Business + Economy – Views & Research

AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt?

Christian Yao, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

The AI boom feels eerily similar to 2000’s dotcom crash – with some important differences

Rod McNaughton, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Nicola Willis is right: NZ’s economy isn’t as bad as the ‘merchants of misery’ claim

Dennis Wesselbaum, University of Otago

AI companies want copyright exemptions – for NZ creatives, the market is their best protection

Graeme Austin, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

NZ First wants a compulsory KiwiSaver. Boosting the Super Fund is a better bet

Michael P. Cameron, University of Waikato

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AI can help the government spend billions better. But humans have to be in charge

Marta Andhov, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Building consent reform: how digital technology can make new liability rules watertight

Dat Tien Doan, Auckland University of Technology; Ali Ghaffarian Hoseini, Auckland University of Technology, and Amir Ghaffarianhoseini, Auckland University of Technology

Tourist trap: why charging entry fees at iconic NZ natural attractions could have hidden costs

Stephen Espiner, Lincoln University, New Zealand

Treasury has a great cost-benefit calculator for big-spending projects – we just need to use it better

Dennis Wesselbaum, University of Otago and Arthur Grimes, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Ten dollar note with enhanced counterfeit resilience over a calculator with mixed New Zealand coins.

An attempt to lower NZ electricity prices could end up doing the opposite – here’s why

Richard Meade, Griffith University

Lineman works on power lines with Sky Tower in the background.

Commodifying childhood: NZ children see marketing for unhealthy products 76 times a day

Leah Watkins, University of Otago and Louise Signal, University of Otago

Boy eats junk food on the couch with the blue light of a screen reflected back on him.

Crowdsourced taxi driver picking up a passenger.

Contractor or employee? How a proposed law change will favour Uber over its drivers

Amanda Reilly, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Annick Masselot, University of Canterbury

Small business, big pressure: why the backbones of the NZ and Australian economies need more support

Antje Fiedler, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Stephen Kelly, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Tanya Jurado, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University, and Tui McKeown, Monash University

Small businessman looking stressed surrounded by boxes and clothes.

AI is peeling back the layers of ‘low-value’ work – NZ may be well placed to adapt

Kenny Ching, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Banning contactless and credit card surcharges won’t help – open banking reform is what’s needed

Alexandra Andhov, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and Jodi Gardner, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

New Trump tariffs: early modelling shows most economies lose – the US more than many

Niven Winchester, Auckland University of Technology