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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…
Feb 25, 2019
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...
Feb 8, 2019
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…
Dec 18, 2018
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,…
Dec 6, 2018
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…
Dec 6, 2018
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 -…
Dec 3, 2018
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…
Nov 29, 2018
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…
Nov 28, 2018
Motu Research Update: 2018 Annual Newsletter
The annual edition of Motu's newsletter is now available. It contains articles drawing from our research this year, a list of publications, and updates on people and activities at Motu. We aim to write articles…
Nov 23, 2018
New Zealand’s top towns to live and work
A new study from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research for the Building Better Homes, Towns, and Cities (BBHTC) National Science Challenge uses a deep-dive analysis of census rent and wage data to compile quality of life…
Nov 20, 2018
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