This paper investigates the effect of interpersonal and institutional trust on COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in New Zealand. The findings clearly show that higher trust correlates with lower vaccine hesitancy. By understanding how trust affects vaccine choices, it will be possible to build more effective public health campaigns in the future.

In 2016 Auckland implemented zoning reforms that allowed for increased density. Studies found these reforms increased housing supply and lower rents, but were disputed by some economists. This working paper responds to the critiques and concludes they are unfounded and Auckland’s reforms should be a model for other cities.

By supporting developing countries to reduce emissions through offshore mitigation, New Zealand hopes to boost its global climate contribution beyond the domestic. This paper looks at the country's failure to deliver on the offshore mitigation targets set in the Paris Agreement, outlining the context, challenges, and enablers to boost international cooperation. This paper argues that...

This research looks at the barriers to mothers leaving partners who use violence. The persistence of conflict or abuse experienced by mothers over the antenatal to 9-month period, and over the 54-month to 8-year period was examined. For these two periods, the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) at the start of the period and...

Focussing on labour market outcomes and some non-labour market outcomes, this paper is an economic analysis of pathways through education leading to strong outcomes for Māori students, and how these differ by gender - and for students with different interests and aptitudes in high school.