Inflexibility a challenge for the agrifood sector - NZIER Insight 93
October 6, 2020
COVID-19 has proved challenging for the agri-food sector. From pasture to plate, farms and businesses in the agri-food sector have reported feeling squeezed between rising costs and lower prices. To explore the impacts of COVID-19 on the agri-food sector, NZIER collaborated with an Au … Read more
Regulators are the new diplomats - the role of IRC in a post-COVID world - NZIER Insight 92
September 10, 2020
New research shows that the New Zealand Government is deeply imbedded in a complex web of international regulatory cooperation (IRC) arrangements and agreements. Bilateral agreements with Australia predominate including regulatory harmonisation on food standards and the Trans Tasman M … Read more
Is dairy our biggest achievement or yesterday's news? NZIER Insight 91
September 1, 2020
The dairy industry has proved resilient through the COVID crisis. But what of the future? This paper looks at the dairy industry prospects over the next ten years. We find that the most important challenges are domestic supply side issues (conforming to climate change and water qualit … Read more
Land-based industries see New Zealand through tough COVID times - NZIER Insight 90
July 21, 2020
Covid-19 has changed the trade game that New Zealand plays. With the structure of the New Zealand economy based on our exports the stakes are high. Now that New Zealand has shifted through the lockdown levels and arrived at Alert Level 1, it is a good time to ask why our land-based ex … Read more
Migration after COVID-19 - NZIER Insight 89
July 7, 2020
New Zealand has put up a 'no entry' sign. As well as stopping international tourism; we have turned off historically high rates of inward economic migration, forgoing what has been at best a small positive impact on GDP per capita. New Zealand closed the border in response to Covid-19 … Read more
COVID-19: The recovery ahead - NZIER Insight 88
June 18, 2020
New Zealand has managed the COVID-19 outbreak with relative success, in terms of containing infection rates and deaths. This has seen New Zealand move down alert levels over the past few weeks as we achieved zero active cases, with restrictions relaxed but the border closed. However, … Read more
Tourism beyond COVID-19 – is the future sustainable, local and green? NZIER Insight 87
June 9, 2020
The post-Covid Budget delivered some big numbers in offering support to help the economy recover from lockdown, but its effect still depends on how industry responds to government funded support. Much of the assistance seems aimed at restoring activity to its former levels, rather tha … Read more
Targeting support for rural communities in the COVID-19 recovery - NZIER Insight 86
May 22, 2020
No regions will escape the economic downturn, but some rural communities will face bigger impacts than others. NZIER looks at how to identify and target support at communities most affected by COVID-19. Read more
Pandemic uncertainty: NZIER points to key planning issues - NZIER Insight 85
April 17, 2020
New Zealand is approaching the end of the planned four-week lockdown which has brought about significant economic losses and, it appears, significant benefits in the form of lives saved. As the country now looks toward a relaxing of the COVID-19 Alert level and an uncertain future, we … Read more
New Zealand's pandemic response: Best practice or just a practice run? NZIER Insight 84
February 20, 2020
Using evidence from health and economic literature, health economists Sarah Hogan and Todd Krieble find that New Zealand should do more to prepare for pandemics and assist the Pacific Islands. New Zealand should not rely on travel bans which are likely to be ineffective. Read more