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Whiteboard Friday. How NZ’s welfare system traps people in poverty

Gareth MorganNovember 20, 2014Tax and Welfare

This Whiteboard Friday looks at how our current benefit system traps people in poverty, which is another reason we need to replace it with an Unconditional Basic Income. This week has been a big week for the Unconditional Basic Income. … Read More

The Launch of Predator Free New Zealand

Gareth MorganNovember 18, 2014Environment

Yesterday we launched Predator Free New Zealand, a new initiative that the Morgan Foundation are involved with. Predator Free New Zealand has been set up to support the efforts of the many community groups already out there eradicating and controlling predators. To … Read More

Too much to ask of the Waitangi Tribunal

Gareth MorganNovember 18, 2014Politics

Last week the Waitangi Tribunal released its findings from the first stage of its hearing into claims from the Far North tribes. The claim is known as ‘Wai 1040’ and the Tribunal’s report highlights everything that is wrong with the … Read More

Whiteboard Friday – Diabetes: Taxpayers will pay a fortune for people’s poor diet

Gareth MorganNovember 13, 2014Health

Rounding out our series on diabetes awareness week, Geoff runs us through a crash course on cause and effects of diabetes and will explain the impact that this will have on taxpayers. The short version is that this preventable illness … Read More

Which food company is killing us the quickest?

Gareth MorganNovember 12, 2014Health

It is that time of the year again – time to vote for the Munch Awards, including the worst kid’s food product and worst kid’s food marketing campaign. This time the voting is nicely timed to fit with Diabetes Awareness … Read More

What happens inside your body when you eat a fat bomb

Gareth MorganNovember 11, 2014Health

It is Diabetes Awareness Week – so we asked nutritionist Ben Warren to explain what is the worst food in the supermarket and the impact that has on your body. You might not be surprised at the food he chose … Read More

You’ll be shocked at how easy it is to overdose on sugar by eating manufactured fake food

Gareth MorganNovember 9, 2014Health

It is Diabetes Awareness Week. As we saw in our book Appetite for Destruction, diabetes is one of New Zealand’s fastest growing diseases (one in 4 Kiwis are at risk) that has many nasty side effects. Poor diet is the major driver of the increase in … Read More

Up shit creek – New Zealand rivers full of E coli

Gareth MorganNovember 3, 2014Environment

Many of our waterways are full of excrement. As you’d expect, this stuff poses a massive health issue for people that want to swim in or drink the water from our streams, rivers, lakes and even aquifers. Between 18,000-34,000 Kiwis … Read More

Why are our Politicians Auckland Toll Chickens?

Gareth MorganOctober 29, 2014Economics

Yesterday both the National Government and Green Party opposed the suggestion to place a toll on Auckland’s roads, but for completely different reasons. The Government opposes it because they see it as a new tax. The Greens because they would … Read More

Saving the Saddleback From Cats – Friend or Feral?

Gareth MorganOctober 28, 2014Environment

Is the tide turning in the battle against introduced predators? Over the weekend we heard that tieke (saddleback) are nesting outside the fenced sanctuary of Zealandia. This is a landmark moment for conservation in New Zealand, but also reinforces the … Read More