Should the Reserve Bank target unemployment as well as inflation? Will the new government abolish the dual mandate?
Back in 1989 – near the end of the fourth Labour government – the inflation-busting Reserve Bank Act was passed. Labour has shifted well away from the Rogernomics of that decade, and in 2021 Grant Robertson added maximum sustainable employment to the bank’s mandate - with the support of coalition partner NZ First.
The next three years – the job ahead for Labour, Greens and Te Pāti Māori
The Fabians had a session on Nov 14th reflecting on the elections. Our panel of Simon Wilson, Senior Writer at NZ Herald, Bridie Witton, Stuff Press Gallery Reporter and Ollie Neas, freelance writer used the election results as a springboard to target some of the key issues for Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori as they head into opposition.
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Pae Ora health reforms with you.
Since I was sacked by the Health Minister I have taken time to reflect on the experience and to make a considered assessment of what I learned in the process. My intention tonight is to share that with you, making the assumption that we share common ground in wanting to have an effective, efficient, excellent and equitable public health service.
If anyone does not want that, I don’t really have anything useful to share with you.
Interview transcript: Ambassador Wang Xiaolong with NZ Fabian Society
Hello, my name is Mike Smith, from the New Zealand Fabian Society. It's my great pleasure today to interview Ambassador Wang Xiaolong from the People's Republic of China to talk with us about China's values. I heard Ambassador Wang speak at a meeting convened by the Institute of International Relations(NZIIA) last year and in the course of that meeting, he addressed the question of China's values and said, "China's choice for values, social system and path to modernity is made by our own people, based on our own history, culture and realities. All these choices have proven to be suitable and effective to solve China's problems and meet the needs of the Chinese people".
June has extensive experience in a diverse range of sectors at governance and senior management levels. Her career began in the public sector till 1993 after which she embarked on an investment and corporate banking career. Over the last 5 years she has been involved in management consultancy and the development of innovation based funds.
She has also had extensive experience as a Company Director since 1994 having held Board positions including the Accident Compensation Commission, Housing New Zealand, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund as a founding Board member, Founding Chairman of The Leadership Institute, Television New Zealand, Chairman of Payworks, a payment technology business, Chairman of TalkingTech a global technology company. She is currently on the Boards of Avanti Finance, Northland District Health, Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Te Waka Pupuri Putea Ltd and other private and not for profit entities.
Due to her strong interest in Maori economic development June over the years has been involved in a number of Government advisory and policy forums at senior levels including Chairman of the Maori Economic Commission and more recently Chair of the Capital, Investment and Enterprise work stream for the Maori Economic Taskforce.
David Parker is a Labour list Member of Parliament. He was Minister of Energy in the fifth Labour-led Government between 2005 and 2008. He is currently the Labour spokesperson on Economic Development and Associate Spokesperson on Finance. He is also Chair of the Government Administration Committee.
Prior to entering Palirmanet in David Worked for Wrightson NMA Limited, was a Former Litigation partner, Anderson Lloyd Caudwell; Worked in Agri-biotechnology field and was a former Manager, BLIS Technologies and Director, Fund Managers Holdings Ltd.
He holds a BCom and LLB from the University of Otago.
{jcomments off}Geoff Bertram is an economist and senior associate at the Institute of Policy Studies at Victoria University. He was until June 2009 a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Victoria. He is Director and Research Principal, Simon Terry Associates Ltd, Wellington, and Senior Adviser, The Brattle Group, Boston and London. His research interests include regulation of public utility industries such as electricity, gas and telecommunications; economic and political development of small island societies with a particular focus on the Pacific; the design of policies to address climate change; and the long-run evolution of the New Zealand economy. He has over 100 publications including more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, books, and book chapters. He served on the Council of the International Association for Energy Economics from 2005 to 2007 and convened the Association's annual conference in Wellington in 2007. He has been a member of the editorial boards of a number of international journals including World Development 1992-97, Environment and Development Economics 1996-2006, and Asia Pacific Viewpoint since 1976. He speaks regularly at international conferences on energy, climate change and small-island issues.
Bernard is a leading financial journalist and editor with over 18 years experience which includes roles with Reuters, the Financial Times Group and Fairfax Media in Wellington, Canberra, Sydney, London and Singapore.
Bernard is currently the Editor of Interest.co.nz, a news and information website aimed at 2 million New Zealand borrowers and savers, and is a commentator on financial, economic and investment issues, regularly appearing on radio, television and in the Herald on Sunday.
Bernard is particularly well informed with matters to do with house
prices, interest rates, finance companies, banks, international
economic issues, and on-line media.
Bernard was heavily involved in the formation of www.reuters.co.uk and managed the editorial businesses at Xtramsn and stuff. He explains his sometimes controversial views in an engaging and refreshing way to a wide audience, and works independently with a completely unbiased view.
Bernard speaks regularly on the current economy – what's happening and what it means for you, the credit crunch, interest rates, housing, and financial markets issues.