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Colin Campbell-Hunt, Emeritus Professor in Business, University of Otago

OECD comparisons reveal an unflattering picture of inequality in NZ – could that change?

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Recent research showing the richest New Zealanders pay less tax than their counterparts in nine similar OECD countries raises, yet again, serious questions about wealth, equality and fairness.

How unequal is the distribution of income in New Zealand? How do we compare with some of the countries we might benchmark against? And, if we don’t like what we see, can we change it?

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