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New Zealand has managed the COVID-19 outbreak with relative success, in terms of containing infection rates and deaths. This has seen New Zealand move down alert levels over the past few weeks as we achieved zero active cases, with restrictions relaxed but the border closed. However, the impact of the outbreak on the economy is undeniable. The effects have also been uneven across the industries, and this will affect the recovery ahead. We assess the policy implications and key considerations for Government spending as we gear up for this recovery.

The new Labour-New Zealand First coalition Government has indicated it would review the Reserve Bank Act, with consideration of "full employment" to be added to the central bank's inflation target when setting monetary policy. Monetary policy has been extraordinarily loose in the major economies in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Despite that, growth and inflation in the major economies have been slow to pick up. In contrast, asset prices have surged, and household debt levels have expanded rapidly. This divergence between subdued general consumer price inflation and accelerating asset price inflation has raised questions about whether the current monetary policy framework, both abroad and here in New Zealand, is fit for purpose.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), in partnership with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), commissioned NZIER to undertake research on the uptake by workers from the South Pacific region of the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) and the Essential Skills (ES) visa schemes. There were three main research questions: 1. The extent and nature of Pacific workers uptake of visa schemes (Essential Skills Work Visa, and Recognised Seasonal Employment Visa) and what they transition to. 2. The characteristics of our Pacific partners' labour markets. 3. Enablers and barriers influencing Pacific Essential Skills visa uptake from a demand perspective (i.e. New Zealand based employers); and the opportunities for increasing Pacific visa uptake. This report will inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and the Ministry of Business and Innovation's (MBIE) work on recognised seasonal employer scheme (RSE) and Essential Skills Visa's (ES), and Pacific policy development. Its intended users are immigrations practitioners with prior operational policy understanding.

The purpose of this study, commissioned by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples, is to test the feasibility of a Pacific Cultural Centre (PCC) to serve objectives for: economic development, promotion and preservation of Pacific culture and vocational pathways and job opportunities.