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Kiwibank steps up to help communities become predator free

Gareth MorganSeptember 8, 2016Environment

Predator Free New Zealand Trust and Kiwibank have announced they have partnered to create Kiwibank Predator Free Communities. It is great to see the model we used with Enhancing the Halo in Wellington being rolled out nationally to encourage more … Read More

Closing tac loopholes for famers and business

Closing Tax Loopholes for Business and Farmers

Gareth MorganSeptember 6, 2016Tax and Welfare

A principle of a good income taxation regime is that it is neutral, that all income gets taxed in the same way. Unfortunately ever since New Zealand moved from land and property taxes to income tax an anomaly has been … Read More

Whiteboard Friday: What’s Peter Dunne?

Gareth MorganSeptember 2, 2016Environment

This week Peter Dunne announced the United Future environmental policy: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1609/S00004/dunne-speaks-six-steps-to-future-proof-the-environment.htm No one seemed to notice, but we did! This Whiteboard Friday is all about the six steps Peter announced. The one area where we outright disagree with Peter is … Read More

Microchipping the cats of Upper Hutt

Gareth MorganAugust 30, 2016Environment

Wellington City Council has led the country by including cats in their Animal Bylaw, making microchipping of cats mandatory. Now we have our next opportunity to move towards a Predator Free Wellington, with Upper Hutt consulting on their Animal Bylaw. … Read More

Fact check ‘surplus carbon credits are clean’ – Whiteboard Friday:

Gareth MorganAugust 26, 2016Environment

The debate is heating up about the ratification of the Paris Agreement, and in particular whether New Zealand should use surplus credits from the past to meet our future obligations. The Green Party has pointed out that the only reason … Read More

We should all have the opportunity to benefit from our fresh water resource in the way that commercial water users (such as farmers) do.

Freshwater – How do we share?

Gareth MorganAugust 25, 2016Environment

Following the outbreak of campylobacter, Havelock North residents now face a potential water shortage this summer. The full costs of commercial water use and pollution are starting to be felt by ordinary people. It is becoming increasingly clear that clean … Read More

The True Cost of Wadeable Rivers

Gareth MorganAugust 22, 2016Environment

The water contamination scandal in Havelock North has had an untold cost on the people and economy of the region. Schools have been shut down and businesses have been at a stand still. While we don’t know the source of … Read More

Are we doing enough to save the NZ sea lion?

Gareth MorganAugust 19, 2016Environment

The New Zealand sea lion is considered nationally critical – the highest risk category DOC has. We don’t know what the population is, but the best indicator we have is pup numbers, which fell 50% from 1998-2008, and stayed stable … Read More

Who’s the Real Cheat Here? Climate Cheats II: The Dozen Dirty Businesses

Gareth MorganAugust 15, 2016Environment

Our first report Climate Cheats showed that NZ was the biggest user of fraudulent carbon credits from Ukraine and Russia The Government responded saying that they didn’t purchase the credits, companies did. This is despite NZ being the only Emissions … Read More

Talk Treaty at Wellington Airport

Gareth MorganAugust 12, 2016Treaty

It’s been one year since the launch of Talk Treaty. We’re proud to celebrate the opening of this exhibit at Wellington airport. Make sure you check it out or you can watch online at http://talktreaty.org.nz Talk Treaty at Wellington Airport … Read More