Health priorities? A comparison of New Zealand’s public health and disability expenditure against selected OECD countries
October 23, 2025
Health systems operate differently around the world, and published research does not identify any one right way of organising or funding them. However, New Zealand’s health system is an outlier in its very low allocation of resources to pharmaceuticals and very high allocation of reso … Read more
Ocrevus Subcutaneous: Valuing the benefits to people living with MS, whānau caregivers, and the health system
September 24, 2025
Ocrevus Subcutaneous (SC) is a new treatment for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), which is not funded by Pharmac. The key difference between Ocrevus SC and Ocrevus IV, which is funded by Pharmac, is that Ocrevus SC is delivered as an injection rather than by infusion. Clinically, … Read more
Longer, better, more sustainable lives: Five priority areas for investment in 2025
August 19, 2025
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A report for the Selwyn Foundation. Read more
Health and productivity opportunities: Assessing the economic value of addressing priority health conditions in Hawke’s Bay working-age Māori
May 29, 2025
Tīhei Tākitimu Iwi-Māori Partnership Board and Hawke’s Bay Regional Economic Development Agency jointly commissioned NZIER to estimate the value of lost productivity due to priority health conditions in working age Māori in Te Matau a Māui Hawke’s Bay. The findings indicate that Hawke … Read more
Five priorities to put the health system back on track - NZIER Insight 115
October 10, 2024
After years of denial that a crisis was unfolding, the moment of truth has well and truly arrived. In this NZIER Insight, we propose five priorities to get the system back on track and heading in the right direction. Read more
Meeting the need: A funding analysis of New Zealand’s Needs Assessment and Service Coordination providers (NASCs)
September 23, 2024
A report for NZNASCA. Read more
Fit for purpose: Teachers’ own learning experiences and lessons about standardisation from the health sector - NZIER Insight 112
May 23, 2024
In this Insight, we analyse anonymised NCEA data linked to later employment for the recent cohort of primary teachers to better understand what might be driving secondary students’ falling performance in maths and science. Our results show that one in four new primary teachers failed … Read more
Building a healthy future: The potential scale of investment in Crown-owned health infrastructure over the next thirty years
February 15, 2024
New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga commissioned NZIER to model hospital building costs over the next thirty years. Read more
The silent transition: Understanding the impacts of menopause in New Zealand workplaces
October 18, 2023
Hidden costs: The employment and income impacts of later prostate cancer diagnosis in New Zealand men
July 21, 2023
Using the IDI and propensity score matching methods, NZIER researched the extent to which early detection can reduce the negative employment and income impacts of prostate cancer for New Zealand men. Read more