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We measure inflation wrong. It’s all to do with housing, but not how you think
For decades, both Australia and New Zealand have been making decisions about interest rates based on incomplete inflation figures. The problem is not, as commonly proposed, that house prices are excluded from our measure of inflation, but rather we mistakenly omit a sizeable chunk of economic activity from our measures.
The Gender Pay Gap continues to narrow in NZ’s public service
The gender pay gap in NZ’s public service narrowed by 1% in 2021 to 8.6%. At the Chief Executive level it has narrowed from 9.1% in 2018 to 2.7% now. Slowly but surely
Public sector senior management is now a woman’s domain, but they still get underpaid
The gender pay gap is improving for women in the New Zealand public service, but equity is elusive, particularly when female chief executives are still paid less than their male counterparts.
Want more housing? Introduce a Development Rights Charge
Why Wellington should introduce a Development Rights Charge. Dais Partner’s submission to the Wellington City Council draft spatial plan for Our City Tomorrow