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Politicians not experts on transport – Why trust them to make smart decisions

Gareth MorganSeptember 17, 2014Politics

Transport has been one of the big dividing lines between the parties in this election. How is a voter supposed to make an informed decision? Given the current state of public information, they can’t. On one hand we have the … Read More

Is Winnie really putting New Zealanders First?

Gareth MorganSeptember 15, 2014Tax and Welfare

Over the weekend income politicians were falling over themselves to agree that poor people in this country have it tough and that their policies are the answer. Winston Peters ‘common sense’ response is to take GST off food and rates. … Read More

National finally acts on recreational fishing – more to do

Gareth MorganSeptember 8, 2014Environment

One in three Kiwis fish in the ocean. Perhaps fearing a backlash at their decision to reduce the snapper quota in the Hauraki Gulf, Northland and Bay of Plenty, National have vowed to set up two recreational fishing parks in … Read More

Advertising to kids – The Mother of all stuff ups

Gareth MorganSeptember 7, 2014Health

The Dirty Tricks Food & Drink Companies Use to Target Your Kids An angry father has called out Monster energy drinks for their appalling actions in handing out energy drinks to children. He is right in calling for regulation, this … Read More

Selling state assets had nothing to do with paying down debt

Gareth MorganSeptember 7, 2014Economics

As part of our election season, one of the questions I was asked was why the Government sold down assets to pay off debt. The simple answer is that the asset sales were nothing to do with paying off debt. I … Read More

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Gareth MorganAugust 25, 2014test

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CEO Pay Packets: Regulate to Stop Inequality?

Gareth MorganAugust 21, 2014Tax and Welfare

There has been much talk of the obscene amounts of money some CEO’s are earning, both here in New Zealand and abroad. Some have even suggested the idea of regulating CEO’s pay packets in an effort to reduce inequality. Firstly … Read More

Ethics shouldn’t have to be the Election Issue

Gareth MorganAugust 18, 2014Politics

What an indictment of our democracy that it’s the behaviour of our political actors that has captured the imagination of the media rather than their policies. Whether this is because the media is so lightweight that it couldn’t do analysis … Read More

Groups keen to enhance Zealandia halo

Gareth MorganAugust 14, 2014Environment

Crofton Downs from Gareth Morgan on Vimeo. The pest-free “halo” around the Zealandia sanctuary is being extended to Crofton Downs, thanks to a $5000 gift from the Morgan Foundation. The Enhancing the Halo project focuses mainly on Zealandia, but also … Read More

What’s the real inequality?

Gareth MorganAugust 14, 2014Tax and Welfare

Judging by the questions we have received, inequality seems to be one of the hot topics of this election. There are probably a number of reasons for this. The 2010 book Spirit Level summarised the latest incarnation of this debate, … Read More