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Why is the SPCA in New Zealand such a sick outfit?

Gareth MorganJanuary 9, 2019Environment

If it only kept to its core business of preventing wanton cruelty to animals by those who get their jollies from such activity, the NZ SPCA would be worthy of respect. But it hasn’t done that for years. The leadership … Read More

Where to now for Government climate negotiations?

Gareth MorganNovember 3, 2016Environment

Yesterday we revealed the Government’s covert plan to cook the books – by changing the accounting rules for forestry they planned to mask our growing greenhouse gas emissions. It appears that they were trying to slip this through under the … Read More

New Report: Climate Cheats III – Cook the Books

Gareth MorganNovember 2, 2016Environment

Not content with using fraudulent carbon credits to meet New Zealand’s international commitments, the Government has a plan to cook the books to cover up our growing greenhouse gas emissions. The Morgan Foundation’s new report exposes the impacts of this … Read More

Along the Road to Damascus – almost

Gareth MorganNovember 1, 2016Morgan Foundation

Well that was the plan, Joanne and I were supposed to finish our latest round of visits to our social development and humanitarian projects by going to Homs in Syria where – as you would expect – there are very … Read More

To Palestine with Love

Gareth MorganOctober 31, 2016Morgan Foundation

In September this year Joanne and I had the opportunity to engage with UNRWA, (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine) a temporary NGO set up in 1949 as to assist Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. 66 years later … Read More

Face to Face with Bernard Hickey: Has the Reserve Bank got the right target?

Gareth MorganOctober 28, 2016Economics

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Timor-Leste: Visit by UNICEF Ambassadors Gareth and Joanne Morgan, June 2016

Gareth MorganOctober 27, 2016Morgan Foundation

Over June and July this year Joanne and I rode our motorcycles from the top of Sumatra along the length of Indonesia and finished our journey in Timor-Leste. One of our social development engagements along the way began in that … Read More

Inequality, Housing and Economic Growth – In Perspective

Gareth MorganOctober 21, 2016Economics, Tax and Welfare

Earlier this week the New Zealand Initiative (NZI) released their thoughts on inequality and specifically the role housing affordability has played in exacerbating the numbers. It’s good to see a business-funded think tank acknowledging that inequality matters – despite the … Read More

Will Farm Prices Fall? – Whiteboard Friday

Gareth MorganOctober 14, 2016Environment

This week we saw discussion around a report from Ag First economist Phil Journeaux which estimated that land values could fall by $40b across the country as environmental limits (such as limits on water use, nutrient leaching or greenhouse gases) … Read More

What happens if interest rates go to zero? – Face to Face with Bernard Hickey

Gareth MorganOctober 11, 2016Economics

Finance Minister Bill English attended meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank next week, and returned reaffirming the Government’s commitment to reducing public debt under 20% of GDP. He thinks that is the most prudent strategy in … Read More