State, Regional & Local Government

Navigating Government Policy

Governments across all levels constantly face a range of challenges and pressures, from financial constraints to infrastructure demands, community engagement and regulatory issues.

Our team has extensive knowledge and expertise to assist governments across a range of issues, to drive change and achieve better outcomes for their communities.

What we do

Specialising in providing clear advice, robust research, and quantitative analysis of complex data.

We are committed to helping our clients get to the bottom of tricky policy issues.

Sapere offers consulting services to help governments of all sizes with the issues they face, including:

Policy and service design
Research
Economic development
Strategy
Investment assessments
Financial modelling
Environmental policy.

Our team has a strong track record of working with local, state and regional governments in both New Zealand and Australia.

A large number of our experts have held senior positions in decision-making bodies and have invaluable first-hand perspectives working on challenging policy issues in political economies.

Examples of our work in State, Regional and Local Government

We have conducted a range of projects for decision-making bodies across New Zealand and Australia.

A cost-benefit analysis for a range of investment options for the Auckland Central Library
Development of a business case for the proposed Fairfield Showground Regional Multi-Cultural and Indoor Sports Centre in NSW
Investigating the living wage and minimum wage for Napier and the wider Hawke’s Bay region in New Zealand
Estimating the economic costs of the Havelock North 2016 waterborne disease outbreak.

We are an approved All of Government provider in New Zealand and for whole of government panels in New South Wales and Victoria, as well as other government panels across Australia and New Zealand.

Key contacts

David Moore

Managing Director
WELLINGTON
dmoore@thinkSapere.com

David Graham

Managing Director
MELBOURNE
dgraham@thinkSapere.com

Dr Vijaya Ramamurthy

Some of our recent articles of interest

The economic benefits of a circular economy in Auckland

Client: Sustainable Business Network

This report provides a view on the potential economic benefits of a more circular economy for Auckland. It has been commissioned by the Sustainable Business Network to inform its report on the circular economy opportunity for Auckland.

The emissions footprint of broadband in New Zealand

Client: Chorus

This paper provides a first assessment of the emissions footprint of the current New Zealand fibre network, with a focus on internet provision to households and small to medium-sized businesses.

Making New Zealand safer: regulating the engineering profession

Client: Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment

Sapere prepared a Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to support MBIE’s proposal for an occupational regulatory regime for engineers.

Infrastructure consenting for climate targets

Client: Te Waihanga / New Zealand Infrastructure Commission

This research models the impact on New Zealand’s emissions reduction targets if the current resource consenting system continues to delay decisions on infrastructure project consenting.

Māori Primary Health Care

Client: Wai 2575 Claimants

Sapere were asked by the claimants to respond to the Waitangi Tribunal’s recommendation that a methodology be developed to measure the degree of underfunding of Māori PHOs and providers.

Sizing of the backyard and micro-commercial egg production in Australia

Client: Australian Eggs

Which came first the chicken or the egg? We don’t have the answer to that, but we do know the size of backyard and micro-commercial egg production in Australia.

A chance to make clinical trials sustainable, effective, and equitable in Aotearoa New Zealand

Client: Liggins Institute University of Auckland

Sapere provided extensive analytical support to a consortium of researchers from the University of Auckland and the University of Otago on a Health Research Council (HRC) and Ministry of Health funded research project. The consortium was brought together to review Aotearoa New Zealand’s clinical trials activity and infrastructure.