New Zealand Institute (think tank)

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The New Zealand Institute was a privately funded think tank based in Auckland, New Zealand, which existed from July 2004 until April 2012, when it was merged into the New Zealand Initiative.

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The Institute was founded by former New Zealand Treasury researcher Dr David Skilling, with the expressed aim of "generating ideas, solutions and debate that will improve economic prosperity, social well-being, environmental quality and environmental productivity". [1]

In comparison with longer-established think-tanks such as the New Zealand Business Roundtable, it was envisaged as less doctrinaire. [2]

The address of the New Zealand Institute was Auckland 1142, PO Box 90840. [3]

Background

The New Zealand Institute described itself as: "a privately funded think-tank committed to generating ideas, debate and solutions that will improve economic prosperity, social well-being, environmental quality and environmental productivity for New Zealand and New Zealanders." [1]

One media source described the New Zealand Institute as libertarian in outlook. [2] The Institute claimed to be "committed to political neutrality and evidence-based analysis." [1]

Institute staff

The following people were involved with the Institute up to its merger:

Merger

With the departure of founding director David Skilling, the organisation attracted a lower profile, until it was announced in 2011 that it would merge with the New Zealand Business Roundtable. [4] The merger was officially completed in April 2012, with the new merged organisation known as the New Zealand Initiative. [5]

Publications

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "New Zealand Institute: About Us". New Zealand Institute. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Roundtable and NZ Institute morph into new libertarian think tank". Nbr.co.nz. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  3. Standing on the shoulders of science: Getting more value from the innovation ecosystem.
  4. "Merger yields new think tank, the New Zealand Initiative". Idealog.co.nz. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  5. Pattrick Smellie (4 April 2012). "Roundtable and NZ Institute morph into new libertarian think tank". National Business Review.