Resignation from the NZ Initiative (RadioNZ)

 (12 December 2020) I discussed the news about the NZ Initiative on RadioNZ.

A housing discussion with Mike Hosking (NewstalkZB)

 (26 November 2020) I discussed housing policy with Mike Hosking.

Don't blame returning Kiwis for rising house prices (NewstalkZB)

 (13 November 2020) I discussed rising house prices with Mike Hosking.

NZers don't know how unlucky they are (Radio NZ National)

 (30 October 2020) Discussing NZ's political culture with Jesse Mulligan.

The NZ election (ABC Radio National)

 (22 October 2020) Discussing the NZ with Josie Pagani and Tom Switzer.

Corona in Neuseeland (InDubio)

 (3 September 2020) Ein Gespraech ueber die Corona-Krise in Neuseeland.

New Zealand's success story (ABC Radio National)

(22 July 2020) I talked about New Zealand's Covid-19 situation with Phillip Adams on Late Night Live.

A conversation between Leighton Smith and Oliver Hartwich

(15 July 2020) A wide-ranging discussion of politics, history and economics with Leighton Smith and Oliver Hartwich

ACT's unemployment insurance

(13 July 2020) Oliver Hartwich on ACT's proposal for a NZ unemployment insurance.

Learning from Germany (MagicTalk)

(4 May 2020) The lessons from the Wirtschaftswunder.

What should be the plan for a big business bailout? (NewstalkZB)

(2 April 2020) More than 2000 New Zealand businesses have annual revenues over $80 million.

That is the baseline for "tailor-made" assistance that Finance Minister Grant Robertson has promised to provide to larger firms that are suffering from the coronavirus pandemic.

The price for some firms may be that they end up partly in state ownership.

Oliver Hartwich discusses the details with Kate Hawkesby on Newstalk ZB.

The economic implications of Covid-19 (NewstalkZB)

(23 March 2020) Oliver Hartwich talks to Heather du Plessis-Allan on Newstalk ZB about the Government's Covid-19 economic support package. He argues it is a good first step, but more work needs to be done.

Oliver explains why the Government needs to mothball the economy and he shares a few lessons that worked in other countries during the GFC.

How vulnerable is NZ to extreme right populism? (Radio NZ)

(28 February 2020) Nationalist parties hold more than 10 percent of the vote in 14 countries in Europe. The German state of Thuringia is currently embroiled in a political crisis after the centre-right Christian Democrats broke a long-held understanding to join forces with the right-wing Alternative for Germany Party.

Speaking on Radio New Zealand's podcast, The Detail, Executive Director of The New Zealand Initiative, Oliver Hartwich says there is a chance that we could see a rise in populist parties here in New Zealand.

He says, "In some ways I think we have to look at countries like Germany, like Trump's America, and ask ourselves - could that happen here, and what can we do to counter that?"

Benefits of a road pricing system to reduce congestion (Newstalk ZB)

(28 January,2020) New Zealand's road congestion is getting worse. Motorists are spending more and more time stuck in traffic. Oliver Hartwich speaks to Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB about how a well-designed road pricing system for New Zealand could reduce our shocking congestion problems. Our new report, Pricing Out Congestion: Experiences from abroad looks overseas to see how other cities have successfully implemented systems that work for their people and their environment - and what New Zealand could learn from them.

Congestion charges work (Radio NZ)

(28 January 2020) Oliver Hartwich talks Jesse Mulligan on Radio New Zealand through the findings in our new report, Pricing out Congestion: Experiences from abroad.

The report focuses on the international experiences around congestion pricing, for example the use of road charges encouraging motorists to avoid travelling at peak times in busy routes, and shows how it could be implemented here.