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.


  • 16 August // The Post

    A Post story draws heavily on our case study of youth employment services in Katikati

  • 14 August 2025 // Editor in Chief

    Duncan Garner delves into our Pipeline of Potential report for his podcast Editor in Chief

  • 11 August 2025 // The Post

    IDEA’s Max Rashbrooke features in this Explainer story on youth unemployment

  • 31 July 2025 // The Spinoff

    The top ten ways to help people move into paid work, based on our Pipeline of Potential report

  • 27 July 2025 // Q&A

    Q&A’s Jack Tame interviews IDEA’s Max Rashbrooke about welfare-to-work policy

  • 26 July 2025 // The Post

    IDEA’s Max Rashbrooke uses his Post column to set out our origin story and mission

  • 24 July 2025 // Newstalk ZB

    Newstalk ZB’s hourly news bulletin details the key findings of our welfare-to-work report

  • 24 July 2025 // NBR

    The National Business Review covers our new report on welfare-to-work policy

  • 24 July 2025 // The Kākā

    Bernard Hickey’s The Kākā podcast covers our Pipeline of Potential report

  • 20 May 2025 // Herald

    IDEA features prominently in the New Zealand Herald’s round-up of local think-tanks