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Gold Ranking for CaDDANZ Team

The 2014/15 Annual Report from the CaDDANZ team (including Dave Maré) was recently awarded a Gold rating by MBIE. This means the project is performing above expectation. Only 12 percent of projects received this highest…

Shadow monetary policy board says current OCR is good for now

On Tuesday the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research's (NZIER) monetary policy shadow board released a survey showing the recommended benchmark interest rate was 2.5 per cent. The Reserve Bank releases its first review of…

Hautahi Kingi wins Motu Thesis Scholarship

Hautahi Kingi (Nga Rauru, Te Atihaunui a Paparangi) a PhD candidate in economics at Cornell University in the United States is the winner of this year’s $10,000 Motu Thesis Scholarship. “We are immensely glad to be…

Motu Research Update #25

The annual edition of Motu's newsletter, Motu Research Update, is now available. It contains articles drawing from this year's research, a list of publications, and updates on people and activities at Motu. We aim to…

Four realistic and effective ways Kiwis can cut their emissions

Fairfax's Henry Cooke investigates how a regular person in NZ can help curb greenhouse gas emissions.

How much effort should New Zealand make on climate change?

As New Zealand shapes its contribution to global mitigation, it needs to consider five factors: setting targets top-down versus bottom up; choosing the balance between domestic and global contributions; assessing fairness; assessing costs; and creating a domestic pathway toward zero-net…

Motu News December 2015

Over the last year, Motu researchers undertook important research in environment and resources, urban and regional economics, population and labour, productivity and innovation, and macroeconomics and wellbeing. Some of our more recent projects are featured…

Paris climate change talks: a brief guide to all the shouting

OPINION: If you thought the Rugby World Cup dragged on a bit, hang onto your hat, because the global climate change summit talks that start in Paris on Monday will give the rugger a run…

Cut down on red meat, buy an EV and reduce your climate impact

How much we spend on  Food, transport and power can  Help solve climate change.  New research has identified where households can make a real difference to their greenhouse gas emissions – and cutting down on red meat and…

Household Emissions Coverage

Our new research has identified where households can make a real difference to their greenhouse gas emissions – and electric vehicles, cutting down on red meat, and flying less are top of the list. This research…