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Local growth - it’s complex!
Current European regional policy promotes “smart specialisation” by encouraging regions to expand into activities that “build on local strengths.” Smart specialisation rests upon the idea that bringing together people with complementary skills helps them generate…
Coverage of cost of housing and health release
Coverage of the New WHO housing and health guidelines could save millions each year research: Poor housing costing taxpayers $145m a year - report - Morning Report (RNZ) Injuries, disease from bad housing costs New Zealand up…
New WHO housing and health guidelines could save millions each year
Preventable injuries and hospitalisations due solely to poor housing conditions in New Zealand could be costing more than $145 million annually in ACC claims and hospitalisation costs, according to new research. A Fellow at Motu Economic…
Motu researchers on air pollution, free public transport, pre-trial inmates, soccer players’ contracts and learning what phylogeny means in fairy stories
This guest Top 5 of interesting articles to read over your weekend from interest.co.nz replaces their old Top 10, and comes from Kate Preston, Bronwyn Bruce-Brand, Ben Davies, Dom White and Sophie Hale...
John McDermott announced as Motu Executive Director
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research is thrilled to announce the appointment of our new Executive Director. Dr John McDermott is well known in New Zealand and internationally as a macroeconomist. He is currently Assistant…
How much can changing the way we use land fight climate change?
New research from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research looks at whether New Zealand can change the way we use land to achieve our emissions target in the lowest cost way. Under the Paris Agreement,…
Coverage of Biological Emissions Reference Group report
New research from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research looks at whether New Zealand can change the way we use land to achieve our emissions target in the lowest cost way. Coverage of this paper…
Coverage of Drought under climate change paper
Both Stuff and the NZ Herald covered the release of the Drought under climate change paper by Motu for the Deep South National Science Challenge: New Zealand is unprepared for more frequent drought, report warns -…
Drought under climate change: what do New Zealanders need to know now?
A new report by the Deep South Challenge: Changing with our Climate, explores what we need to know now, in order to adapt to the drought conditions likely under future climate change. The report was produced…
What’s the beef with methane?
The Government’s proposal for a Zero Carbon Bill has exposed an argument between scientists about the importance of methane. But it’s not really about science, as Eloise Gibson reports in this deep-dive news feature with…
