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Motu News May 2016
Motu participates with researchers from several universities in Te Punaha Matatini—a Centre of Research Excellence devoted to modelling and understanding complex systems. TPM director Shaun Hendy has just published an important book Silencing Science (BWB…
An Inconvenient Truth - what stacks up, 10 years on
May 24, 2016, marks 10 years since the release of Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which made claims about the effects of global warming around the world. Rachel Thomas from stuff.co.nz talks to Catherine Leining about…
Christchurch workers more likely to have jobs and earn more
Since devastating earthquakes struck over five years ago, workers in the Greater Christchurch region have bounced back from short-term job loss and are now more likely to have jobs, less likely to be on the…
Coverage of earthquake's impact on employees paper
Arthur, Levi and Richard's paper on the effects of a disaster on employees was featured in The Press and on Newshub.
Comment on Labour's plan to abolish Auckland's RUB
From Bernard Hickey at interest.co.nz: Labour's Housing and Auckland Issues spokesman Phil Twyford has called on the Government to use its upcoming National Policy Statement on housing and urban land use to abolish Auckland's Rural Urban…
The great climate change rort: NZ Listener article
The recent article by Rebecca Macfie examining New Zealand's climate change policy is now available online. It quotes Suzi Kerr and Catherine Leining and takes a special look at the emissions trading scheme.
Surprising Pockets of Productivity in the Construction Sector
Previous studies of the New Zealand construction industry have found poor productivity performance. However, a new study from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research -- a not-for-profit, non-partisan research institute -- uses data from individual…
Researcher weighs in on carbon trading tool
The NZ Herald reports: A researcher who was heavily involved in the design of New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme says a new cap could make the much-criticised carbon trading tool effective again. More... This story was…
Re-activating the NZ ETS
While New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) was a world first in many respects, it was calibrated to operate in a world which no longer exists. “Fundamentally, the NZ ETS offers a sound foundation for…
Adam Jaffe in "Nature" on Academic Return
A broader understanding of 'impact' could help governments to measure the diverse benefits of their investment in research. This article in Nature 533, S20–S21 by Michael Eisenstein quote Adam Jaffe extensively on the science of science…
