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Best practice regulation: Setting targets and detecting vulnerabilities
New Zealand’s 1991 Building Act created a new regulatory environment, but led to the leaky building crisis. In light of the crisis, Peter Mumford asks whether New Zealand’s regulatory environment…
Anticipatory public budgeting Adapting public finance for the 21st century
Governments face long-term challenges, but while infrastructure investments take a long-term view, other types of government spending do not. Anticipatory budgeting considers how a government could…
An evidence rating scale for New Zealand Understanding the effectiveness of interventions in the social sector
Evidence-based policy is important, which means that policy professionals need to make judgements about the quality of evidence they draw on. The rating scale provides a standard to help policy…
A new way of thinking Critical Treaty analysis
The authors studied a group of policies to see how well they embedded Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and developed a Critical Treaty Analysis framework for testing how well policies align with Te Tiriti o…
