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Why I’m so keen on a new Flag

Gareth MorganMay 28, 2015Politics

I see that 88% of those polled are against changing the flag. Yesterday the second Christchurch meeting to discuss the flag change attracted 14 people – at least they got more people than are on the panel this time. These … Read More

Three big ideas for New Zealand’s climate change target

Gareth MorganMay 27, 2015Environment

In our last blog on climate change issues we argued that delaying action on carbon emissions is a short term strategy which portends awful long term consequences, – economic, social and environmental. Now we will take a look at the … Read More

Why are we still dragging our feet on climate change?

Gareth MorganMay 25, 2015Environment

Climate change deniers have well and truly been given the flick yet political commitment to policies to reduce carbon footprints remains limp. Given the Government’s quick and dirty climate change consultation (it is 4 weeks long, logically flawed and doesn’t … Read More

Budget 2015: Don’t worry about the surplus, worry about this… Whiteboard Friday

Gareth MorganMay 22, 2015Economics

Bill’s budget put a bit of extra change in the pocket of poor families, but that came at the cost of the promised surplus. But should you be worried about it? With government debt still only at 25% of our … Read More

Reserve Bank Warns of risks to financial stability

Gareth MorganMay 19, 2015Economics

The Reserve Bank has pointed out the key threats to the financial stability of our economy; housing investors in Auckland and the risk that some dairy farmers could be under the hammer if prices stay low. They are stating the … Read More

Government’s “Capital Gains Tax” too little, too late

Gareth MorganMay 17, 2015Tax and Welfare

The good thing about John Key’s announcement of a selective capital gains tax on Auckland housing is that he has responded to the Reserve Bank’s call to “do something” about the tax distortion around property ownership. There are two bad … Read More

Why we need to start educating kids about food in school – Whiteboard Friday

Gareth MorganMay 15, 2015Health

FOOD REVOLUTION DAY IS FIGHTING TO PUT COMPULSORY PRACTICAL FOOD EDUCATION ON THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. With diet-related diseases rising at an alarming rate, it has never been more important to educate children about food, where it comes from and how … Read More

Get rid of our flag of subservience

Gareth MorganMay 14, 2015Treaty

When John Key first raised the issue of changing the flag it seemed like a random flight of fancy, especially when he referred to our flag as a “brand” – as though we should decide whether we fancied the silver … Read More

3 reasons why people are against the New Zealand flag changing

Gareth MorganMay 13, 2015Treaty

Gareth is on the road at the moment but has taken the time to respond to some of the criticisms of the campaign to change our flag. Our current flag isn’t sacrosanct, in fact history shows it was made up … Read More

Farmers tell us what the future of New Zealand dairy farming looks like

Gareth MorganMay 13, 2015Environment

We had such great feedback about the video on Jeremy and Kim’s experiment with biological and conventional farming, we thought we’d do another! Here is the lovely Canterbury farming couple with their thoughts on the future of New Zealand farming. … Read More