IDEA researchers engage regularly with the media, as part of our mission to foster a deeper, more evidence-based conversation about the big issues facing our country.
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24 Nov. 2025 // PMN
The Pacific Media Network covers KiwiSaver developments, including our Kids policy
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15 Nov. 2025 // The Post
IDEA research director Max Rashbrooke uses his Post column to outline our new report
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14 Nov. 2025 // The Platform
The Platform’s Leah Panapa interviews Max Rashbrooke about our Kids KiwiSaver initiative
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13 Nov. 2025 // Newstalk ZB
ZB’s Heather du Plessis Allan covers IDEA’s Kids KiwiSaver proposal on her Drive show
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13 Nov. 2025 // Editor In Chief
Duncan Garner’s podcast interviews research director Max Rashbrooke on our child-based savings plan
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13 November 2025 // The Kākā
The Kākā’s Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale interview IDEA’s Max Rashbrooke about Kids KiwiSaver
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13 November 2025 // NBR
The National Business Review (NBR) looks at the economic advantages of our child-based savings scheme
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13 November 2025 // Herald
The Herald site carries a story, via RNZ, on our proposal for enrolling children in KiwiSaver
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13 November 2025 // The Post
Wellington’s main newspaper summarises the case for a Kids KiwiSaver initiative
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13 Nov. 2025 // BusinessDesk
IDEA’s plan to build savings through enrolling children in KiwiSaver is covered in the business media
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13 November 2025 // RNZ
Morning Report covers our new paper calling for a government-backed Kids KiwiSaver scheme
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15 September 2025 // RNZ
IDEA Research Director Max Rashbrooke talks to RNZ’s Emile Donovan about citizens’ juries
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16 August 2025 // The Post
A Post story draws heavily on our case study of youth employment services in Katikati
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14 August 2025 // Editor in Chief
Duncan Garner delves into our Pipeline of Potential report for his podcast Editor in Chief
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11 August 2025 // The Post
IDEA’s Max Rashbrooke features in this Explainer story on youth unemployment
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31 July 2025 // The Spinoff
The top ten ways to help people move into paid work, based on our Pipeline of Potential report
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27 July 2025 // Q&A
Q&A’s Jack Tame interviews IDEA’s Max Rashbrooke about welfare-to-work policy
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26 July 2025 // The Post
IDEA’s Max Rashbrooke uses his Post column to set out our origin story and mission
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24 July 2025 // Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB’s hourly news bulletin details the key findings of our welfare-to-work report
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24 July 2025 // NBR
The National Business Review covers our new report on welfare-to-work policy
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24 July 2025 // The Kākā
Bernard Hickey’s The Kākā podcast covers our Pipeline of Potential report
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20 May 2025 // Herald
IDEA features prominently in the New Zealand Herald’s round-up of local think-tanks