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Coverage of digital inclusion and wellbeing paper
New research by Motu's Arthur Grimes and Dominic White using four large-scale surveys of New Zealanders shows those in social housing and people with disabilities appear to be particularly disadvantaged with respect to internet access.…
Dec 3, 2019
Coverage of medical specialists pay and gender bias
The gender pay gap is alive and well in District Health Boards (DHB) at the senior doctor level according to research from Motu's Isabelle Sin and Bronwyn Bruce-Brand. This was covered in: Kiwi female doctors earn…
Dec 2, 2019
Motu Household Climate Action Tool
New Zealand’s image might be clean and green, but we are among the top countries in the world when it comes to producing greenhouse gases on a per capita basis, emitting around 17 tonnes per…
Nov 16, 2019
Interactive: Do Kiwis choose to live in racially diverse neighbourhoods? Researchers find a surprising answer
Three out of four Kiwis say that they'd be comfortable about a new neighbour from a racial/ethnic minority, according to the last Statistics NZ survey to ask that question. New Zealanders see themselves as welcoming…
Nov 7, 2019
Iwi research lifts lid on carbon
Farmers Weekly interviewed Pia Pohatu about the Waro Project. A research project on the North Island’s east coast is helping Maori land owners balance the complexities of the Emissions Trading Scheme and establishing native forests with…
Sep 5, 2019
Coverage of Niven Winchester's RWC Prediction
According to expert analytics led by Senior Fellow at Motu Economic and Policy Research Niven Winchester, the All Blacks have a 53.6 per cent chance of winning the Webb Ellis Cup. Check out the coverage of…
Aug 30, 2019
Climate explained: how emissions trading schemes work and they can help us shift to a zero carbon future
Climate Explained is a collaboration between The Conversation, Stuff and the New Zealand Science Media Centre to answer questions about climate change. Motu's Catherine Leining was asked: Would you please explain how the New Zealand Emissions Trading…
Aug 28, 2019
Coverage of housing prices and migration paper
Population growth pushes up house prices but the share of migrants doesn't, our media release about the new research from Dean Hyslop, Trinh Le, Dave Maré and Steve Stillman was picked up by the following…
Jul 31, 2019
Why GDP is no longer the most effective measure of economic success
As a macroeconomic indicator, GDP fails to capture much of the value created in the modern world. New metrics promise to track everything from happiness to natural capital. Motu's Arthur Grimes talks about happiness and…
Jul 25, 2019
A first step to pricing agricultural emissions
Catherine Leining explains why pricing agricultural emissions can begin sooner at the processor level, before transitioning to the farm level here at Newsroom.
Jul 22, 2019
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