…
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Good migration policy is about more than just jobs
Recent political posturing over partnership visas and arranged marriages is a troubling distraction that derails the real, necessary debates we…
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David Hall Podcast
We recorded this conversation between Maxim Institute CEO Alex Penk and AUT Senior Researcher David Hall at our MIC event…
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