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Should you get your child immunised?

Gareth MorganMarch 30, 2015Health

In the book, Health Cheque, Geoff and I found that in terms of health, prevention is more effective than cure by a factor of four to one. So the Morgan Foundation retains an interest in the issue of prevention, which led … Read More

Five Reasons Why Existing Farmers Should Oppose More Conversions

Gareth MorganMarch 23, 2015Environment

Farmers are waking up to the idea that more conversions in their area will make it harder for them to farm in the future. That is why we have seen agricultural experts and even the Waikato Fed Farmers president Chris … Read More

Ten Alternative Cat Management Headlines for the Herald

Gareth MorganMarch 22, 2015Environment

Last week the Morgan Foundation submitted to Wellington City Council with the idea of managing cats in sensitive wildlife areas. This would involve micro-chipping, so that owned cats could be returned to their owners. We think it isn’t actually that … Read More

How taxing soft drink can help stop obesity related illness – Whiteboard Friday

Gareth MorganMarch 19, 2015Health

In February our Health Minister Jonathan Coleman claimed that soft drink taxes wouldn’t work, a claim that was repeated by former Revenue Minister Peter Dunne in the recent Sunday expose on the impact of sugar on our teeth and waistlines. Sorry, Ministers, … Read More

Five reasons why we close the GST loophole but leave others wide open

Gareth MorganMarch 17, 2015Tax and Welfare

To paraphrase the Southern Man: She’s a hard road to find the perfect tax system, son. Inland Revenue, local retailers and our politicians are getting hot under the collar about all the revenue being lost on GST from small online … Read More

The history of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Maori and Pakeha population [infographic]

Gareth MorganMarch 16, 2015Treaty

None of those that signed the Treaty would have predicted the huge change that was to follow. We need to honour the spirit of their agreement – that two societies could share a land and flourish, in a way that … Read More

Last night’s Sunday programme shows the pain sugar causes our kids

Gareth MorganMarch 8, 2015Health

Last night’s Sunday programme featured Roby Beaglehole, who is launching a campaign on the impact of sugar, soft drinks in particular. Roby is a dentist who is tired of carrying out expensive and painful operations on little kiddies to remove their teeth. … Read More

Whiteboard Friday – Can growth continue forever?

Gareth MorganMarch 5, 2015Economics

We’ve had a lot of basic economic questions – last week we looked at what is growth? This week Geoff looks at a question we get a lot – can we have unlimited growth? The answer might surprise you. What … Read More

Democracy Under Threat in New Zealand

Gareth MorganMarch 2, 2015Treaty

Howie Tamati, sole Maori councillor on the New Plymouth District Council, sees the granting of Maori wards on local councils as a step in the right direction, “not the right answer but a start” (Insight, Radio NZ, March 1st). He … Read More

Don’t be Xenophobic, Make Money Out of the Foreigners

Gareth MorganMarch 1, 2015Environment, Tax and Welfare

Our blog on Taxing the Mega-Rich for their Kiwi Hideaways galvanised two reactions from readers – one xenophobic a la the Winston Peters followers, and one enlightened. The enlightened folk recognise that foreign investment, tourism and immigration can all be … Read More